WU LYF: Part Trois
WU LYF is everyone.
Consider this post part three (I, II) of an ongoing series where I play internet hide & seek with Manchester band WU LYF. Over the weekend I received a mysterious private dump of a couple more WU LYF demo tracks via SoundCloud. The sender appears to be UK-based, but as to […]
FREE SH!T :: Switch at Smart Bar
Switch needs no introduction, but nonetheless, I’ll give you the basis. UK-based producer Switch is a member of the Mad Decent family, one half of Major Lazer alongside Diplo, co-label owner of Counterfeet with Sinden and sole owner of his own imprint, Dubsided. His style starts at fidget house but spans the spectrum, landing in […]
Monday Mornin’ Mixtape :: Trick Disco – Trick Mix I
Remember when I mentioned that some of the Chicago Disco Massive were launching a new disco-centric party in the new year? I rarely post on specific events, but today they unveiled their first guest as the one and only Mike Simonetti (of Italians Do It Better) and that’s one hell of a kickoff that’s left […]
PSA :: REHAB Goes Red Carpet
photo by Clayton Hauck
The voting is closed for Paper Mag’s Nightlife Awards and while I don’t want to jinx Chicago’s chances of taking home a title, Derek Berry and Dicky C, the promoters behind the Best Party In America nominated weekly, REHAB, have been invited up to NYC later this week for the awards ceremony. […]
FREE SH!T :: Basement Jaxx, MSTRKRFT, Modeselektor at Congress Theater
Not even a full week after the last giant bash at Congress Theatre with Chromeo, the venue hosts yet another massive night of electronic music revelry Friday night as Basement Jaxx stops through for a DJ set as part of their Scars tour along with MSTRKRFT and Modeselektor co-headlining. Local acts the Wonderful World Of […]
New Release :: Binary Holds It Down With LA Lights
By now you are probably familiar with Binary, the LA-based management group behind such acts as Keenhouse, The Kids are Radioactive, NightWaves and many more. Binary promotes vintage synths, driving basslines and stellar hooks, and the new compilation they’ve put together, LA Lights, delivers.
Featuring two tracks from each artist, the compilation reminds me of a […]
New Release :: Former Ghosts - Fleurs
Echoing-Berlin-Wendy-Carlos-Depeche-retro-goth-Siouxsie-white-noise-Ian-Curtis-new-wave-robo-sadness…
I could go on and on with stream of consciousness superlatives to describe the October 20 release of the Former Ghosts album, Fleurs. Echoing junkyard percussion jangles underneath straightforward beats, while muffled, sometimes wailing vocals harmonize like swaying corpses over droning synth chords the likes of which haven’t been used this effectively since the soundtrack […]
Life in San Francisco
We wrote up San Francisco’s Girls a few months back and their debut, Album, has been steadily playing on my stereo ever since. Admittedly, I’m still a bit perplexed as to their direction. Half their material is dreamy and polished, the other half jangly and rough. I don’t mind the mix stylistically speaking, but this […]
