One of the founding members of electro-dance trio 80kidz has decided to leave the group at the end of 2009. A letter posted on the group’s official site reveals that Mayu will call it a day at the end of the year. “It is the hardest decision I have ever made” she says in the…
Talk about welcoming timing – I started my day reading this horribly bleak interview at Eye Weekly. It’s the type of article that makes a music writer depressed enough to wonder “what’s the point” as they stare blankly at their WordPress dashboard. Minutes later though, I clicked on a Pitchfork story about Pavement adding reunion…
Two great remixes for you – the first courtesy of The PEGASUSS, who has been on a tear as of late. This time out he takes a song by HNC (whose new album, Cult, comes out Dec. 2 i.e. tomorrow) and glazes it in neon. Which song, you ask? I’m not sure…The PEGASUSS removes the…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApgUY2qwt3E&hl=en_US&fs=1&] This is so, so…. different! I have never heard AKG like this, at first I didn’t even recognize them. I’ve heard every AKG song, and they have never made a song like this. I’m not sure how I feel. I like it, but it doesn’t really sound AKG, I mean it does have its…
Geez, it feels like South By Southwest 2009 just happened. And already a flurry of bands have been announced for the 2010 incarnation of Austin’s biggest music event. A few Japanese bands will be heading out to Texas next March, including Osaka freak outs Acid Mothers Temple and rock outfit Boom Boom Satellites. Joining them…