Sam's Christmas Mix

Ok Shits & Dicks, here’s the scoop. I am a dirty whore of a wannabe-trendoid scenester. However, this is that nice little Fire!y area where its dance, house, & indie faggory which I know deep down you all love to death but just can’t admit it yet. I hope you enjoy my little compilation. Love! I mixed it up and made it crossfade nicely for y'all and you can download it HERE (83mb, but its pretty 'dope' so its worth it.):

http://download.yousendit.com/7CC1C4A91BD75565

here's the tracklist.

1. Q & Not U - So Many Animal Calls

I wanted to take a step back and start the mix with something that wasn’t just this years buzz band or buzz sound, so I went with these dudes.

2. Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Jess & Crabbe Remix)

I only put this one in because I wanted to show off Daft Punk track that probably noone had their greasy paws on yet. I was almost going to attempt a remix myself, but who has the time? Also a crabbe was part of this remix team, which is awesome. Ignore the russian rave-chant announcement halfway through.

3. The Presets - Are You The One? (Simian Mobile Disco Remix)

These guys were a slightly late discovery of mine, I love it when dudes try to be heaps cocky and sexy. Wait… I don’t like that. Anyways, this track is pretty cool.

4. Out Hud - The Stoked American

Out Hud are climbing the ladder of my favourite groups extremely rapidly. This isn’t even their best song, I just wanted to spring something unexpected on youse guys. I’m thinking Architecture In Helsinki meets !!!. That can only be a good thing.

5. Mountains In The Sky - Stealing Through

I think just about everyone has heard my ranting about these guys by now. They are so fucking great. Haha, orchestral Trip-Hop madness at its finest!

6. Air - Kelly Watch the Stars

Possibly the lamest song of all time. I love it to death.

7. Goldfrapp - Beautiful

Anyone getting into electronica must listen to these guys, I don’t care how grossly overproduced it is; its like a Unicorn learned to play synth while kissing a Wizard on a rainbow lake.

8. Midnight Juggernauts - 45 & Rising (Cut Copy Remix)

This one is disgustingly scene, but whatevs. The point is, Australia is now making some decent indie dance pop. I really wanted to put “Going Nowhere” by Cut Copy on, because that song is amazing, but I figured it was “Old Hat”.

9. My Disco - Calling Cure

I love this band. So simple yet so confusing, doing so much with so little, if you know what I mean.

10. Kasabian - Shoot the Runner

Hahahaha. I’m going to hell. But wait till about halfway where it becomes all electronic and… well, tits.

11. Hot Chip - Over & Over (Maurice Fulton Remix)

This is another case of me opting for a remix over the original, so people can expand their mp3 collections. This has the craziest bassline I’ve encountered in popular music. Dig it.

12. Who Made Who - This Space for Rent

Posted purely for Josh. Octave bass is hypnotic.

13. Cap’n Jazz - Oh Messy Life

How fucking great is the guitar line at the beginning of this track?

14. Explosions In The Sky - First Breath After Coma

This one goes for ages, but it is really beautiful stuff. I’ve decided all you need to do is name your band “Something in the Sky” and I’ll like you.

15. Portishead - Theme from “To Kill a Dead Man”

I love Portishead. This one is instrumental, and pretty much totally different to all of their other stuff. Regardless, this song has an awesome name.

Enjoy. - have an awesome new year! <3

Christmix Playlist

Ok, so I couldn't be bothered writing and printing out playlists to give to you individually, you couldn't be bothered reading them and carrying them around. This is easier for all of us. A foreword i believe is in order:

Now most of us are doing a playlist for eachother in one form or another and I've already heard Sam's, he's got all sorts of fancy-dancy crossfading which, from the perspective of flow and coolness, shits all over my dinky Christmix flow, it is actually amazing. I hope you'll all take into account that I've attempted to merge a whole bunch of different stuff including Indie, Dance AND Jazz into a hopefully cohesive compilation. So, ya know, give me a chance for the love of god. Ok, so I've blabbed on enough, lets get this party started.

1. Shout - Tears For Fears

Lame? Shut your fucking mouth, this is an amazing 80s track, the layering and parts are to die for. Ok, maybe it is a LITTLE lame, I'm aware of the tongue und cheek but if you can look past the cheese its pretty fucking great.

2. Candy Cut - I Heart Hiroshima

Ok! Now we're rolling. Cutsie guitar indie from Oz. These guys won't blow your mind but they will make you dance around not unlike a ewok...and thats one hell of a way to dance

3. Get Up - Sleater Kinney

Again, I'm not in-love with these gals but this song is really great, layering wise, combines a lot of simple elements into a really pacey song.

4. Running, Returning - Akron/Family

I found this track on a free compilation I received, gotta love those percussive choirs of what sounds like sumo wrestlers and upon later inspection IS in fact sumo wrestlers. What a world. I'm also lying about the sumos, we all know they're not real.

5. Holy Names - Pretty Girls Make Graves

I dunno, before their second guitarist left these guys were kings/queens of the two guitar indie interplay. I would have put All Medicated Geniusus on this but that one was been played to death

6. Losing Friends - Death From Above 1979

Yes I know, everyone knows I like these guys but this track is off their first EP I think so theres a chance less of you have this, very dirty and thrashy.

7. The Next Realm - Nine Days Wonder

I got this track off a mix someone else made for me. God knows what the singer is saying but gotta love the post-punk groove

8. December - Regina Spektor

She's great, especially when she feigns an english working class accent and talks about houses.

9. Felt Mountain - Goldfrapp

You thought you knew Goldfrapp? You were wrong.

10. Track B - Duet Solo Dancers - Charles Mingus

Ok...this is just so evil and great and morbid and sleazy and cacophonic (in parts) and swooney in others. Love love love love love love.

11. Give Me Every Little Thing - The Juan Maclean

Such an amazing synthy/video gamey/parliament of funky (vocally speaking) dance track. This replaced the original MSTRKRFT track I had intended.

12. On Power Off - Snap! Crakk!

I still like Damn Arms better but thanks to me boi Tim I've introduce those who don't know these fine (and no longer in existence) fellows to you.

13. Tombstone - Midnight Juggernauts

Yes, its lame, its scene, leave me alone, its great

14. Killer Kat - Expatriate

Once again, another fairly lame track and these guys seem to be getting worse and worse but the bassline is to die for and well, to be honest, I still think its a pretty great track

15. See Carolina's Fastest Trees - We Versus The Shark

Oh! Indie-faggotry grows some balls and musicality. If this doesn't wake you up then I probably wish you were dead anyways...

16. The People Fight - Nobuo Uematsu

Lol, Final Fantasy 7 music revamped and made all classically. C'mon, shut up, this is fucking amazing.

17. In A Sentimental Mood - John Coltrane, Miles Davis & Duke Ellington

Whoo baby, jazz has never been so tasty. We're winding up now, I thought I'd give y'all a nice little break before I finish you off.

18. Forever More - Moloko

Throbbing, grandoise, sassy, dancey? Moloko? Yep. Wait...that's stupid. Ok, more exposition. This is the best finisher I could think of and I think I'm pretty great cause its an amazing closing track. I know I've put you through a lot, this is not a short mix and maybe the rapid genre changes have been a bit jarring but fuck, if nothing else you're all a bit better for the education. This track is amazing, if there's one thing we should drop to our knees and worship Moloko for it's their mastery of the musical build-up, this song is a perfect example.

I hope you enjoy the mix.

New !!! leaked!!!

Okay, so the new !!! has leaked. Suffice to say, its the best thing theyve ever done. I wasn't personally a huuuuge fan of Louden Up Now, but this is just gold. Its called "Myth Takes". It will be a classic, just watch. It totally combines the smoothness of Out Hud with the glitchy funky beats of !!!. Best thing? Its pretty evenly spaced. 10 tracks. Longest track is 8 mins. I'm not that big a fan of 10 min+ opuses like !!! and Out Hud have a habit of doing. Anyway, I'd post a song on here, but I'd get in trouble...

The Real V Festival Announcement

So, people were lied to, mistakes were made, babies were accidentally cooke...d.... whoa.

So yeah - here's the official one. no Who, dammit! also, that adelaide stuff was probably a crock of tits as well. oh well, we still get a quarter of the Rapture coming down our way.


Pixies
Pet Shop Boys
Groove Armada
Gnarls Barkley
Soulwax - Nite Versions
2manydjs
The Rapture
Phoenix
Softlightes
Bumblebeez
Mercy Arms
The Temper Trap