AMiTY

Wolverhampton born Amy Forrester is the latest acoustic hit to meet the South East. Self described as the love child of Nick Cave and a happy PJ Harvey, the girl aims high, and totally succeeds.

Unlike many acoustic style performers, AMiTY combines vocals with a guitar, a snare drum, and a sampler and what ever else is lying around to create music that makes you want to know everything about her and listen to her unbashful lyrics. It’s music that would make many female acoustic artists jealous due to its creative and exciting new edge.

You can catch her performing at quite a few places in London and Brighton over the next few months, and find out more at her Myspace here. Meanwhile, have a listen to her in the two songs below and you can see what I mean.

AMiTY – Oh My Word

AMiTY – Till It’s Gone

Hot Chip Are Back.

My hands down favourite Hot Chip are back in 2010 with a new album in the middle of next year following their February tour. You can pre-order their new album, which is as of yet un-named and receive a new track to wrap your ears around. (If anyone has this can they send to me please.)

Glasgow O2 Academy (February 12)

Edinburgh Picture House (13)
Nottingham Rock City (15)
Leeds O2 Academy (16)
Newcastle O2 Academy (18)
Manchester Academy (19)
Birmingham O2 Academy (20)
Bournemouth O2 Academy (22)
Bristol O2 Academy (23)
Norwich UEA (24)
London O2 Brixton Academy (26, 27)

 

Get signed up to o2 Priority and be the first to get tickets on the 4th here.

Under the Sheets

YES, Ellie Goulding. Good job.

Mowgli’s Road

I don’t know what to make of the new Marina & the Diamonds video.. It’s just basically very, very weird.

YYY

Compared to many other A-Trak remixes, this one is relatively calmer but still simply brilliant and probably amongst my top 3 remixes of the year.

Yeah Yeah Yeah’s – Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)

Lulu & the Lampshades

Heloise, Luisa, Dan and Jemma make up the latest brilliant new four piece from London. Due to release their first single, ‘Feet To The Sky’ / ‘Rose Tint’, on new imprint Voga Parochia later this month they are already having comparisons thrown left right and center around the internet, most notably Peggy Sue & the Pirates (who they are supporting in November) due to their quirky and if somewhat basic way of making music with what ever surrounds them- from ice cream pots to luggage whilst combining their unusual vocals to make remarkable music.

The video below pretty much sums this all up:

Is it wrong…

That sometimes I fancy Peaches? Especially in her new video for I Feel Cream…

The Twelfth Hour

The Twelves constantly impress, with amazing remixes from Yelle to Radiohead they’re an act that I keep an eye out for. Their latest Mixtape is The Twelfth Hour and has their usual fun and fast paced style in an hour of dancing joy.

The Twelfth Hour Mix

Tracklist:
Methusalem – Robotism
Groove Armada – Drop The Tough (The Twelves Remix)
Glass Candy – Miss Broadway
Daft Punk – Da Funk
DJ Agent 86 – Wavestate
Gossip – Standing in the Way of Control
Gaz Nevada – I-C Love Affair
Phoenix – Lisztomania
Arpadys – Mystery Rock (Vlad Maywad edit)
The Do – On My Shoulders
Zoot Woman – Information First
The Jacksons – Shake your Body
Mr Oizo – Two Takes It
Bushy – Sqezy Soul
Zeigeist – Humanitarianism (The Twelves Remix)
Snoop Doggy Dogg – Sensual Seduction
Juan Maclean – No Time
DJ Agent 86 – Magic
K.I.D. – Hupendi Musiki
Franz Ferdinand – Ulysses
Siriusmo – Discoding
Dan Hartman – Vertigo / Relight my Fire
Air – Sexy Boy
Fever Ray – Seven (The Twelves Remix)
Pacific – Hot Lips (The Twelves Remix)
Patrick Alavi – Power
Dynasty – I Dont Wanna be a Freak
Metronomy – Radio Ladio
Siriusmo – Last Dear
Empire of the Sun – Walking on a Dream
Elitechnique – Spectral Escape
The Virgins – Rich Girls
Black Kids – …Dance With You (The Twelves Remake)
The Juan Maclean – Happy House
M.I.A. – Boyz
Cut Copy – So Haunted
Space – Magic Fly
PNAU – With You Forever
Eddie Tour – Up The Glitter
Mr. Oizo – Hun
Cerrone – Give Me Love
Mr. Oizo – Steroids (ft. Uffie)
Tiga – Shoes
Kano – It’s a War
Daft Punk – Revolution 909
Radiohead – Scatterbrain (The Twelves Remix)
Terry Poison – Comme Ci Comme Ça (The Twelves Remix)
Sebastien Tellier – Sexual Sportswear
Chemical Brothers – It Doesn’t Matter
Database vs. French Horn Rebellion – Beaches and Friends (The Twelves Remix)

New Ellie Goulding

Neon Gold dropped the new Ellie Goulding song around the blogs this last week, it’s a good one. Featuring production from Starsmith it’s literally shimmering.

Ellie Goulding – Under the Sheets

I also did an interview with her which you can read here.

PMS + Kid Cudi

I love Pretty Monkey Studio’s videos. I think this is the simplest but best yet. Kid Cudi ft. Lady GaGa.

UPDATE:

Sammy Banana’s remix of this song RIGHT HERE. <—– I love this.