lets start our monday right shall we.

if you are lookin for an album you don’t need to take too seriously, or one that can go along with you and take the blues away, look no further.

I still don’t get the direction mystery jets is heading toward.
Don’t get me wrong, this album is filled with pop songs that will last a lifetime.
there is in fact a certain swagger about the songs in this album that would probably make them instant classics.

this album is surprisingly a bloody good pop album.

why is it surprising? well, their previous album barely gave a hint of this direction, probably upsetting many.
the producer of this album ‘the erol alkan‘ is also not known for making memorable pop songs like these.

no hard bass lines or mad guitar riffs.

so is this album about their progress as a band, toying with different sounds?
or is it a stamp, a statement that they have arrived somewhere?

i say screw it. just enjoy them as they are for the moment.
even if this were any other bands only album, it is already a masterpiece in its own right.

it was released a few months back, but from ‘young love‘ to ‘two doors down‘, this album is downright fun, addictive, and will hook you silly anytime.

mp3|mystery jets – two doors down / (zshare)

mp3|mystery jets – half in love with elizabeth / (zshare)

mystery jets website

mystery jets myspace

mystery jets album

i refrained i refrained and i refrained.

but i have decided to cave in and talk about them.

when death cab came out with plans i thought they were heading for a soft direction.

it was light, breezy and easy, though that never got the critics waxing lyrical.

soul meets body was the quintessential pop song which in my opinion could speak to the masses and feature on every single radio station.

then everybody ‘went PBJ’ on them too.
not complaining, i always thought they deserved much much more airplay.
but something was different, their edge seemed to be wearing off.

their frontman Ben Gibbard had a voice for emotion.

and with narrow stairs, the band truly exploited it. this time with menacing effect.

heavier and darker than they have ever been before, i’m really getting them this time round.

get this album. they deserve your love. you get a free silkscreen poster with it.

mp3|death cab for cutie – bixby canyon bridge / (zshare)

mp3|death cab for cutie – cath… / (zshare)

DCFC website

DCFC myspace

DCFC album

I still remember the first time the track ‘ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space‘ found its way to my ear canals…

It was an epiphany at a level somewhat similar to the lost of innocence in the throes of adolescence.

Songs in A&E is back to being the awesome Spiritualized i fondly remember.

An immaculate balance of shoegaze mixed with minimalist rock and orchestral genius finally has its day.

It has been a while but this album might just trump those that have come before it.

Powerful yet subtle anthems are littered all over this album and its slowly setting my soul on fire.

whoosh.

mp3|spiritualized – soul on fire / (zshare)

mp3|spiritualized – baby i’m just a fool / (zshare)

bonus:

mp3|spiritualized – ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space / (zshare)

spiritualized website

spiritualized myspace

spiritualized album

Forget the persistent attempts to classify Hercules & Love Affair.

From light disco to early-house from the 70s and 80s, the references keep flying in but this is definitely no banging record for you to shake away the blur.

The vintage vibe still creeps in from time to time with most of the tracks but make no mistake,
this album is too complex, too fresh and produced with too much finesse to be referred to as a shot at revival.

Most tracks border on an easy dance-able bpm and with Antony of Antony & The Johnsons gracing the album, it is a sure win.

It would be convenient to label this band with the rigid genres of today but it would be an undeserving description.

I doubt the hype for this album will be massive, (at least not in singapore) but whoever equates just hype to indisputable quality is a fool.

get this album way before its release date in june.

mp3|hercules & love affair – blind / (zshare)

mp3|hercules & love affair – athene / (zshare)

hercules & love affair : [website] [myspace] [album]

-photo by thecobrasnake

Don’t go breaking your teeth trying to find the latest tracks.

They are here.

The most anticipated albums with the tracks which will steal your soul.

mp3|Spiritualized – soul on fire / (zshare)
Spiritualized website / myspace

mp3|Ladytron – Ghosts / (zshare)
Ladytron website / myspace

mp3|Wolf Parade – Call it a ritual / (zshare)
Wolf Parade website / myspace

mp3|Santogold – L.E.S Artistes / (zshare)
Santogold myspace

pre-order them albums before the world does here.

Aussies know how to go all the way down under and produce them dark, dirty sounds like no one can.

With Cut Copy releasing In Ghost Colours, I thought few could match them this year.

Then came along The Presets with Apocalypso. This might just take the cake.

I cant decide which album’s better. They are both 5 lightning bolts to your ass.

Grab this mad mad single from them and i think your chills will be crawling all over your stiff body.

mp3|The Presets – This Boy’s In Love (KIM remix) / (zshare)

mp3|The Presets – This Boy’s In Love (Lifelike remix) / (zshare)

mp3|The Presets – This Boy’s In Love (Zombie nation remix) / (zshare)

mp3|The Presets – This Boy’s In Love (Jori Hulkkonen remix) / (zshare)

the presets website

the presets myspace

the presets album

hot off the fryin pan are these 2 sizzling new tracks.

one from CSS or cansei de ser sexy and the other from gwyneth paltrow’s husband and his band.

Coldplay with a new album coming up and riding on the new age wave of music distribution just like radiohead with in rainbows.

the latest shit!

grab em and let me know how you think the taste of their new albums will be like.

mp3|Coldplay – Violet hill / (zshare)

mp3|CSS – Rat is dead (rage) / (zshare)

CSS [website] [myspace]

Coldplay website

-photo from amachron.com

disco sirens is a single off midfield general’s latest album which has been out for a while now.

midfield general is damien harris, producer and owner of skint records.

It took him 8 years to release his sophomore album and this track is co-produced by xavier de rosnay (Justice)

So catch the bassline which is downright dirty and hard and bangin’.

The Justice influence is over the top.

This track really made me go kinda nuts at first.

enjoy the rest of the remixes with it.

[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jslc9QkKAv8]

right-click and save as… or use the zshare links.

mp3|Midfield General – Disco Sirens (original) / (zshare)

mp3|Midfield General – Disco Sirens (D.I.M remix) / (zshare)

mp3|Midfield General – Disco Sirens (Boy 8 bit short vocal remix) / (zshare)

mp3|Midfield General – Disco Sirens (Them Jeans edit) / (zshare)

mp3|Midfield General – Disco Sirens (AudiosyncratiK edit) / (zshare)

friday i’m in love with the Disco Sirens sirens sirens sirens sirens…….

midfield general website

midfield general myspace

midfield general blog

need i say more?

ed banger volume 3.

out may 26th.

here’s the tracklist:

1 – Mr Oizo – Yves
2 – Busy P – To Protect And Entertain (feat. Murs)
3 – Mr Flash – Over The Top
4 – SebastiAn – Dog
5 – Uffie – Robot Oeuf
6 – Justice – Stress (Auto Remix)
7 – Mr Oizo – Minuteman’s pulse
8 – DJ Mehdi – Pocket Piano
9 – Krazy Baldhead – No Cow, No Pow
10 – DSL – Find Me In The World
11 – Feadz – Back It Up (feat. Spank Rock)
12 – So Me – Decalcomania

“right-click and save as..” or use the zshare links to download

mp3|Busy P – To Protect And Entertain (feat. Murs) / (zshare)

mp3|SebastiAn – Dog / (zshare)

mp3|Justice – Stress (Auto remix) / (zshare)

go to their sites, stalk them and maybe buy some leg hair since you know you want a piece of them.

oh, and theres a mini mix by feadz to grab while you are at their myspace. go now.

ed banger website

ed banger myspace

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more JUSTICE limited edt apparel here

shoegaze needs your time.

shoegaze always needs time.

shoegaze makes you think. experiment, feel, touch and imagine.

Of the present, the future, and definitely in retrospect.

shoegaze is not music you listen to when you are fiery, agitated or impatient.

Its music to be appreciated when you feel like embracing and nestling in the world and life you dont quite get at times.

And in more recent times, the shoegaze m83 have been producing is magic.

Yes. Magic… Amazing. Spectacular.

Graveyard girl video

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY8iy8S0S4w]

Saturdays = Youth is the latest offering by m83 which was released by mute records this week.

This album is definitely the easiest to appreciate as it is less experimental, more poppy and has more of a shoegaze feel. But dont deny them of their past work as many have overlooked. This new album just happens to be in a direction that will allow more people to get them.

Remember, take your time with m83 and you will adore them to bits.

mp3|m83 – Graveyard girl / (zshare)

mp3|m83 – Kim & Jessie / (zshare)

Bonus:

mp3|Placebo – Protege moi (m83 remix) / (zshare)

mp3|Goldfrapp – Black cherry (m83 remix) / (zshare)

m83 website

m83 myspace

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