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HURTS: Wonderful Life

Not too much I know about this band, but perhaps that’s part of the allure. They are HURTS and they hail from England. They are two and their sound is dark brooding synth-pop—one writer even called it “Doom Pop”, whatever the label, this tune speaks to me.

Hearsay is HURTS got their video dancer from a want ad in the paper. I imagine it read something like this: “Doom pop band seeks classic beauty with deep inner-sorrow to dance outwardly while silently dying inside. We, the band, will play stoically in Savile Row tailoring. Compensation: Being a part of the next big thing.”

About that last part, more hearsay is they’re signed to a major label. I’m not surprised, this one song is enough to prove their case.

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MP3: HURTS – Wonderful Life (2009)
[ 8mb | 256kbps cbr | 4:11 | Genre: Post-Punk | BPM: 120 ]

Heartwrenching voice, Synthtone JEN SX-2000, classic image: Winner.

Check out their site, Informationhurts.com & sign-up for their e-mail list to stay informed as the story unfolds.

Ladytron: ‘Black Cat’ first single off new album ‘Velocifero’ / Remixes by Vicarious Bliss & Playgroup plus remix of Nine Inch Nails

ladytron Ladytron: Black Cat first single off new album Velocifero / Remixes by Vicarious Bliss & Playgroup plus remix of Nine Inch Nails

Liverpudlian synthpopers Ladytron have a glorious return to form with their brand new track, ‘Black Cat’, the opener of the yet-to-be released fourth studio album, ‘Velocifero’ (full tracklisting on Wikipedia). The new record is produced by Ladytron with assistance from Ed Banger’s Vicaraous Bliss, Jim Abbiss of Arctic Monkeys production fame, and Alessandro Cortini (currently of seminal Industrial band Nine Inch Nails). The single ‘Black Cat’ carries a gothic synthpop sweetness with morose-toned Bulgarian verses from ‘tron’s Mira Aroyo.

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MP3: Ladytron – Black Cat

The full-length ‘Velocifero’ has a street date of June 3rd and will be released on Nettwerk, the groups’ first for the label (Nettwerk was one of the first labels to abolish DRM and incredibly, paid legal defense for a teen downloader sued by the RIAA).

Ladytron always sounds better in bunches, so enjoy these—some we’ve posted before, some you’re likely to have heard before—all should be heard again. …These are remix collaborations with London new wavers Playgroup & Chicaco house heavyweight Felix Da Housecat, as well as Nine Inch Nails and Vicarious Bliss:

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MP3: Ladytron – Destroy Everything You Touch (Playgroup Vocal Edit)

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MP3: Ladytron – Play Girl (Felix Da Housecat Glitz Clubhead Mix)

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MP3: Ladytron – Soft Power (Vicarious Bliss Gutter Mix)

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MP3: Nine Inch Nails – The Beginning of the End (Ladytron Remix)

Ladytron tours through Europe, US and Canada beginning April 30th in Manchester. See if they stop by your town on Ladytron’s MySpace.

Shop Ladytron albums and downloads on Amazon.

Visit Ladytron on MySpace or their official Ladytron.com.

Fukkk Offf remixes Maral Salmassi’s ‘Fire Gem’ & The Dance Inc.’s ‘The Boy Who’ / Originals ‘I’m A Freak’ & ‘The Bottom’

fukkkofff Fukkk Offf remixes Maral Salmassis Fire Gem & The Dance Inc.s The Boy Who / Originals Im A Freak & The Bottom

Hamburg, Germany’s Fukkk Offf, comes with menacing electro house, befitting for such a person effectively called “fuck off”. And much like the girls at the club who tell me those same words, I hear Fukkk Offf and it just makes me want more and more. Punish your ears with these delightful headbangers. First up, a brand new heater from Television Rocks artist and Cologne party-chick Maral Salmassi, of which you should already be acquainted from this not-too-distant post where we featured the original ‘Fire Gem’.

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MP3: Maral Salmassi – Fire Gem (Fukkk Offf Remix)

Thank you sir may I have another? Last year Fukkk Offf broke on the scene with two singles, ‘I’m A Freak’ for NY’s Coco Machete Records (for whom he also remixed D’ Secret SVC) and ‘The Bottom’ for Skjöldmusic (formerly Hammarskjöld).

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MP3: Fukkk Offf – I’m A Freak (Original Mix)

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MP3: Fukkk Offf – The Bottom (Original Mix)

More! Fukkk Offf remix of fellow Hamburglers The Dance Inc.’s synthpoppy ‘The Boy Who’.

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MP3: The Dance Inc – The Boy Who (Fukkk Offf Remix)

Fukkk Offf and other aformentioned artists’ music can be purchased at Beatport.

Can’t get e’nuff? Fukkk Offf to Discodust where there’s a mix for download.

Visit Fukkk Off on MySpace.

Ghosthustler: ‘Someone Else’s Ride’

ghosthustler Ghosthustler: Someone Elses Ride

Denton, TX’s Ghosthustler should mean something to you by now. However, if it doesn’t, get primed with these tracks that took blogtown by storm last month. Now, just a month later, Ghosthustler are hustlin’ again. Rick Rossin’ it! Please enjoy this tune in a cherry’d out T-top with a fancy auto-reverse cassette player cranked full blast (but, I guess your little beige computer speakers will do okay too).

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MP3: Ghosthustler – Someone Else’s Ride

Ghosthustler will be present at the the nation’s premier independent music conference and festival, SxSW in Austin, Texas, at Gorilla vs. Bear’s blogcentric, and cleverly titled, “Gorilla vs. Booze” party. Peep the Ghosthustler MySpace for that and other gigs as these kids get snapped up and up and up.

Visit Ghosthuster on MySpace.

Maethelvin (of Valerie): The return of the ’80s synthsizer.

maethelvin Maethelvin (of Valerie): The return of the 80s synthsizer.

We’re still loving the output of French collective Valerie. Have y’all heard Maethelvin? It falls somewhere between modern Kavinsky tunes and iconic ’80s TV and movie themes like Jan Hammer’s theme from Miami Vice or Harold Faltermeyer’s ‘Axel F’ from Beverly Hills Cop.

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MP3: Maethelvin – Dragster

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MP3: Maethelvin – Looking for Love

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MP3: Maethelvin – My Favorite TV Show

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MP3: Maethelvin – Plan B

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MP3: Maethelvin – Lost In Big City

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MP3: Maethelvin – Magnetic Tape for Friday’s Party (Radio Edit)

Maethelvin has provided a remix for fellow Valerie artist The Outrunners‘ latest EP ‘Cool Feeling’, available on Juno. Valerie is worth your money! We’re still waiting for the Valierie takeover, initiated by our excitement for fellows Minitel Rose and the ‘Official Theme of Valerie (Minitel Rose Remix)’. We’ve put this up before with other Minitel Rose stuff, but it deserves one more go:

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MP3: West Coast Valerie – Official Theme of Valerie (Minitel Rose Remix)

Is that a Bob Seger, ‘Turn the Page’ sample, I hear? Classy.

Maethelvin blogs on the Valerie posse blogspot, ValerieCherie.
Visit Maethelvin on MySpace or at the Valerie MySpace.

Ssion: ‘Clowns’ remixes from Glass Candy, MOVES!! & Tactic / ‘Street Jizz’ & ‘A Wolves Eye’

ssion Ssion: Clowns remixes from Glass Candy, MOVES!! & Tactic / Street Jizz & A Wolves Eye

Kansas City, Missouri act Ssion (pronounced “shun”) have been one of the blogtown’s hottest commodity and it’s about time we got in the trade. The product is part new wave/no-wave, part indie rock, part synth-pop, part Italo-disco and throughly—delightfully—eccentric throughout. I remember someone calling it “sleaze-pop”, and that term in my mind.

We are fully indoctrinated into frontman Cody Critcheloe’s cult of personality. I came to Ssion through the tune ‘Street Jizz’, a upbeat ditty that’s probably about what you think it is. Join the cult.

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MP3: Ssion – Street Jizz

Then came ‘Clowns’. Perhaps their most conventional pop-rock track they’ve produced thus far, ‘Clowns’ leaves a lot of room for remixing. The pairing with Portland’s Glass Candy has created something major. Already written up on StereoGum & BigStereo (among others), this remix is a playlist mainstay and major favorite.

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MP3: Ssion – Clown (Glass Candy Remix) [recommended]

The ‘Clowns’ single drops February 12th on Sleazetone showcasing the Glass Candy remix, as well as mixes by Philly’s MOVES!! and a pair from Chicago boys Chrissy Murderbot & DJ C. Sadly one of my favorite remixes of the tune didn’t make the cut. It comes from fellow KC resident Tactic.

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MP3: Ssion – Clown (MOVES!! Remix)

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MP3: Ssion – Clown (Tactic Remix)

Ssion’s sophmore album ‘Fool’s Gold’ found it’s way into our inbox last week and it’s extremely solid and more mature and polished than from their previous record, 2003’s ‘Opportunity Bless My Soul’ (see Discogs). ‘Fool’s Gold’ shares the February 12th release date with the single. The album cut that’s appealing to me and my vote for single #2 is ‘A Wolves Eye’. My current dancing in the bedroom anthem.

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MP3: Ssion – A Wolves Eye

Visit Ssion on MySpace or their official site, Ssion.com.

Miss Kittin to release ‘BatBox’ LP / ‘Kittin is High’ remixes from Black Labelle & JoJo De Freq / The Hacker, Golden Boy & Felix Da Housecat/Staitc Revenger favorites

misskittin Miss Kittin to release BatBox LP / Kittin is High remixes from Black Labelle & JoJo De Freq / The Hacker, Golden Boy & Felix Da Housecat/Staitc Revenger favorites

Parisian electronic music diva, Miss Kittin, will release her second solo record titled ‘BatBox’ on the Nobody’s Bizzness label early this year. This anticipated record follows her 2004 solo debut, ‘I COM’.

Miss Kittin has always had a gothic touch and ‘Batbox’ might be the darkest record yet, but the record still has a surprising undercurrent of optimism. The artist explains ‘Batbox’ like this:

BatBox is a redemption. Let the bats in my head fly out. I was saying goodbye to old ghosts, allowing light to reduce the shadows and fight the dark. It was like opening a window on new perceptions, not with my eyes but through intuition, just like bats and cats do.

‘BatBox’ has quickly become one of my favorite records for the new year and I don’t see it leaving rotation any time soon. Standout tracks include the first single, ‘Kittin is High’ which also carries a 1-2 punch of fantastic B-Sides by Norwegian remixer Black Labelle and East London doll JoJo De Freq. I’ve also found the tune, ‘Barefoot Tonight’ utterly infectious.

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MP3: Miss Kittin – Kittin is High

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MP3: Miss Kittin – Kittin is High (9-11 Mix By Black Labelle)

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MP3: Miss Kittin – Kittin is High (JoJo De Freqs Beauty is Terror Remix)

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MP3: Miss Kittin – Barefoot Tonight

Of course before, inbetween and always, Miss Kittin has recorded alongside verious partner including The Hacker, Golden Boy, and Felix Da Housecat, as well as releasing several DJ mixes albums—many of which you can familiarize yourself with at Amazon.

The aforementioned collaborations have resulted in some of my very favorite records. Here’s the cream to fall in love with, if you haven’t already had the pleasure:

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MP3: Golden Boy with Miss Kittin – Rippin Kittin

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MP3: Miss Kittin and The Hacker – Frank Sinatra

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MP3: Felix Da Housecat – Silver Screen Shower Scene (feat. Miss Kittin) (Static Revenger Mix)

The Felix Da Housecat track above was just right—but I hit you with the remix that makes things just a little crazier—it comes from one of Felix’s peers, North Hollywood’s disco house veteran Static Revenger. That track resides on the ‘Madame Hollywood / Shower Scene’ remix EP alongside remixes from Adult., Ladytron, Jacques Lu Cont and others. It came out in 2002 and it’s OOP (out of print) but worth seeking out (just like the rest of the lot above, wink wink).

Miss Kittin on MySpace or her official site, Kittininabox.com.
And, guess what, even more Miss Kittin in the archives.

Free Party with Ladytron at Hollywood & Highland then a So Sweet afterparty!

ladytron Free Party with Ladytron at Hollywood & Highland then a So Sweet afterparty!

So Sweet Records, is the home of Ladytron, Hearts Revolution, Crystal Castles, Dan Deacon, Dreamburger, We Smoke Fags, & a slew of other tasty noisemakers. What a fine home it is! This label is one to get excited about, so, naturally we got excited when we got opportunity to collaborate with So Sweet on a very special night with Ladytron, going down tomorrow, Thursday, September 27th at Teddy’s lounge inside Hollywood’s iconic Roosevelt Hotel, right after the FREE all-ages Ladytron performance at Hollywood & Highland at 8pm.

If you plan on seeing Ladytron at Hollywood & Highland, you need know know that although the party is free, you need an incoming Metro (MTA) ticket stub. So take some public transportation and you can get utterly aresholed on booze without worry! It’s a win/win!

If you want get down with the intimate after party at Teddy’s, know that you need to be over 21, and have to be one of the lucky chosen few. We have a couple handful of invites to give out to this swank little free party, with free drinks and Ladytron on the decks. You’re down? Send an email to us before 3pm tomorrow, and, if you’re lucky, we’ll put you on the list that night—you even bring a date or heterosexual life-partner. To enter:

Send your name to: missingtoof@missingtoof.com
Use the subject line: “Free So Sweet party with Ladytron

Winners will be notified via e-mail tomorrow by 5pm. If you want to be notified by text message, leave your digits as well.

Hope to see you at the show and/or the after party. Chill—dance—take the Metro home, if you’re sober enough to remember where you live.

Missingtoof, Ladytron fanboy #1 4evr:

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MP3: Ladytron – Discotraxx (2001)

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MP3: Ladytron – Seventeen (2002) [Recommended]

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MP3: Ladytron – Destroy Everything You Touch (2005)

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MP3: Ladytron – Soft Power (Loz & Brendan Long Remix) (2007)

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MP3: Ladytron – International Dateline (Simian Mobile Disco Remix) (2007)

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MP3: Gang Of Four – Natural’s Not In It (Ladytron Remodel) (2005)

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MP3: Apoptygma Berzerk – Until the End of the World (Ladytron De-Shape Remix) (2006) [Recommended]

Now that’s three originals, two remixes by Simian Mobile Disco and Loz & Brendan Long, and two remixes for Gang of Four and Apoptygma Berzerk.

I can haz Ladytron? Buy essential Ladytron records on Amazon. Get your collection right or we’re going to h4×0r you.

Visit Ladytron on MySpace or their official site.
Visit So Sweet Records on MySpace or their official site.

And, don’t forget more Ladytron in our archives!

Sohodolls: “Ribbed Music for the Numb Generation” / Crystal Castles remix

sohodolls Sohodolls: Ribbed Music for the Numb Generation / Crystal Castles remixphoto credit: Emma Tempest

London’s Sohodolls are hot like fire! They’ve been on UK scene for a few years, but now they’re ready to go big and make an impression on the world with their upcoming debut album, ‘Ribbed Music for the Numb Generation’. The album will be released this September 10th, imprinted on Filthy Pretty Records, with production and mix-down by Robert Harder (producer of Whitey, Babyshambles and Ali Love, among others) and Steve Lyon (co-producer for Depeche Mode and The Cure, among others).

The fox with the tape-y nipple that you see above is Maya von Doll—writer and singer of Sohodolls. The tracks below span from 2005 to now, but some of the best songs are a slow burn before the inferno! I’m the kind of simp that falls in love with strippers, so the Sohodolls single, ‘Stripper’ is my jammy.

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MP3: Sohodolls – Stripper

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MP3: Sohodolls – My Vampire

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MP3: Sohodolls – Trash the Rental

Icing on the cake would be a Crystal Castles remix. And fancy that, there is one! ‘Trash the Rental’ just got trashier.

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MP3: Sohodolls – Trash the Rental (Crystal Castles Remix)

Visit Sohodolls on MySpace or at their official site.

Ladytron DJ Tour

ladytrondjtour Ladytron DJ Tour

Zune and Filter present: Ladytron DJ tour by Mira Aroyo and Reuben Wu
Just back from a European tour opening for Nine Inch Nails, Ladytron’s Reuben Wu and Mira Aroyo pick up their headphones and vinyl for a May DJ tour of North America. Clubbers can expect an eclectic dancefloor mix of seduction and destruction, electronic-rock, personal influences and undiscovered gems both old and new.

MAY
16 wed Atlanta, GA – MJQ Concourse [21+]
17 thu Washington, DC – Rock N Roll Hotel [AA]
18 fri Chicago, IL – Darkroom
19 sat Toronto, ON – Spin Gallery
20 sun Clevland, OH – B-Side Liquor Lounge [18+]
21 mon Louisville, KY – Exile [21+]
24 thu New york, NY – Hiro Ballroom [AA]
25 fri Vancouver, BC – Exchange Building
26 sat Los Angeles, CA – Memorial Coliseum [AA]
26 sat Los Angeles, CA – Avalon Hollywood [21+]
27 sun San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Shop [21+]
28 mon Dallas, TX – House Of Blues [21+]
30 wed Houston, TX – The Meridian [AA]

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Ladytron – Soft Power (Vicarious Bliss Gutter mix) (Download)





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