MGMT: Congratulations

MGMT's sophomore album "Congratulations" drops on April 18th. Apparently influenced by:

a recent trip to Malibu (+ some serious psychedelics)

Looks fun!
I'll be listening.

Thanks Consequenceofsound

RJD2's Sweet Digs

Check out RJD2's sweet and "homie" home studio in West Philly and learn how to make some apple cobbler.



Thanks ElectricIndependance

HOLY FUCK !!!!!!!!

I heard about this band a few years back and for some reason, I happen to enjoy the crazy-electro-punk-jam-tronic noise that they make.











Lovely Allen







And they are on tour! Check em out!

06.16.09 Pilot Light · Knoxville TN · w/ Crocodiles
06.15.09 Drunken Unicorn · Atlanta GA · w/ Crocodiles
06.14.09 Bottletree · Birmingham AL · w/ Crocodiles
06.13.09 Spanish Moon · Baton Rouge LA · w/ Crocodiles
06.12.09 Walter's · Houston TX · w/ Crocodiles
06.11.09 Mohawk · Austin TX · w/ Crocodiles
06.10.09 Lounge On Elm · Dallas TX · w/ Crocodiles
06.08.09 Plush · Tucson AZ · w/ Crocodiles
06.07.09 Casbah · San Diego CA · w/ Crocodiles
06.06.09 Troubadour · Los Angeles CA · w/ Crocodiles
06.05.09 Bottom of the Hill · San Francisco CA · w/ Crocodiles
06.04.09 Doug Fir · Portland OR · w/ Crocodiles
06.03.09 Nightlight Lounge · Bellingham WA · w/ Crocodiles
05.31.09 7th Street Entry · Minneapolis MN · w/ Crocodiles
05.30.09 Empty Bottle · Chicago IL · w/ Crocodiles
05.29.09 Magic Stick · Detroit MI · w/ Crocodiles
05.28.09 Grog Shop · Cleveland OH · w/ Crocodiles
05.27.09 RNR Hotel · Washington DC · w/ Crocodiles
05.25.09 At Kungfu Necktie · Philadelphia PA · w/ Crocodiles
05.24.09 Ottobar · Baltimore MD · w/ Crocodiles
05.23.09 Bowery · New York NY · w/ Crocodiles
05.22.09 Music Hall · Brooklyn NY · w/ Crocodiles
05.21.09 Middle East Upstairs · Boston MA · w/ Crocodiles
05.16.09 Butlins Holiday Resort Minehead · Somerset UK · ATP w/ the Breeders

54 Seconds of Electro-Tech-Trance Madness

listen to this and feel free to dance around like a fool.

ludiboman - Ludi-Boman

Download it HERE

techno-tronica

This really isn't "new" news but i figured I'd throw in my 2 cents.I know techno,house,electronica, dance music, or whatever you would like to call it these days has sort of "historically" gotten a bad rap (at least in certain contexts). A good deal of people think it's stupid, boring, repetitive, etc, (which I do understand) and a good deal of people also just can't stand the type of fan that is drawn to this type of music. (Bisco kids get a bad rap but well..never mind)

Despite that,it can't be denied that it seems to be continually gaining huge popularity, especially among the jam band community with bands/groups like: The New Deal, Disco Biscuits (their various side projects: Conspirator, M80 Dub Station) Sound Tribe Sector 9, Telepath,MSTRKRFT, Thievery Corporation, Infected Mushroom, Hallucinogen, Lotus, Deadmau5, Girl Talk, even the band Ozric Tentacles who have been around since the early 90s and COUNTLESS others (Hey even the String Cheese Incident broke up and around 4 of the 6 members have electronic based projects going on) So what's my point to all this? I don't know, I guess I don't really have one, but I happen to enjoy this stuff and I take it for what it's worth. I think it's just fun music and I'm a beat junkie, a sucker for something that can make me nod my head or tap my foot and if you can make me do that then you're half way to making me dance around like an idiot.

Actually, this does have a point. This genre has been creeping into pop music for quite a while now (Moby,Fatboy Slim,Daft Punk , thanks Kanye) and it looks like it's all starting to blend together and become more mainstream (Kanye West's 808's and Heartbreaks, Rhianna/Ti's "Live Your Life", Common's new album "Universal Mind Control", Chromeo's "Fancy Footwork", that lousy Metro Station band, etc etc etc) I don't know, it seems like people are looking for something new to do so they are ripping off what is popular in the "underground" (which i guess is what always ends up happening anyway) Oh well.

Ozric Tentacles


Disco Biscuits


Daft Punk


Chromeo


Common