Monday 31 March 2008

Muxtape


totally illegal, but very cool, this is an online mixtape, to share with your friends (your superior taste?).


get ready for your summer

Sunny day here in belgium...
so, you should think about your summer festivals !

here's belgium's top 5 :

number 1 :

Rock Werchter, on July 3 - 4 - 5 - 6, is considered as the best festival in the world (winner of the ILMC Arthur Award for the 4th time in 5 years!). 
So, no explanation needed, just look at the new temporary line-up !

number 2 :

Pukkelpop, august 14-15-16 in Hasselt.
their space

number 3 :

Dour, biggest alternative festival, with a lot of (smaller) bands. Very cool.
17>20 July

number 4 :

Les Ardentes, in Liège, on July 10th to 13th

THURSDAY 10th JULY
LAURENT GARNIER, TRENTEMOLLER (live band), SEBASTIEN TELLIER, BRISA ROCHE, AURYN, …

FRIDAY 11th JULY
DAVE CLARKE, GOOSE (live), BOOKA SHADE (live), M.A.N.D.Y., YELLE, SOLDOUT, DR. LEKTROLUV, ANDREW WEATHERALL, MATTHEW DEAR & RYAN ELLIOTT, CHLOE (live), APPARAT (live band), ARNAUD REBOTINI (live), SASCHA FUNKE, GUI BORRATO (live), RED SHAPE (live), MICHAEL MAYER, DJ PIERRE, …

SATURDAY 12th JULY
M.I.A., THE STREETS, DIZZEE RASCAL, THE KILLS, LIARS, THE BELLRAYS, SPIRITUALIZED, DAS POP, CROOKERS, BLOODY BEETROOTS, DJ FOOD vs. DK, DJ MARKY, THE QEMISTS, DILINJA & LEMON D, SAGE FRANCIS, PRINS THOMAS, JUSTUS KOHNCKE, FREAKY AGE, LEGOPARTY, …

SUNDAY 13th JULY
DIONYSOS, GIRLS IN HAWAII, ARNO, DANIEL DARC, THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA, NICOLE WILLIS & THE SOUL INVESTIGATORS, SAINT-ANDRE, PUGGY, YOAV, …

number 5 :

Gentse Feesten, in Ghent, a ten days city festival. This is just crazy...

MIAMI VICE


(that's annie mac, between eron alkan and mark ronson)

Saturday 29 March 2008

songbird

Get Songbird

Songbird is a new and very nice music/web player, works on mac, pc and linux.
It integrates the hype machine, insound and SkreemR !
Try it, it's free and supported by the mozilla foundation (like firefox).

"Play music. Play the Web.
Songbird is a desktop media player mashed-up with the Web. Songbird is committed to playing the music you want, from the sites you want, on the devices you want, challenging the conventions of discovery, purchase, consumption and organization of music on the Internet.

Songbird is a player and a platform. Like Firefox, Songbird is an open source, Open Web project built on the Mozilla platform. Songbird provides a public playground for Web media mash-ups by providing developers with both desktop and Web APIs, developer resources and fostering Open Web media standards, to wit, an Open Media Web."


bonus : The Do - on my shoulders

new track from gnarls barkley


Friday 28 March 2008

black kids' vid



my previous post about the black kids : here

Thursday 27 March 2008

3 of 2008


So, lately, i haven't post a lot...
But, I've listened a lot!

Three bands have really catched my ear, and I've been playing their albums non stop.
You probably know them, there's already been a fuzz about their music, but here i go !



The best album of 2008, by Vampire Weekend
This mix of The Police, the beach boys, clap your hands say yeah and African/Caribbean sounds, is just incredible !
No song in particular, but just the whole album is great...

Vampire Weekend - Mansard Roof
Vampire Weekend - Campus


MGMT ("mm gee mm tee", and not "management")
they're like the new Klaxons !
great stuff

MGMT - Time To Pretend
MGMT - Kids
MGMT - Electric Feel


and finally, Yeasayer.
great stuff too, beautiful songs, really. '2080' and 'Sunrise'
free downloads on their site

Wednesday 5 March 2008

josé james



new album, the dreamer, out now !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music says : In an era ruled by songbook clones, the arrival of Brooklyn based vocalist José James is a breath of fresh air. Blessed with striking baritone vocal pipes, the newcomer draws on the spiritually elevated heritage of Andy Bey and John Lucien to make earthy, intelligent, and downright sexy acoustic jazz.