I’ve been so busy lately I’ve not had a chance to update this but I’ll give it a go. I saw Brodinski last Friday at Sugarbeat!!! He played an absolute stormer. I was supoosed to meet my flatemate there but he eventually couldn’t get in due to his friend being gloriously inebriated (i.e. steamin’!). Nevermind though, the night had a turn up for the books when I met a couple of old/new friends and had a total blast. I think I may have found new gig buddies. Oh yeah, and he dropped this bomb…

Listen: Tiga – What You Need (The Proxy Remix) ←♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
MP3: Tiga – What You Need (The Proxy Remix)

Complete change of tone for Bibio. This summery pluckfest (and his album for that matter) has been hogging my eardrums this week. Lovers’ Carvings hooked me within the first 5 seconds.

Listen: Bibio – Lovers’ Carvings
MP3: Bibio – Lovers’ Carvings

This Don Diablo remix of Frankmusik‘s ‘Confusion Girl’ is just a really great remix/rework of a so-so song. Kind of like that Duke Dumont remix (read: total annihilation) of Lily Allen‘s ‘The Fear’.

Listen: Frankmusik – Confusion Girl (Don Diablo Loves To Slowdance Remix)
MP3: Frankmusik – Confusion Girl (Don Diablo Loves To Slowdance Remix)

Finally, apart from Bibio, the Cryptonites‘ ‘Night Drive Mixtape’ has been on basically non-stop. Really really good mix and exactly my kind of taste at this very moment!! I’ve taken the liberty of posting a couple of tracks from the mixtape because they’re very good.

Listen: Cryptonites – Boots Electric (Saint Pauli Remix)
MP3: Cryptonites – Boots Electric (Saint Pauli Remix)

MP3: Cryptonites – Night Drive Mixtape ←♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ thanks to Too Many Sebastians

Tracklist:
01 Pony Pony Run Run: Hey You (sayCet Remix)
02 Benjamin Diamond: We Gonna Make It (Alan Braxe Remix)
03 Van She: Changes (Vemixed)
04 Carl Hanaghan & My Digital Enemy: Leyenda (Bass Kleph Remix)
05 Phonat: Set Me Free (Extended Mix)
06 Beyonce: Me, Myself & I (Laidback Luke Bootleg) (zshare)
07 Housemeister: Beach Control Berlin Stadt
08 Bag Raiders: Turbo Love (Spruce Lee Remix)
09 Housse De La Racket: Synthétiseur (Remix) (zshare) ←♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
10 Good Luck At The Gunfight: Puma
11 Autodidakt: Ghetto Nonsense (Hostage Remix)
12 Phoenix: Lisztomania (Yuksek Remix Edit)
13 Acidkids: Callahan
14 Zombie Nation: Mystery Meat Affair (Shadow Dancer Remix)
15 La Roux: Bulletproof (Midfield General Remix)
16 Boys Noize: Jeffer (zshare)
17 Cryptonites: Boots Electric
18 Empire Of The Sun: We Are The People (Sam La More Remix)
19 Peaches: Lose You (Yuksek & Brodinski Remix) (zshare)

Bonus (from here):
Listen: Lindsey Buckingham – D.W. Suite
MP3: Lindsey Buckingham – D.W. Suite

“Goethe’s final words: ‘More light’. Ever since we crawled out of that primordial slime, that’s been our unifying cry: ‘More light’. Sunlight. Torchlight. Candlelight. Neon. Incandescent. Lights that banish the darkness from our caves, to illuminate our roads, the insides of our refrigerators. Big floods for the night games at Soldier’s field. Little tiny flashlights for those books we read under the covers when we’re supposed to be asleep. Light is more than watts and candles. Light is metaphor.” Chris Stevens, Northern Exposure (1990)

What happened to Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS)?? They’re a fucking delightful wee band. Absolutely storming live. Saw them at T in the Park one year (can’t remember which). Lovefoxxx is stunning. I’d walk over hot koalas to get that bitch.

“I got your shirt and I’m so not sure
are you coming back for it or should I expect the worse?
- well you can keep it
- I’m thinking
- don’t think too much
- should I call?
- you got my numbers
- I’m thinking”

“She screamed so loud
Until she was laughing
Well now there’s no more reasons for her to cry
It was so late, it was 4 AM”

Listen: Cansei de Ser Sexy – Patins
Listen: Cansei de Ser Sexy – Rat Is Dead (Rage)
MP3: Cansei de Ser Sexy – Patins
MP3: Cansei de Ser Sexy – Rat Is Dead (Rage)

I hope they release a new album soon.

Well, I did it. Or should I say, we did it. Me and big PCJ saw 2 bands in one night in 2 different cities. The Horrors were first up at King tut’s in Glasgow. They put on a pretty good show, and I’m glad I got to see them play ‘Sea Within A Sea’. We spent a lot of the time staring at/laughing/slagging the bassist/keyboardist (pictured in the black+white stripey t-shirt below) though, because he was doing this fucked up little dance that you’d have done in the 80s that just looked weird. I was half expecting Simon Le Bon to jump out. He did look the part though, I’ll give him that.

(The Horrors, King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, May 29th)

Listen: Gonzales – Working Together (Boys Noize Dub Mix)
MP3: Gonzales – Working Together (Boys Noize Dub Mix)