Posts Tagged ‘electro’
Postponed due to Icelandic volcano activity, fans were put on tenterhooks in anticipation of the Crystal Castles‘ live appearance at London‘s Heaven on 19th June. And their fans are very die-hard, to put it mildly, piling up as close to the stage as possible two hours before the set began as if waiting for the […]
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Tags: alice glass, crystal castles, dance, electro, electro punk, electronic, london, noise music, Punk
Extraordinary M.I.A.
M.I.A. is no ordinary pop star. Her new video Born Free features extreme violence and has been removed from Youtube for user terms violation. It depicts scenes of US soldiers on a bizarre mission to exterminate redhead youths.
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Tags: alternative, dance, electro, electronica, hip hop, london, m.i.a., political pop, tamil independence
Ladytron: Velocifero (2008)
Once upon a time, electronic acts were routinely dismissed for fetishising sounds at the expense of musical substance. It’s ironic, then, that Ladytron have written some of the best songs of the 00s while the 21st century rock’n’roll brigade, largely concerned with approaching various sonic blueprints from yesteryear, have rarely managed to pen anything memorable, […]
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Tags: electro, electroclash, electronica, electropop, indie, ladytron, new wave, synthpop, velocifero
“I hate Radiohead”, says Mac, guitarist of Parisian electro punk act Pravda. “When they came out, the press screamed genius, but what we see in them is a sinister revival of prog rock.
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Tags: electro, electroclash, electronic music, electronica, indie, miss kittin, Music, new wave, No Wave, Punk, radiohead
