Archive for the 'garage rock' Category

The Kills Presented by SebastiAn

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

Oh wow. I love The Kills album. So fucking amazing. I mean like it’s really like dirty old the killsgarage rock with some added freakiness and phobias. Still, it’s not only that it isn’t outdated, it feels perfectly relevant. Sexy and dark, Midnight Boom is exactly what its title says. They had made an average album in 2003 when this kind of stuff was popular. Now that it’s not so much, they made an awesome record.

There are many things I like about Ed Banger’s SebastiAn. Ok, he’s hyped and everyone knows the RATM re-edit and Motor and maybe the Fool for Love remix too. However, he’s a guy from the banger crew who is constantly pushing boundaries. Seems like blessed with a cool taste he chooses music to chop-chop that is good. Like sebastianrock music and stuff. Not remixing a remix of a remix of a cover. And Dog for example is one electro-grindcore noise that can piss off a lot of people who are waiting for another perfectly beatmixed techno track on the dancefloor. I like it and that’s why I adore this remix of Cheap and Cheerful very much. Compare it to the Nite Cells edit who are like ok but they fucked it up. Or The Bloody Beetroots? Although I’m into them this one sucks. The Mathematikal rerub or The Videoband re-distortion don’t even deserve to be mentioned. SebastiAn had the taste to keep the hot rocking side of the song and twist it with his own sick disco. The breakdown at the end is brilliant.

mp3The Kills - Cheap and Cheerful (SebastiAn remix) [zshare] // The Kills - Cheap and Cheerful (SebastiAn remix) [fileden]

mp3The Kills - Cheap and Cheerful (Nite Cells Bored Robot remix) [zshare] // The Kills - Cheap and Cheerful (Nite Cells Bored Robot remix) [fileden]

mp3The Kills - Cheap and Cheerful (The Bloody Beetroots remix) [zshare] // The Kills - Cheap and Cheerful (The Bloody Beetroots remix) [fileden]

mp3The Kills - Cheap and Cheerful [zshare] // The Kills - Cheap and Cheerful [fileden]

Posted in us, garage rock, the kills, nite cells, uk, electro, sebastiAn, france, indie, the bloody beetroots | 4 Comments »

The Subways…umm…who?

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Yeah, someone might remember, there was a band called The Subways with a big hit a few years ago. Its title was like Rock and Roll Queen and it appeared in an OC episode that made it an even bigger indie-hymn. Now, they should sign to Kitsuné change their name and a chorus like ‘be my tech-house queen’ would be awesome. Remixes would be on the way.

Nevertheless, here they are again with two new songs preceeding the album. The first one was Girls & Boys (video) which made some think about Blur but I don’t really get it. Who the fuck are Blur anyway? Actually I liked the previous single better, it had some really heavy guitars. Nevermind, the new single bears the fancy title Alright (video) and it sounds quite cool. I mean, yeah, obvious hooks like “aaahh-haaa” and the girl-boy duo vocals are sometimes cheesy but Nirvana-like guitars can be great and there’s some metal. Buy it when it comes out in June, the full-lenght will follow same month.

The Subways - Alright (zshare)

The Subways - Alright (y. s. i.)

Posted in the subways, garage rock, uk indie, uk, punk, indie | No Comments »