We all know now that Ladyhawke’s debut is gonna be among many top10s of blog end-year-lists. Her new single is gonna come out on the 9th of December (check the video for it) with 10 tracks and like 6 remixers. One of them is Fan Death who made an instant buzz as soon as their first tracks came out. Although, if you’re not familiar with the latter let me bring you up to speed. Fan Death is two girls from the US who make music like Glass Candy. Retro-future and disco revolution but with the added art-y twist: the over-dramatized vocals and attitude. It’s almost like a theatre pay: two actresses in the 3-part drama featuring the goddess called ‘Disco’. I guess the lyrics support this: full of religious allusions and mystery symbols. With Erol Alkan behind them (The Long Blondes split up anyway…), this can’t go wrong. The remix of Ladyhawke’s My Delirium made the original slower and smoother, I’d say they covered it with blood-coloured velvet. Thanks to Ohh Crapp for another awesome Monster Mixtape.

Ladyhawke - My Delirium (Fan Death remix) [zshare] // [ysi]

While listening to her first album (which is pop wonderland, btw), it dawned on me that Ladyhawke is truly an amalgamation of all the different sounds occupying tasteful music bloggaland sometime here in 2K8. She’s like the immaculate conception starchild of internet. I don’t know if she set out to do this from day one, and I don’t know how she managed to garner all the pre-pre-buzz (from the Teenagers, et al) — it seems almost before first strumming her first chord.

Nevertheless, however contrived (or not) the situation may be, you can’t deny the gal’s got talent.  The new album, which has already dropped, and can be picked up in various formats from her myspates, has nary a weak spot: filler free. Not bad in a time when most struggle to put together 4 decent songs for an EP.

And the sound, as I hinted at, is hyper current pop bliss. No wonder she cites 70s pop bliss-ites Fleetwood Mac as a major influence… she’s virtually channeling Stevie Nicks. I wonder, will our generation’s kids start to grow up, will they reminisce about their parent’s first digital download of Ladyhawke, just as we did about mom’s copy of Rumours? Time will tell.

Ladyhawke - Another Runaway [zshare] / [ysi]

The Canyons have been getting a lot of love since the release of their Ladyhawke remix (bigstereo, HERE and HERE; electrorash, HERE) , but what raised my robot ear was the accompanying mix — Linus Loves seems to be back in the game after being silent (at least to me) for the past two years. Is this a return of sorts? I hope so. It’s strange cos I had a big boner for this guy in the mid 2-double-0s… but just as quick as he seemed to be everywhere, poof, gone. In a similar sound/vein: I think Mylo sorta did the same although he is still lining up gigs these days.

It’s funny know how the tracks feel so lightweight in comparison to electro-bangerville which emerged only a short time later. Not necessarily lightweight in a bad way, mind you, just lightweight. Juxtaposing Linus Loves with Sebastian, for example, is like comparing a butterfly to a monster truck… both beautiful in their own way but in totally different weight classes.

Have a listen to the recent work on Miss ‘hawke and i’ve laid it down with a couple of my faves from a few years back, VH1 and Rock Chk (with that brilliant Siouxsie Sioux riff…).

Ladyhawke - Dusk Till Dawn (Linus Loves Remix) [zshare] // Ladyhawke - Dusk Till Dawn (Linus Loves Remix) [ysi]

Linus Loves -VH1 [zshare] // Linus Loves - VH1 [ysi]

Linus Loves -Rock Chk [zshare] // Linus Loves - Rock Chk [ysi]

Fred Falke (on the right) and Miami Horror. Very fucking nice, isn’t it? We’ve posted Embrace a while ago, now the first notable remix arrived.

To say that it’s cool is not surprising cause Fred Falke and Miami Horror are both Kunk darlings. Funny, this track is like a multinational collaboration between Australia guys, New Zealand+London girl and a French producer.

Get ready for a long song name and PNAU’s next single is gonna come out soon, be sure to pick it up. I can’t really say anything new about the aformentioned gang, read the previous posts. This mp3 btw was an exclusive premiere at Who The Bloody Hell blog, credit goes there.

PNAU feat. Ladyhawk - Embrace (Fred Falke and Miami Horror remix) [zshare]

PNAU feat. Ladyhawk - Embrace (Fred Falke and Miami Horror remix) [ysi]

Remember PNAU from Sydney? Bigstereo says they’ll be huge in 2008. Does Ladyhawke (pictured) ring a bell? The girl from New Zealand moved to Europe named their favourite by The Teenagers. Basically, both of them are predetermined for a great amount of hype during this year. PNAU is one of the next generation of the Cut Copy dinasty and Ladyhawke is like a more original+rocking 80s version of Uffie. So, they did a track together together and it sounds quite cool. It was blogged a couple times and both artists will be a lot more in the future. (Thanks to Hipster Runoff for this one.) Everyone says it’s 80s disco, then it must be 80s disco, I guess. The verses remind me of electroclash without the feeling of being outdated and the chorus amazingly expresses a bit darkish tragical mood. Modular, again.

PNAU - Embrace (feat. Ladyhawke) (zshare)

PNAU - Embrace (feat. Ladyhawke) (y. s. i.)