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The Black Seeds at El Rey TheatreLos Angeles, CA April 5 El Rey Theatre 5515 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90036 Buy Tix Doors 8pm
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March 2012 TRENDMIX: Make BelieveIllustration by Dunya Atay March 2012 TRENDMIX: Make Believe It is the month of dreamers, and make believers. And so, our March TRENDMIX is dedicated to imagination and the songs that awaken it.
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Trendland Talks With ReptarListen to “Blast Off” here BUY HERE One could only imagine what comes next after a song titled, “Houseboat Babies” and performances stamped with myriads of colored suits and props. Oh, and having produced music with Matt & Kim,
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Trendland Talks With Ava CarrèreListen to “I’m Not What I Do” here BUY HERE Ava Carrère is flaunting a rebellious electro-samba-meets-tribal tune and delivering sassy prose with “I’m Not What I Do.” Flirting with traces of Camille’s “Assise,” this French gallant lofts her voice through a jungle of mixes from lullaby to rap ditty with a breath of Ladytron [...]
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Trendland Talks With Nicky BlitzArtwork by Dakota Solt Listen to “Alive” here BUY HERE “Sometimes, I don’t go out at night. I’m gonna kick it with my parents inside.” Why? Because they’re “alive!” If life could always be that simply beautiful. Then again, the truth tends to seep out of
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DJ Shadow: Scale It Back Ft. Little Dragon (Robotaki Remix)Listen to “Scale It Back (Robotaki Remix)” here BUY HERE Little Dragon joins sample-crazy DJ Shadow in his cool, collected track “Scale It Back” off his recent album, The Less You Know, The Better. Following a remix contest hosted by Shadow, Robotaki came out as winner with the most popular remake of the song. This [...]
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Trendland Talks With YelleListen to “Safari Disco Club” here BUY HERE Julie Budet, the femme-fabulous of French pop group, Yelle, took time to talk with us while at her home in Brittany, France. A beach town best known for its lush forests and Medieval feel along the Atlantic Ocean, surely, is not the most typical breeding grounds for [...]
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The Fearless Vampire Killers: For You & MeListen to “For You & Me” here BUY HERE The Fearless Vampire Killers‘ “For You & Me,” produced by Lars Stalfors (The Mars Volta) and engineered by Michael Badger, stirs up images of retro surf rock with a twist. Think The Doors crossed with The Beach Boys with a touch of The Who sprinkled on
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Eagle and the Worm: All I KnowListen to “All I Know” here BUY HERE With “All I Know,” Eagle and the Worm have managed to capture fun summer days of dancing and sangria. It’s full of funky quirks and hard-hitting horns perfectly complimenting front-man Jarrad Brown’s unique vocal sound.Eagle and the Worm’s influences are vast; they are a charming mélange of influences [...]
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Björk New Music Video : MoonHere’s Moon, the latest track from Björk, taken from her forthcoming multimedia album Biophilia. We do still have a while to wait until we hear the entire record. Like most things Björk releases, this calls for an open mind. The singer got help along the way from the likes of Inez & Vinoodh, M/M Paris [...]
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Daft Punk’s Drive Unreleased PreviewWhile the good people at Scottish techno label SOMA Records were digging through their archives, preparing for Daft Punk’s 20th Anniversary Retrospective, they came across a never-before heard track called Drive. Found in the form of an unassuming DAT labeled “Daft Drive”, dated 1994, the track is classic Daft—a bombardment of of drums, sythns, and [...]
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Captain Planet: Lagos Speedway & Ram Ad AnifinitumListen to “Lagos Speedway” here BUY HERE The African sounds of Captain Planet‘s Speakin’ Nuyorican EP is a salsa fiesta partnered with a a hip-hop record. The Brooklyn-based DJ returned to Bastard Jazz Recordings to give us more where 2005′s Gumbo Funk EP came from.