acid stag http://acidstag.com Australian music blog serving up news & reviews, videos & tunes. Mon, 21 May 2012 04:13:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Diplo: Set It Off [New Music] http://acidstag.com/2012/05/21/diplo-set-it-off-new-music/ http://acidstag.com/2012/05/21/diplo-set-it-off-new-music/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 04:13:36 +0000 acid stag http://acidstag.com/?p=12943 ]]> Finally, genre-bending producer/DJ/legend Diplo has dropped an official release date for latest EP Express Yourself, along with a new track. ‘Set It Off’ is the EP’s closing track and features Lazerdisk Party Sex. It’s a total booty-shaker:

We can’t let you leave without hearing Express Yourself‘s title track again:

Track-list:

1. Express Yourself  (ft. Nicky Da B)
2. Barely Standing   (ft. Datsik & Sabi)
3. No Problem   (ft. Flinch & My Name Is Kay)
4. Move Around   (ft. Elephant Man & GTA)
5. Butters Theme   (ft. Billy The Gent & Long Jawns)
6. Set It Off   (ft. Lazerdisk Party Sex)

Express Yourself will see the light of day on June 12. Preorders are open now.

]]> http://acidstag.com/2012/05/21/diplo-set-it-off-new-music/feed/ 0 Hot Chip: How Do You Do It [New Music] http://acidstag.com/2012/05/21/hot-chip-how-do-you-do-it-new-music/ http://acidstag.com/2012/05/21/hot-chip-how-do-you-do-it-new-music/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 01:00:47 +0000 acid stag http://acidstag.com/?p=12966 ]]> Loveable electro nerds Hot Chip offer-up another two new tracks from forthcoming album In Our Heads. ‘How Do You Do It’ and ‘Don’t Deny Your Heart’ were premiered on BBC Two’s Later with Jools Holland.

‘How Do You Do It’:

‘Don’t Deny Your Heart’:

In Our Heads track-list:
1. Motion Sickness
2. How Do You Do
3. Don’t Deny Your Heart
4. Look At Where We Are
5. These Chains
6. Night And Day
7. Flutes
8. Now There Is Nothing
9. Ends Of The Earth
10. Let Me Be Him
11. Always Been Your Love

In Our Heads will be available on June 12.

HotChip.com

]]> http://acidstag.com/2012/05/21/hot-chip-how-do-you-do-it-new-music/feed/ 0 Friday MixTape #93 http://acidstag.com/2012/05/18/friday-mixtape-93/ http://acidstag.com/2012/05/18/friday-mixtape-93/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 04:03:21 +0000 acid stag http://acidstag.com/?p=12954 ]]> Drop a load of disco in your pants.

Track-listing:

1. Bo Saris - She’s On Fire
2. Mariachi El Bronx - Revolution Girls [Super Guachin Remix]    
3. KO KO – Float  [Polaris At Noon Remix] 
4. Onuinu – Happy Home   
5. Flight Facilities – With You (ft. Grovesnor)   
6. Munk & Peaches - You Can’t Run From My Love [Classixx Remix]    
7. Ta-ku - Higher [Flume Remix]        
8. Drop Out Orchestra –  It Will Never Be The Same Again [Moullinex Remix]    
9. Eddy Grant - Walking on Sunshine [Dr Don Don Remix]      
10. Just Kiddin - Paloma [Bit Funk Remix]  
11. Gossip – Perfect World [Bufi Remix]   
12. Roisin Murphy - Momma’s Place [Holmes Price Remix]
13. Van She – So High [Alexandre Louvré Remix]
14. Kimbra – Settle Down [Kreap's Jazzology Mix]
15. Dr. Don Don – Good Thing (ft. Amali Ward)
16. -DAZE- – Do it fine
17. Spinto Band – Leave Yourself Alone [Buffetlibre Remix]
18. Mind△Control – Barracuda
19. Disclosure – What’s In Your Head
20. Neneh Cherry + The Thing – Dream Baby Dream [Four Tet remix]

]]> http://acidstag.com/2012/05/18/friday-mixtape-93/feed/ 0 Telonius & Peaches: Our Love [Donna Summer Tribute] http://acidstag.com/2012/05/18/telonius-peaches-our-love-donna-summer-tribute/ http://acidstag.com/2012/05/18/telonius-peaches-our-love-donna-summer-tribute/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 01:27:14 +0000 acid stag http://acidstag.com/?p=12949 ]]> The world has lost LaDonna Adrian Gaines AKA Donna Summer at the age of 63 – one of the great disco pioneers of the 1970s. Such hits as ‘Love To Love You Baby,’ ‘I Feel Love,’ ‘She Works Hard For The Money’ and ‘Bad Girls’ inspired generations of artists to produce groove-worthy tunes.

Earlier this year, the Gomma label commissioned the release of Gomma All Stars & Peaches – Casablanca Remixes. It features reworks of songs from the catalogue of legendary disco label Casablanca Records - the label that launched the career of Donna Summer.

Below is the rendition of ‘Our Love’ by Telonius and Peaches:

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We have much to 0we her for. Rest in peace.

Gomma.de

]]> http://acidstag.com/2012/05/18/telonius-peaches-our-love-donna-summer-tribute/feed/ 0 Elizabeth Rose: Interview http://acidstag.com/2012/05/17/elizabeth-rose-interview/ http://acidstag.com/2012/05/17/elizabeth-rose-interview/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 13:34:50 +0000 acid stag http://acidstag.com/?p=12855 ]]> Elizabeth Rose is Sydney’s latest up-and-coming producer. She’s about to embark on a tour and is preparing for the mid-year release of her debut EP, which features collaborations with a stack of talented producers and bands. We thought, what better time to have a bit of a chinwag with her about life, music and future, than now.

Where are you and what are you wearing?
[Laughs] I’m at home, in my bedroom and still in my pyjamas. That’s a good one! Just chilling out a bit before heading to work at 12PM. What is your day job? I work in a fashion store a few days a week. Retail is killing me [laughs]. Have you ever had a customer recognise you? Well, the guy at the news-agency recognised me the other day. He saw an interview I did on Lateline. It was so cute, he came up to me and said: “do you play music?” and he played a little piano charade. I went bright red [laughs].

Life must be pretty crazy for you at the moment?
It’s getting really busy, but it’s good! I’ve started getting more exposure internationally, which is amazing. It’s all thanks to Sinden, who I’ve been working with. He played ‘Ready’ on his radio show in the UK a few times, so I’ve been getting a lot of his followers. Then I also had a Facebook message from two guys from Warner Publishing in the UK, which was really weird. I’m not quite ready for publishing yet but I thought that was pretty cool!

Are you ready to kick off your live shows next week?
Oh, God yes [laughs]. I can’t believe it’s next week! I’m really looking forward to the tour. I just hope people turn up to the shows [laughs]. That’s one thing I’m worried about actually, if people in the other cities know of me and come along. What can we expect from a live performance? It’s just me with a laptop, keyboard and a sampler. So, I’m constantly doing a few things at once, which I’m getting used to. At first it was really hard to coordinate everything; like pushing buttons, playing the keys and singing [laughs]. I like to dress-up a little bit when I play too [laughs].

Radar Music has just dubbed you as being one of top 20 electronic artists we all need to keep an eye on.
I was so shocked when I heard that. The funny thing is that I am the only girl on the list. But I guess it makes you think there aren’t many female producers out there, which is a shame.

You’ve been a part of a few collaborations over the last 12 months. RÜFÜS and Dr. Don Don and now Sinden to name a few. Do you have any more in the works?
I did a track with Flight Facilities recently. Hopefully that’ll be out in Spring this year. I’m really excited about it. I’m also doing a Chairlift remix at the moment. Hopefully that one will be out soon too. I’m working with Frames as well. He is another awesome Sydney producer. That one is about half done and sounding really cool. I love what he does.

What can you tell us about the forthcoming EP?
It’s due out around the end of July. It has a bunch of original songs including ‘Ready’ as well as the Sinden track. I’m really really excited about it! [laughs]

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Here’s Elizabeth Rose’s latest single ‘Ready’:

Click here to view the embedded video.

ElizabethRose.com | SoundCloud.com/ElizabethRose

]]> http://acidstag.com/2012/05/17/elizabeth-rose-interview/feed/ 0 Flight Facilities: With You [A Retrospective] http://acidstag.com/2012/05/17/flight-facilities-with-you-a-retrospective/ http://acidstag.com/2012/05/17/flight-facilities-with-you-a-retrospective/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 04:39:42 +0000 acid stag http://acidstag.com/?p=12849 ]]> ‘With You’ is the latest disco-beat infused track from Sydney’s Flight Facilities. It features UK producer Grovesnor (aka Rob Smoughton, the drummer of Hot Chip) dishing up the sweetly-smooth vocals.

The music video pays homage to Daft Punk‘s Interstella along with anime/game characters of the 80s, such as Mega Man.

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‘With You’ is available now on iTunes.

This isn’t the first time Flight Facilities have represented the past in their music videos. ’Foreign Language’ (directed by Dimitri Basil) features characters similar to those which appeared in 1970′s TV shows – namely Hawaii Five-O and Charlie’s Angels.

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However, the video/single which kicked off their popularity was ‘Crave You.’ It tells the story of two teenagers experiencing cases of overcharged hormones.

Click here to view the embedded video.

All of their singles to date sport memorable vocals and repetitive lyrics, coupled with imagery reminiscent of the past. It’s no break-through that videos which leverage such icons encounter major popularity. The duo have been very clever with how they’ve positioned themselves. For Flight Facilities, the only way is up.

FlightFacilities.com

]]> http://acidstag.com/2012/05/17/flight-facilities-with-you-a-retrospective/feed/ 0 Yeasayer: Henrietta [New Music] http://acidstag.com/2012/05/17/yeasayer-henrietta-new-music/ http://acidstag.com/2012/05/17/yeasayer-henrietta-new-music/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 02:52:50 +0000 acid stag http://acidstag.com/?p=12902 ]]> Brooklynites Yeasayer are edging closer towards releasing the follow-up to 2010′s outstanding record Odd Blood.

Story goes, Yeasayer sent out a bunch of single-track CDs to fans from their mailing list, with the word ‘Henrietta’ written on them. Of course, someone had to rip the track and upload it to SoundCloud – most likely playing right into their hands.

We’d like to leave you with ‘O.N.E,’ a stand-out track from Odd Blood:

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Yeasayer.com

]]> http://acidstag.com/2012/05/17/yeasayer-henrietta-new-music/feed/ 0 HEALTH: Tears [New Music] http://acidstag.com/2012/05/17/health-tears-new-music-2/ http://acidstag.com/2012/05/17/health-tears-new-music-2/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 02:12:58 +0000 acid stag http://acidstag.com/?p=12861 ]]> LA-based noise rockers HEALTH have loaded up a new track, stemming from their contribution to the Max Payne 3 soundtrack.

‘Tears’ is writhe with powerful drums accompanied by a dirty electro soundscape, creating a unique blend of sound native to HEALTH.

Pick up ‘Tears’ on iTunes.

Now, take a look at the Max Payne 3 trailer. Makes us want to get our gun license.

Click here to view the embedded video.

HEALTH.com | RockstarGames.com

]]> http://acidstag.com/2012/05/17/health-tears-new-music-2/feed/ 0 Gold Panda: Mountain / Financial District [New Music] http://acidstag.com/2012/05/16/gold-panda-mountain-financial-district-new-music/ http://acidstag.com/2012/05/16/gold-panda-mountain-financial-district-new-music/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 05:58:05 +0000 acid stag http://acidstag.com/?p=12832 ]]> UK electro-glitch pioneer Gold Panda has served up two brand new tracks – the first proper release since last year’s ‘Marriage’ 12″.

‘Mountain’ and ’Financial District’ are their names and we will be seeing them on a double A-side 7″. ‘Mountains’ is certainly reflective of his time living and studying in Japan:

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Digital versions of the 7″ are available now via Panda’s own label Notown (UK only), and Ghostly International everywhere else. Vinyl versions will be available on June 12.

Mountain / Financial District is, according to Panda, a stand alone piece. Fingers crossed he has more material up his sleeve for a new album.

GoldPanda.com

]]> http://acidstag.com/2012/05/16/gold-panda-mountain-financial-district-new-music/feed/ 0 Beastie Boys: Sabotage [Tribute Video] http://acidstag.com/2012/05/16/beastie-boys-sabotage-tribute-video/ http://acidstag.com/2012/05/16/beastie-boys-sabotage-tribute-video/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 03:50:15 +0000 acid stag http://acidstag.com/?p=12870 ]]> Portland filmmaker James Winters has enlisted the services of his younger family members to recreate the 1994 Beastie Boys music video for ‘Sabotage.’ Originally directed by Spike Jonze, its in every sense a tribute to the late Adam (MCA) Yauch.

The video sees Winters replacing MCA, Ad-Rock, and Mike D with his own children and nephew, dressed as 1970′s crime-show characters. Kind of makes us want to play dress-ups.

Check out the tribute along with the original below:

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BeastieBoys.com

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