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Saw this on TV tonight from JJJ "Like A Version" - enjoyed it a lot
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"So if it's a cover", I'm thinking, " let's check out the original! "
Well save yourself the trouble. The original (YouTube "Disclosure Latch") is pretty tepid - the only term i can think of is "lounge dance"
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<p>I continue to be gobsmacked at the ascending success of Swans, the loudest band in the universe. Never been in the Top 100 album chart, or anywhere close to it, yet their latest "To Be Kind" (<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-albums-of-2014-so-far'>currently rated the 2nd best album of 2014 so far at Metacritic</a>) recently made the Top 40 chart in USA and UK. Not bad for a 60-year-old noise-maker making 2-hour length albums with songs running in excess of 30 minutes.</p>
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<p>Nice little doc from last year...</p>
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<p>(Coincidentally-or-not, the current best-rated album of 2014 is "St. Vincent" by St. Vincent, who sings on the new Swans record. I saw both of 'em play a double-bill a couple weeks ago. T'was awesome... and loud.)</p> -
<p>I love this song so much from Graham Panthers new EP</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://grahampanther.bandcamp.com/track/careful-selection'>http://grahampanther.bandcamp.com/track/careful-selection</a></p>
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<p>Sounds like a throwback to early 90's NZ indie music like Chicane or "O"</p> -
<p>Awolnation and Rudimental have been getting a lot of repeated plays lately. Benefit of having headphones on is people tend to think you're in a conference call and leave you alone so you can do some work.</p>
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<p>I saw them many times over the years, they seemed to age slower than me, but now they're all dead. Unbelievable... and scary.</p>
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<p>I saw them many times over the years, they seemed to age slower than me, but now they're all dead. Unbelievable... and scary.</p>
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<p>Yeah, I was shocked to hear that. I wonder if there are any comparable bands from their era with the same death rate?</p>
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<p>I certainly can't think of any. Too much pizza, not enough wheat germ and riboflavin.</p>
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<p>Strangely enough, their CBGB brethren <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heartbreakers'>The Heartbreakers</a> are getting there. Like the Ramones, they grew up in Queen's, NY at the same time. Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan are gone, and when Richard Hell expires they should investigate the plumbing.</p> -
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<p>Looking forward . . .</p>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px;">Last night at Albany Street Studios, Dunedin, we Chills celebrated the completion of the recording of our new album <strong>'Silver Bullets'</strong> with a fish and chip meal shared with long suffering family members and then the playback of one hurriedly mixed track.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>The album will be mixed in London in August/September and we are now discussing release dates. </strong></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px;">I am thrilled to report that, after fifteen days of twelve hours plus work (with brilliant sound engineer/co-producer Brendan Davies doing considerably more than that) we have completed this challenging adventure with everyone not only still talking to each other but, in fact, closer, friendlier and all excited at having produced something special which we know will stand proudly alongside anything The Chills have released to date.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px;">I can't wait until you all get to hear it and decide for yourselves.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px;">My heartfelt thanks to all who have expressed their belief in our music by making this possible.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14px;">Stay Chilled,</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14px;">Martin Phillipps.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14px;">Dunedin, June, 2014.</span></div>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.softbomb.com/blog/view/id/800'>http://www.softbomb.com/blog/view/id/800</a></span></p>
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<p>I've never been a Shihad fan but just saw this clip about their new album. RT, this may be of interest to you with some good insights on how Jaz Coleman works producer wise, I like his style. 'The Mad Conductor'</p>
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<p>Found these guys while stumbling around a little while back and keep going back to youtube to listen to more of them. The are a plethora of 'retro' funk bands around in the US and Daptone have got a good thing going on as well in more of a Northern Soul style with Sharon Jones and Charles Barkley but I love way these guys have got that Alabama southern soul thang going. White boy, brought up in the church to be a preacher, ends up looking and moving like a spastic accountant but man can he sing. Tight band too. Add some keys and you'll be hearing F.A.M.E and Muscle Shoals all over again.</p>
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<p>First clip is obviously a produced one but the second is even better being acoustic only with only a central mic.</p>
<p>I hope they get a record out soon as I'd buy it.</p>
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