Found Tape - Gypsy Curses and Synth Pop

I was on my way to Heath Low Level the other day when I noticed this tape lying in the gutter. It looked in pretty good nick, no rain for a while, so it went in the pocket. I didn't play it for a couple of days, feared some Ring shit might go down.

Eventually I popped it in the walkman. 90 minutes later (well 93-94, does anyone know why they always pop a few extra minutes of tape in?) I was still alive.

The tape was majestic.

Filled with jump edits, the Pet Shop Boys, snatches of foreign DJ patter, George Michael, a poorly recorded conversation between a young girl and a man in a Balkan language (hoping it's not a gypsy curse or evidence of war crime), Tina Turner, swathes of radio static and towards the end, this absolute gem.

mp3 ---> Alphaville - Forever Young (via box.net)

(If anyone wants a copy of the tape give us shout below).

8 Songs Put Together By Someone Else Which Sums Up Italo-Disco Pretty Much

More sterling work from FACT Magazine, which chucks up killer mixes week after week. Number 72 in their series is from the Horsemeat Disco crew and is oh-so-fashionably Italo-Disco. You got about two weeks to get your download on.

Says Hello, Wavves Goodbye

Things move quickly in the twin towns of Hipsterville and Blogsburg. From being the darling, the future, the cutting edge to the gleeful reporting of an onstage breakdown and a general pooh-poohing of his work, Wavves has been gobbled up and spat out faster than Black Kids.

Except Wavves has turned the tables.

Realising that no matter how good your 2 minute lo-fi, fuzzed up, garage rock tracks are, you're always gonna run out of scope to make music that sounds fresh, that doesn't retread old ground.

Whether this is a genuine new direction or a riposte to blogs that only praise bands in the Animal Collective - TV On The Radio axis by creating a track that is a pastiche of that kind of music remains to be known.

What we do know is that Wavves has just released one of his best tracks.

mp3 ---> Wavves - Mickey Mouse (via box.net)

Nightwaves & Orange Juice

I went camping down the Gower recently. One night I decided it would be a good idea to go down the beach half cut and listen to some Animal Collective, like the pretentious cock I am.

I didn't last one track before a rainstorm of biblical proportions started.

As I ran through the dunes, torch in one hand, fag in the other, this was my soundtrack.

mp3 ---> Orange Juice - Rip It Up (via box.net)

Radio In Strangetown

Once again I've been regressing. G-Funk this time. Galaxy 101. Gangsta. The Rhythm Is The Bass And The Bass Is The Trebbbbbblllllllleeeeeee.

mp3 ---> Warren G & Nate Dogg - Regulate (via box.net)