Monday 19 March 2007

Best band names?

I'd like to hear any contenders you have... the only rule being they have to be real bands....

My initial input is this:

'Edith bunker's demonized vomit insurance
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whose release is called 'never rape your friend's corpse on a thursday'

Myspace


Picture:




Bring it on......

C.A.S.I.O.



I'm very much enjoying the music of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone.

"Casiotone for the Painfully Alone is the musical alias of 28 year old American film school drop-out Owen Ashworth. Ashworth began making music in 1997 after he realized that song-making was a far more cost-effective means of storytelling than film-making."

I like the idea of a band being an alternative to the more expensive art of filmmaking. And from what I gather his first few albums were made only on battery operated keyboards recorded onto a four-track, which certainly pushes the contrast with film to the extreme. His later stuff involves a lot more instruments, but maintains the lofi mood and saturated beats of before. And his voice is brilliant: sad and fuzzy, enjoying thick syllables and elongated sibilance. Similarly for his collaborator, Jenn Herbinson, on the track below, Scattered Pearls. That particular song mixes tinny electro-claps, hi-hat, snare and bass drum with a Europop chug, an Electroclash bassline and funny-yet-touching lyrics, executed with great charm by Herbinson. And best of all, very danceable I reckon. I haven;t played it out yet, but I will, i will.

This is what *emo* was and could have been: emotional (happy) hardcore. (doenss;t quite work but you get the idea).

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Scattered Pearls

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Lonesome New Mexico Nights

More free songs here: Daytrotter sessions

Finally, CFTPA website

Friday 16 March 2007

Deep breath ... now imagine how much fun this would be...

Welcome to the incredible conecpt of the Ipod Battle

http://www.myspace.com/OFFICIALUKIPODBATTLE

These rules are essentially stolen from the Mystery Jets blog (see left). Anyway, imagine this at Lofi Hifi... brilliant.....hilarious......as it should be.... a night of the people..... And they can play Vive Le Fette five times in a row if they like (ouch!). Who's game???!

People come together, shout for your right to play your own music! To be eccentric! To be DIY! To show off or to reveal the terrible musical taste behind your chic facade! Think Coolio, Zig n Zag, Ant N Dec, Less Than Jake, NIN, Jay Z etc (what Ollie plays most weeks anyway! lol) It'll be messy, emotional and vicious.

"-Teams (comprising of two or three people) get a minute to sonically stamp thier oponents into the dirt, without the use of mixing or effects. Just a plain old ipod.
-The two teams in the ring (a real boxing ring) battle it out, back and forth until a horn is sounded at the end of the 20 minute-long round.
-Using a decibelometer the referee measures the crowds' reaction to each teams' performance.
-Competition is evened out by allowing each team an equal amount of seats in the ringside.
-The team with the more applause stay on to the next round where a new opponent faces them in the ring.
-And the prize? errr...an ipod? "

Thursday 15 March 2007

Goodbye Winter, Hello Electro


Last Lofi Hifi of the Unversity term last night. A success once again - lots of lovely faces, new faces, cheap vodka and a shiny new layer of varnish on the Cavern floor which makes it look continuously wet. Which perhaps explains some of the dance moves last night- def a slidey, swimmy, liquid feel to the people's movement. And an extra long, brand-new DJ table. Excellent.

Three tunes given an airing last night:

Lo-fi-fnk - Wake Up

Dubble D - Switch (Switch remix)

Tomass Andersson - Washing Up (Tiga remix)

Sunday 4 March 2007

Napoleon IIIrd

I really like this song from Wakefield based 'Napoleon IIIrd' - couldn't find the song so got the video instead.

Ended up there from the new Hadouken blog. Look here.

Napoleon 3rd - defibrilator

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Friday 2 March 2007

Leibe Mannschaft



Bristol boys Love Team are two men, currently unsigned, making guitar n' synths electro-pop.

Added to Lofi myspace just now, and was rather impressed. Pretty sleazy, pretty up-starting.
Good graphics too.

Love Team - Dead

Sepereate note - laughably I'm DJing at Arena in Exeter (funny for anyone who knows Exeter) in a DJ competition. It's an interesting line up - a punk DJ vs a DnB DJ vs a Funky House DJ vs Me. First prize is a set at the Exeter uni Summer Ball.
http://www.myspace.com/thebattleoff

Plus a handful of good student bands battling it off too.

I'm supposed to have dancers/visuals/other interesting features whilst doing my thing. Any ideas?