I think we have found our new heros here at shift. Sure indie electronica is great and all but sometimes you just want it face down and ass up. Trouble and Bass crew have got it on lock. All of their mixes are on point (check it here) and their brooklyn based parties look insane. [...]

Every once in a while a really amazing group pops up and makes you say “holy shit, this is why I love music.” This is exactly what Low in the Sky has done for me this evening. They are an extremely eclectic base of musicians producing percussion driven down-tempo and ambient music.
Listen to these two [...]

It’s that time again kiddies.

Tracklisting:
1) Evan Rhodes & Mavel - My My My
2) Francis Jilla & Johnny Drama - Supa Bad
3) Sound Republic - Fresh Produce
4) GarcyNoise & Davomat - Vending Machine (Brett Johnson & Tres Manos)
5) Trevor Loveys - Turn It Up
6) Jazzy Eyewear - Possessive
7) Bryan Jones - Change My [...]

Remember how great mowax was. Well get a great monthly mix of all those releases on the mowax cuts podcast.
Site: http://barenomore.com/mowaxcuts/
Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/mowaxcuts/
Itunes: Here

Amazing music from NYC
MySpace: Here
Site: http://www.apesandandroids.com
Buy the cd: Here

Mogwai has always made great music, well here is more of the same in a totally different context. Mogwai does soundtrack to soccer flick?

From the bleep site:
So the reason for the headbutt becomes clear… ZiZi had a film and a soundtrack to promote. Regardless of whether you see the film or not, this original score [...]

Our favorite online hiphop shop now has a podcast.

Site: http://www.beathut.com/
Myspace: Here
Feed: Here
Itunes: Here

Here is a great article on the art of the mix tape by martin fisher. Don’t we all miss cassettes?
Remember mixtapes? They were the social networking system of our younger years: make a compilation for someone in the hopes you hit it off, maybe put a little extra work in if it’s for a cute [...]

For Mac OSX.

check it out here

BT and THomas Dolby will be playing at the Workplay in Bham on December 12th at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are a whopping $25 and are on sale now.
I will post links to show reviews as soon as possible. I’m wondering a little what a BT performance will be like post Binary Universe and I am [...]

Oh the sexy new songbird media player. This new little app has the feel of itunes and the usability of firefox all rolled up into one. It will dig though your favorite music blogs and make a playlist of all available mp3 files. Then, if you like, it will download and store them locally for [...]

So it has been a while since i posted any good mash-ups. I think that is because they are becoming harder and harder to find original and entertaining compositions. But alas there is light at the end of preverbal mash-up tunnel. Enter Dj Lobster Dust. The Long Island City, NY native has ben releasing incredibly [...]