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Band of Blogs: Crookers, Paul Weller, MGMT, Gorillaz

Niall Byrne — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:48:44 +0000

Crookers & Roisin Murphy
The Irish disco diva hooks with dance producers Crookers (who play Dublin on April 4th) for the dancefloor-friendly Royal T.
http://bit.ly/royalt

Paul Weller remixed
During his mid-’90s renaissance, Portishead remixed Weller’s Wild Wood. Now with a new album on the way, it should be no surprise that producer Leo Zero was asked to remix No Tears To Cry into a bright and breezy modern Northern Soul song. Beautiful.
http://bit.ly/wellerleo

MGMT – Flash Delirium
From their forthcoming album Congratulations, this new MGMT song features a flute solo, mystic lyrics and delves deeper into the psychedelic recesses of their musical canon. Kids it ain’t.
http://www.whoismgmt.com

Gorillaz’ bonus track
Taken from the Japanese version of Plastic Beach, Pirate’s Progress is an extended version of the orchestral intro which goes into Bernard Herrman territory. That Albarn guy sure is talented.
http://bit.ly/gbonus

Chiddy Bang – The Opposite of Adults

Niall Byrne — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:52:52 +0000

The Philadelphia rap duo’s single samples MGMT’s Kids but it’s the video that is the real winner, featuring as it does, inflated grownup heads on kids’ bodies.

http://www.myspace.com/chiddybang

Band of Blogs: Lykke Li covers Kings of Leon, MGMT, Peter Gabriel covers Vampire Weekend

Niall Byrne — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:48:32 +0000

The best songs on the web this week..

Lykke Li covers Kings of Leon
The Swedish popstress takes on the Nashville rockers’ tale of a condemned pregnancy and creates a bit of magic with KOL’s Caleb Followill on backing vocals. [MP3]
Aeroplane remix MGMT
Nearly a year on and MGMT are still doing the business. This remix of ‘Electric Feel’ is another master-stroke from Belgium’s Aeroplane after their reworking of Grace Jones and Friendly Fires.[MP3]
Peter Gabriel covers Vampire Weekend
Not content with being namechecked in the song ‘Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa’, Gabriel repays the compliment by getting together with Hot Chip to record his own version. [Illegal Tender]
The Rub’s Best of 2008
Give it up one last time for 2008. A two hour mix of the best hip-hop and R&B tunes of last year as put together by the same guys who made those exhaustively brilliant hip-hop mixes. [The Rub]