At this point, Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe's Scars has nearly as many videos as it does guest spots: the Yoko Ono/Grace Jones/Yo! Majesty/Cyndi Lauper/Santigold-featuring LP has churned out clips for breakout jam "Raindrops," Sam Sparro's turn on "Feeling's Gone,"... CONTINUE READING NEW BASEMENT JAXX VIDEO - "MY TURN" (FEAT. LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION) (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on October 28, 2009 in (3 comments)
Tags: Basement Jaxx | Grizzly Bear | Lightspeed Champion
On the heels of their resounding return to form "Raindrops," UK electrobeat gurus Basement Jaxx are now busy leaking scraps from their forthcoming Scars. Smart move since everybody's wondering if any other of the LP's tracks -- or its myriad... CONTINUE READING NEW BASEMENT JAXX (FEAT. SANTIGOLD) - "SAGA"»
Posted on July 14, 2009 (2 comments)
Tags: Basement Jaxx | Bumbershoot | Common Market | Lightspeed Champion | Little Boots | Santigold
Special times at MHOW last night. For their part, Phoenix never fail to play like a band fully convinced of its undeniability, whether touring on the back of their more ebullient synth-pop (United), shadowy soft rock (Alphabetical), or their jangled... CONTINUE READING PHOENIX @ MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN 6/18/09»
Posted on June 19, 2009 in , , (11 comments)
Tags: Lightspeed Champion | Phoenix
Cyndi Lauper collab behind them, Simon and Felix have returned to turn all their attention on their beloved BJ. MySpace has streams of the pretty good, strings-and-beats self-pity of "My Turn" (featuring Devonte Hynes) as well as the ponderous and... CONTINUE READING NEW BASEMENT JAXX TUNES »
Posted on September 8, 2008 (0 comments)
Tags: Basement Jaxx | Lightspeed Champion | SXSW | The Thermals
We saw a lot yesterday, but more on that later. (For now: Islands, you rule.) Shaking off the cobwebs and the Shiners, we're getting ready to head back outside, so here are suggestions for what to catch today. Of course,... CONTINUE READING SXSW: FRIDAY PARTY PICKS»
Posted on March 14, 2008 in (3 comments)
Tags: Kaki King | Liam Finn | Lightspeed Champion | Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin | SXSW | The Weakerthans | The Whigs
Welcome to our night one photo spread. Every year we forget that we can't be in every place at once ... until we wind up waiting in line for two hours. But at least for last night, the lines were... CONTINUE READING SXSW: WEDNESDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on March 13, 2008 in , (3 comments)
Tags: Emmy The Great | Lightspeed Champion | Simian Mobile Disco | Sons And Daughters | SXSW | The Kills | These New Puritans | Times New Viking | Yeasayer
Turns out Alex Turner does a pretty good Julian Casablancas. Honest to blog! And with that we're surprising, nobody. A'Monk ribbing aside, this really is a fun cover of Room On Fire burner "Reptila," Alex joining Lightspeed Champion & friends... CONTINUE READING LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION AND ALEX TURNER COVER THE STROKES»
Posted on January 29, 2008 in (14 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Lightspeed Champion | The Strokes
Your RSS readers are overfed with XMas jams. (Stereogum -- always part of the problem! -- has been decking the halls and whatnot for six weeks.) We got yuletide mail from Queens of the Stone Age, The Killers, Blitzen Trapper,... CONTINUE READING CHRISTMAS WISHES FROM COLDPLAY, BELLE AND SEBASTIAN, OTHER BRIT POPSTARS»
Posted on December 24, 2007 in , (3 comments)
Tags: Belle And Sebastian | Coldplay | Goldfrapp | Lightspeed Champion
