Go To The Shop

It’s Record Store Day! Go to your local shop and buy some vinyl. Have fun!

Ghostface Killah – Cherchez La Ghost

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If you’re in Vancouver, Winnie deejay nerd Flowers is playing only the best new indie dance pop, 80s, and classic brit songs tonight at Cinema Saturdays! Come tell me if my shirt is ugly.

Fries Day

OK FINALLY the weekend is almost here!

I let iTunes do its shuffle thing and it played a remix that I haven’t heard in FOREVS! I used the song in a mixtape back in 2007 (when I used to make lotsa mixtapes) and it’s still an amazing jammy.

Here it is, your Friday song friends:

Beyonce – Irreplaceable (Sta Remix)

Annnnnnnd if you’re interested, here’s that super fun mixtape! Play it for your friends when you’re at home drinking… while getting ready to go drinking. Peep da tracklist:

Christian Flores – The Hudson (25:15)
Camille – Ta Douleur (Al Usher Vocal)
Holy Hail – Born of a Star (Adventures Close to Home Remix)
Heavy D & Friends – In Living Color Theme (Sta Remix)
Surkin – Kiss n Horns (Vengeance Edit)
Justice – D.A.N.C.E. (Plus Move Pirate Remix)
The Blow – Hock It (YACHT Remix)
Paul Wall – I’m Throwed
Al Peco – Clash Lascards Contre Bledhards
DG Yola – Ain’t Gon Let Up
T.I. feat Nox – Ain’t That Sumthin’
Santogold (Switch Remix) vs The Pack vs Skillz – Find a Way (Christian Flores Blend)
TEPR ft Zucchini Drive – Ghetto Bounce
Dr Dre – Dre Day
Rich Boy – Boy Looka Here
Youngbloodz – Damn (Radioclit Remix)
Juvenile – Ha Instrumental
Beyonce – Irreplaceable (Sta Remix)

When We Were Young

Sneaky Sound System – When We Were Young (Breakbot Remix)

The XX @ the Commodore

The mystique and aura surrounding the south London group the XX snuck up on me in the past year. I hate it sometimes when Pitchfork tells me what is good these days but if I’ve got the 100 best tracks of 2009 on my iTunes it’s kind of my fault. I can’t complain.

I was totally amped for this show since it was crazy impossible to see these guys down in Austin (SXSW 2010) although I did manage to sneak into a lawn party and heard them from a distance – shitty sound so I don’t count that. Also, it wasn’t their first time playing in Vancouver as they played back here in November 2009. Anyways, Nosaj Thing from LA opened. I know he played a show at the Fortune Sound club early this year and missed it. He played some decent freestyle mad beats and kicked it big time to start but he lost a little of my attention as he went on. He’s got a good remix of ‘Islands’ by the XX. He didn’t play it but maybe he should have for what was going to come up next.

Elin Kastlander and Joakim Benon make up the Swedish outfit known as JJ (Sincerely Yours, Secretly Canadian). If anyone knows me, I pretty much favour pop music that comes from Sweden over anything else. Beforehand, I wasn’t sure how exactly they fit into the XX bill.  Elin Kastlander played her first song by herself with acoustic guitar. Right away I was impressed by her voice. Her bandmate Joakim Benon appeared on stage a few songs later and nonchalantly strummed a few bars on the guitar while lying down flat out on stage out of the spotlight. Thier songs didn’t have a consistent flow to them but I have say that the visuals screened behind her were entertaining and cued perfectly (deers roaming, soccer matches, beach scenes, ocean elephants and her smoking and singing).

The XX finally came on and performed behind a white curtain with a huge X beamed on it during the song ‘Intro’. The crowd went crazy when the curtain dropped exposing the XX with the lights down. The early part of their setlist was heavy with crowd favourites ‘Crystalised’ and ‘Islands’. I guess what isn’t a favourite. They finally introduced themselves and went into ‘VCR’ and “Do You Mind”. The rest of their set is pretty self explanatory – the sound was tight, their stage presence so low key but so good at the same time.  They came back with an encore with in front of a star-lit backdrop behind a huge X mounted backstage. A second encore was expected but a brief XX DJ outro track looped out and left the crowd pretty satisfied with the return of the XX.

Scampi

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chipswow / Scampi From France with love.

snowwwy

Christopher Smith – Gently Gently from Boompa Records on Vimeo.

Just discovered Christopher Smith who is from Vancouver via his Salazar directed video.  So lovely right?

The Cids R Alright

XHA1 Test video HD Success! from Mike None on Vimeo.

Fuckyeahcokezero

Via Olio Festival Blog

We are doing a show w/ the Nu Nu’s April 24th @ Funky w/ phonecallssss.