DOWNLOAD: Pat Jordache - Get It + Phantom Limb
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Not to sound all fanboy, but Pat Jordache and his tropical Joy Division modeling was one of the best stage shows we’ve seen all year. Dude can sing; dude can shake. Let his uncanny baritone tremble through you as sunburnt riffs glint on in “Get It” before splashing into the ghostly hum and ecstatic cacophony of “Phantom Limb.” And then pick up the rest of Future Sounds before seeing Jordache yourself, who’s out touring with tUnE-yArDs as we speak.
PREMIERE: Miracle Fortress - Immanent Domain + Raw Spectacle (Pantha du Prince Remix)
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Dual gifts this morning from one of Montreal’s finest and most generous: Miracle Fortress first enchants with the rump-shaking “Immanent Domain” (an electropop gem slick with clean guitars, quirky looped beats, and candied dance vocals) and then with Pantha du Prince’s dulcet rework of “Raw Spectacle,” which pleasantly thumps along for two minutes before allowing Graham Van Pelt’s beachy breath to penetrate its chilly techno fortress. Both totally different, both totally great. Was I The Wave? is the name of Miracle’s LP out now on Secret City, and you should definitely go buy it.
Miracle Fortress - Immanent Domain
Miracle Fortress - Raw Spectacle (Pantha du Prince Remix)
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DOWNLOAD: James Vincent McMorrow - Shells of Silver (White Sea Remix)
Setting White Sea’s ghostly foam atop James Vincent McMorrow’s emotive Dublin folk accomplishes what all great remixes should: it colors the original entirely anew. Now “Shells of Silver” (at first a fluttery collabo between JVM and The Japanese Popstars) has turned into a frosty electropop tundra crackling with purposeful syncopations, ice floe melodies and heartbreakingly intimate vocals from both Miss Kibby and Mr. McMorrow. Their only misstep? That they've not yet completed an entire LP available of songs like this and only this. Get on that, guys.
James Vincent McMorrow - Shells of Silver (White Sea Remix)
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PREMIERE: Grimes - Crystal Balls (Young Galaxy Remix)
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This weekend, I took my first trip to Canada for the FME festival where a bajillion Montreal bands had traveled 8 hours only to perform in backyards, cramped clubs, and on train tracks. Being American, I didn’t quite get their generosity. I mean, why all the trouble when they could play a stadium, guzzle a case in the green room, and be done with it? But now, as I listen to Young Galaxy’s spongy beats, palpitating samples, atonal synths, and chords winking under sylph vocals, perhaps I do understand. This refit of fellow countrywoman Grimes’ “Crystal Balls” is a song that explains Montreal’s finest musicians: they are woodland creatures who’d journey to the outer limits simply to connect with fans, because they are full of gratitude and light. YG’s next move is a tour with Junior Boys, while their album Shapeshifting is out now on Paper Bag.
Grimes - Crystal Balls (Young Galaxy Remix)
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PREMIERE: Strange Talk - Climbing Walls (Van She Tech Remix)
When Aussie crew Van She remixes a single, rest assured it’ll be reborn as effusive electropop punctuated by well-timed glitches and midnight synths. Rest assured too, that when they remix fellow countrymen and euphoric pop-rockers Strange Talk, the track is going to rise to the top of your running/pre-gaming/celebrating life playlists. This refit of “Climbing Walls” is a glinting dance jubilation, morphing Strange Talk (oft-described as Australia’s answer to Phoenix) from stadium-grade indie gods to underground club champs with all the steel drums and Red Bulls in the world. Check out their weirdo ‘giant chessboard on a dry lake’ video, before buying their super-fun EP, out on Neon Gold now.
DOWNLOAD: Ladytron - White Elephant
A dreamy new sound from the ladies of Ladytron—electropop that undulates like rolling fields of heather. Gossamer vocal strands and waltzing harpsichords abound in “White Elephant”’s gentle lullaby, and can be found on moody new record Gravity The Seducer, in stores on September 13 and available for pre-ordering on iTunes now.
PREMIERE: Superhumanoids - Mirrors (Cosmic Kids Remix)
Swimsuits, water guns, wet DJs. That’s what we want our summer to involve. Good thing Scion A/V and MFG’s Swimming With Sharks pool party series wants the same. This Cosmic Kids refit of Superhumanoid’s “Mirrors” is a perky electropop intro to the season’s most banging splash fest and full of synth beams, dreamgirl vocals, and drip-drop beats. If you plan on partying in NYC or LA, hit the series' schedule for dates with DJs like Nick Catchdubs, Franki Chan, Nick Hook and LOL Boys. If you’re planning on partying regardless of where you are, hit below.
Superhumanoids - Mirrors (Cosmic Kids Remix)
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PREMIERE: Clubfeet - Edge Of Extremes (Munk Remix)
Whoa. This resplendent electropop Munk rework of Clubfeet’s “Edge of Extremes,” is so flippant and fun, it makes the rest of our iPod’s ‘recently-added’ list look like the The Ordnung. We love the heavenly production, level of musicality, and the bubbling, Hot Chip vibe. Get the rest of the Edge of Extremes remix EP through Plant and iTunes, and play until all your troubles disappear.
Clubfeet - Edge Of Extremes (Munk Remix)
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