DOWNLOAD: Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation (Zinc Remix) + No Tears To Cry (Leo Zero Remix)
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Paul Weller in the mix! No, those words still don't sound quite right to us either, but this brace of reworkings by London bassheads Zinc and Leo Zero is doing much to mess with our preconceptions: the former placing Weller's gruff vocal in an alien realm of bass-heavy house, the latter in more familiar, heartfelt Northern soul territory. Both were put together to herald the release of a new Weller album - Wake Up The Nation will be with you in April.
Sounds Like: David Guetta, The Everly Brothers
Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation (Zinc Remix)
Paul Weller - No Tears To Cry (Leo Zero Remix)
DOWNLOAD: Black Moth Super Rainbow - Twin of Myself (Go! Team Remix)
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(Photo: Jae Ruberto)
The original version of "Twin of Myself", taken from the UK debut album BMSR released this week, is a ponderous daydream of psych synth swirls and lonely vocoder voices that talk about staring at clouds and eventually seem to just slip into a reverie, the track probably finishing before it should because the band have all fallen asleep. Who better to kick them back alive, then, than Brighton's The Go! Team, for whom the word 'chirpy' just doesn't seem sufficient and so the mind tries to grasp at some hyperbolic metaphor involving illegal stimulants and ADHD-afflicted toddlers. We'd be on morally dubious terrain to join the dots ourselves, but I think you catch my drift. Go beyond the jump to see what happens when you cross Black Moth Super Rainbow with Eric Wareheim of 'Tim and Eric' fame.
Sounds Like: The Concretes, Deerhoof, The Flaming Lips
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Twin of Myself (Go! Team Remix)
Previously:
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Born On A Day The Sun Didn't Rise
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VIDEO: Vincent Vincent and the Villains - Pretty Girl
Sometimes a bit of Northern Soul is all you need to pick you up. Vincent Vincent and the Villains have that wonderful big band, small town feel, and "Pretty Girl" might be their best song yet. It's fun and warm and catchy, and will make you think twice about brass sections. Enjoy...
