pnau - control your body
aussie-land's best dance act pnau have just released their new EP featuring three very diverse dance tracks for their fans. my fave one is this tech-house jam that is just one sick hook after another, reminding me of the big bombastic beats of the chemical brothers of yore. it's the perfect jam for your weekend so turn this track the F up!!
want more? check out the other two tracks from the 'into the sky' EP below:
pnau - into the sky
title track for the EP is also a bit of a rock dance jam featuring band member nick littlemore on vocals. it's fun and probably their most pop friendly track they've put out in ages.
pnau feat vera blue - young melody
this is your traditional classy house number featuring the very hot singer/songwriter vera blue on guest vocals. shame she's been sampled down, would have been interesting to hear a full song with celia pavey (aka vera blue) on lead.
the chemical brothers - sometime i feel so deserted
besides their contribution to the hunger games soundtrack last year, it's been almost 5 years since the chems have put out new material. with their album 'born in the echoes' coming out in july, this first single shows us the brothers still know how to work it out. definitely hypnotic, i can't wait to hear more in the coming months!!
the chemical brothers feat miguel - this is not a game (OST the hunger games: mockingjay part 1)
i'm kind of digging this trap-esque jam with miguel's talk/singing phrasing for this surprising collaboration. part of the lorde curated soundtrack for the upcoming hunger games, i'm definitely curious to hear what other left field combos are in store for this!
chemical brothers - escape velocity
[whoa!!! someone has been tripping to their music these days! 12 mins of knob twirling and layered beats culminating in a haze of a psychedelic free for all. burning man, you have found your anthem for 2010!]
it's been a wonderfully strange busy summer for me careerwise and in the process, i am the first to admit that wongie's music blog has suffered along the way (ok, we basically stopped posting for two months). hopefully with fall coming, i'll be able to deal with some much needed time management and have this site back up and running regularly. if you've missed me, then here's a quickie treat of some gems that i've been in love with the past few months. more of these big postings to come this weekend, so come back again will ya!
vampire weekend - cape cod kwassa kwassa
[can you believe that we're already on single #4 off their self titled album? currently wowing them across the pond on the festival circuit, i can't wait to hear new material (fans post on youtube please!). want more vampire weekend, check out the awesome blog pretty much amazing for a lovely cover of fleetwood mac's classic song "everywhere"]
fleet foxes - white winter hymnal
[i can honestly listen to this song on a continuous loop for a good 5-6 times a day. call me choir nerd or just plain dorky, but this multi part vocal tune is just sweetly mesmerizing (still have no clue what they're singing about), much like the rest of their self titled album.]
duffy - stepping stone
[by the summer, i kind of put duffy's rockferry album aside (since i practically went to sleep with it every night throughout the spring), but all it takes is a simple moody video that brings her back in my good books. love loVE LOVE this song!]
adele - hometown glory
[the song is easily a year old, but a moving performance on so you think you can dance and the fact that the song got re-released in the uk just brought this tune back on my radar. if you haven't picked up adele's debut album 19 by now, then you really should drop everything and buy it now. i'm just saying...
coldplay - viva la vida
[the band kind of bum me out, but you can't deny just how amazing this single is. taken off the album viva la vida.]
noah and the whale - 5 years time
[the most 'fun fun fun' tune of the summer don't you think? this track might sound familiar to you stateside as the whistles playing alongside the current run of saturn car commercials. but for the rest of the world, appreciate the fact that you get to hear this daily on your top 40 radio. taken off the equally cute debut album peaceful the world lays me down.]
the chemical brothers - midnight madness
[taken off their upcoming 2cd collection brotherhood (you can also buy the solo singles only album which DOESN'T feature the full electronic battle weapon series, in which this track is taken off of) the chems celebrate their amazing career with all the hits that have rocked your speakers for the past 13 years. brilliant really.]
bloc party - mercury
[after announcing they were going to release a new album for the fall, bloc party jumped their own gun and put out intimacy as a digital release a few days later. oh the wacky world of music these days! if the fabulous current single is an indicator of what to expect, then go and get the album now!]
mates of state - my only offer
[cute cute cute song by the husband and wife team! taken off their equally sweet album re-arrange us]
css - left behind
[oh the freaky avant garde world of cansei de ser sexy, can you just imagine what an everyday conversation with this 5 piece must be like? hm... my head implodes just thinking of it. taken off their new album donkey (which rocks!!!)]
featuring an interesting array of guests (including the klaxons, willy mason and midlake), the first single "do it again" featuring ali love has just made the buzz playlist on bbc radio 1 and is poised to be a likely summer club anthem.
check out the we are the night tracklisting (and a nice gift in the process! enjoy!): 1. No Path To Follow 2. We Are The Night 3. All Rights Reversed (feat. The Klaxons) 4. Saturate 5. Do It Again (feat. Ali Love) 6. Das Spiegel 7. The Salmon Dance (feat. Fatlip) 8. Burst Generator 9. A Modern Midnight Conversation 10. Battle Scars (feat. Willy Mason) 11. Harpoons 12. The Pills Won’t Help You Now (feat. Midlake)
[there is no denying that the chemical brothers are one of the best dance acts ever. but with an extended break, one easily forgets just how phat these guys kicked it back in the day on the dancefloor.
well... they must have gotten the itch because the duo are back in a big bombastic way! releasing a double a-sided single called "electronic battle weapon (8 and 9)", i have latched onto #8 and am just crazy about it.
turn up your volume, play the whole 7 mins and when those drums kick in at 2'30" well... f**kin' apeshit is how i first turned it out!]
