It's the Supersound

Dubbel Dutch with his latest mix that features some of the next generation sounds coming from producers out of Angola and Portugal.

Music bookers, promoters and advertisers be warned! I’ve noticed a small epidemic that is starting to build in the land of social media. With people becoming less patient (Gen Y) and seeking “instant gratification”, a world that is largely in existence yet rarely mentioned is the buying of “Facebook fans.”

Saturation in EDM or dance music land has reached an all time high, resulting in the need of some for “guerilla tactics” to create the mirage that as an entity, a lot of producers and companies have a lot of “so called” fans.

If we were to talk purely business for a minute, in reality when someone is booked for a gig, they are not only booked for their reputation but their database of fans they can tell about the gig too! The bigger the database, the more negotiation power the artist will have in being booked and being paid hence people stooping to this dumb scheme.

So before you join the fake hype of producer or companies trying to (*cough) talk like they are struggling to contain their wiener in their pants, I got a tip for you so that you don’t fall for this crap.

How to spot a phoney?

Ah yes, Eastern Europe, the land of the Russian/Georgian fembots, minimal internet laws and autocratic leaders. The new Facebook page has proven to be quite handy in allowing you to find where the majority of fans are coming from. Generally speaking, if the site is .com the most popular city is most likely going to be somewhere in America or where the artist is based. (Please don’t forget i’m talking about up and coming producers, not Deadmau5 etc.)

In contrast, you will find most the sites where you can buy fans are hosted somewhere in Germany, Russia, Georgia, Ukraine etc and possibly even USA depending how smart the company the person is using is. So how do you find where the fans are from?

Find the ‘LIKE’ box on the Facebook page and see where majority of the fans are actually coming from! (As displayed below)

Take us for example:

Fact a lot of you may not know. We are based in Sydney Australia!

So next time your on a site and are looking at some unusually high stats, see where they are coming from before you invest your money into something you may regret!

To make this a little more controversial, feel free to name drop in the comment section below!

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New album out on May 29th in the US. I can’t wait. I was absolutely obsessed with the last album, and although this seems like less of a dance floor ready album I can honestly say I don’t care. I love her voice and there’s nothing like a summer album to sing a long to. Bring it on!

Pulp @ Radio City Music Hall 4/10/2012
Do You Remember the First Time? / Mis-Shapes / Razzmatazz / Pencil Skirt / Something Changed / Disco 2000 / Sorted For E’s and Wizz / F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. / I Spy / Babies / Underwear / This Is Hardcore / Sunrise / Bar Italia / Common People // Like A Friend / Live Bed Show / Party Hard

Unlike a majority of people attending this concert, I had seen Pulp three times before this show: A full gig at Hammerstein Ballroom in June of 1998, and earlier that week, a brief set at the Tibetan Freedom Concert in Washington, D.C. followed by another three-song set with the band opening for Radiohead at an impromptu club show. (This happened! And Michael Stipe was there, and sang “Lucky” with Radiohead and an a cappella number on his own! And I met Jarvis afterward! This is a cherished memory.) I felt guilty, but maybe also a bit cheated: There was no way I was going to come away from this one with the thrill of having seen Jarvis and company at long last, even if it has been a long time since they’ve played together on U.S. soil. I do remember the first time, and the memories are still quite vivid!

Jarvis is a bit older now, but he still has it. He’s an extraordinary performer, in part because he’s such a specific character, and he’s so fully comfortable in his skin. I think the very best rock stars are the people who impose their quirks on to the role rather than conform to the expectations of the job. He created his own archetype, but he belongs in a pantheon of the great oddball rock gods alongside Michael Stipe, David Byrne, Elvis Costello, Stephen Malkmus, Black Francis and James Murphy. Watching him in action is inspiring - his sort of confidence seems somehow attainable, whereas more traditional rock, pop and rap stars make it seem impossible and superhuman. Even in his biggest anthems - “Mis-Shapes” and “Common People,” both of which presage the sentiment of the Occupy movement by nearly two decades – Cocker is at a human scale even as the music soars. Extremely lanky, yeah, but human scale.

Pulp “This Is Hardcore”

Pulp has been closing out most of their shows on this extended reunion tour with a dramatic sequence of songs that goes like so: “This Is Hardcore” as a XXX dark night of the soul, “Sunrise” as a glimmer of hope just in the distance, “Bar Italia” as the come down and hangover, and “Common People” as the climax and resolution. This is a very effective and evocative set, but I was particularly moved by the performance of “Hardcore,” which seemed less menacing and sexy than the album version, and a lot more desperate and lonely. It’s a song about someone trying to will sexual fantasies based on shallow objectification into reality and finding the resulting action hollow and lacking, and though it certainly resonates today, I found myself wondering what this song would be if it were written more recently. What is “This Is Hardcore” in the era of internet pornography? Does it go to a more transgressive place, and does that place leave him even more empty?

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After several rumors and teases, the respected Chicago Tribune has announced the official Lollapalooza 2012 (August 3-5) lineup. As previously speculated, rock veterans Red Hot Chili Peppers and a reunited Black Sabbath (damn) will headline along with contemporary rockers the Black Keys and Jack White.

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Very into the new Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland LP Black Is Beautiful that drops one week from today on Hyperdub, which you can listen to now exclusively over at Resident Advisor. Bizarre + disorienting dubby vibes abound as expected with these two, but perhaps the weirdest thing here is that track 2 is a lovely cover of one of our all-time favorite slow jams — Donnie & Joe Emerson’s “Baby“ — played relatively straight, and it’s kind of haunting. Listen to the whole thing here.

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Dean Blunt :: The Narcissist (feat. Inga Copeland)

Coachella season is here and Goldenvoice is bringing you a plethora of amazing shows between the two festival weekends. On Wednesday, April 18th, the teenage producer-wonders, Porter Robinson & Madeon, will be in town to play a massive show together at the Fox Theater Pomona with the added support from Codes. Whether you’re going to Coachella or not, we highly recommend that you attend this show. Porter & Madeon have taken the world by storm and there is no sign of them stopping, so do not pass up this opportunity to witness them in the very beginning of their career. If you’re strapped for cash, head to our Facebook to enter the giveaway we’re hosting for this show!

Goldenvoice Presents Porter Robinson & Madeon at The Fox Theater Pomona

► Dates: April 18th
► Location: The Fox Theater Pomona
► Show time: 8:00 PM
► All Ages
► Tickets/info: HERE

Check out some tunage after the jump!

Beautifully faded cinematic dreamscapes from Sweden’s Sand Circles, taken from his new Motor City tape, out now on Not Not Fun. If Themes for an Imaginary Film + Kill For Love will be soundtracking any and all of your midnight cruises around L.A. for the forseeable future (as they should), consider Motor City for your next 4 AM bus ride through any dystopian urban underworlds.

Sand Circles’ Motor City cassette is limited to 150 copies, out now on Not Not Fun.

Motor City legend, Moodymann, teamed up with the great folks over at Scion A/V for the Picture This EP released today featuring 8 original productions, and as you would expect — it’s absolutely brilliant. Grab a babe/dude and get hot n’ heavy to the sultry sounds of ‘U Ranaway’ or ‘Hold It Down’, or hit your local warehouse party and jam down to ’9 Nites 2 Nowhere’ or ‘Basement Party.’ Either way, this EP is all gravy — and it’s free, so jump down for the download. √+

The Electric Daisy Carnival 2012 Lineup has dropped with a staggering 138 acts announced for the three day festival.

Taking place over June 8th to the 10th it’s precedence as one of the largest dance and electronic based festival continues with acts from all corners and caves across the world.

Expect to see performances from high flyers Avicii, Calvin Harris, Dada Life, Harvard Bass, Jack Beats, Moby, Steve Angello and UMEK.

Full lineup below and teaser below

Electric Daisy Carnival 2012 Lineup

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Above & Beyond
Adventure Club
Afrojack
Alesso
Aly & Fila
AN21 & Max Vangeli
Andy C: ALIVE
Angger Dimas
Armin van Buuren
Arty
A*S*Y*S*
ATB
Avicii
Bassjackers
Bassnectar
Bassrush Experience
Benny Benassi
Blue Man Group
Borgore
Brennan Heart
Calvin Harris
Camo & Krooked
Carl Cox
Chase and Status
Chris Lake
Chuckie
Circuit
Coone
Cosmic Gate
Crizzly
Dada Life
Danny Tenaglia
Darksiderz
Dash Berlin
Datsik
David Guetta
D-Block & S-te-Fan
Deco
Delta Heavy
Dennis Ferrer
Dieselboy vs Bare
Digitalism
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
Dirty South
Dirtyphonics Live
DJ Ammo
Dodge & Fuski
Downlink
Doctor P
Dubfire
Eco
Ed Rush & Optical
El Pulpo Mechanico
Emalkay
Endymion
Erick Morillo
Excision
Feed Me
Felix Cartal
Ferry Corsten
Figure
Flux Pavilon
Flaming Lotus Girls
Funkagenda
Funtcase
Fury
Gabriel & Dresden
Gaiser
Gareth Emery
Green Velvet
Hardwell
Harvard Bass
Headhunterz
High Contrast
Hype
Isaac
Jack Beats
Jaytech
JDX
Joachim Garraud
Jochen Miller
John Digweed
John Rundell
Josh Wink
Kaskade
Kill the Noise
Knife Party
Koan Sound
Kristina Sky
Kyau & Albert
Lady Faith
Laidback Luke
Little Boots
Loadstar
Loco Dice
Magda
Manufactured Superstars
Markus Schulz
Martin Solveig
Mat Zo
Michael Woods
Moby
Modestep
Morgan Page
MSTRKRFT
Mt Eden
NERVO
Nicky Romero
Nicole Moudaber
Night Owl Experience
Noisia
Paco Osuna
Porter Robinson
Pretty Lights
Q-dance
Rank 1 Live
R3hab
Richie Hawtin presents Enter.
Sander van Doorn
Sebastian Ingrosso
Sidney Samson
Steve Angello
Steve Aoki
Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano
Technoboy
Thomas Gold
Tiësto
Tommy Trash
Tritonal
UMEK
W&W
Wide Awake Art Car
Wilkinson
will.i.am
Zany
Zeds Dead
Zomboy

One day she’s DJing corporate sponsored pop-up roller rinks, the next day she’s putting out Miami-inspired bass tunage for the taste-makers over at Mixpak; aka a week in the life of Jess Jubilee. Fulfill your daily bass quota with her original tracks “Overtown” and “Pop It!” below and check out supporting remixes by Rizzla and 5kinAndbone5 on Juno.

Jubilee – Overtown (buy)

Jubilee – Pop It! (buy)

Kuedo: Ascension Phase from Planet Mu on Vimeo.

Ableton fans rejoice, take a break from your sessions and to check out this sweet deal!

Soundcloud have announced an alliance with Ableton in which you get 5 free months on a Soundcloud Pro account. SoundCloud Pro includes 36 upload hours, unlimited downloads, advanced sharing options and ultra-detailed statistics to keep track of who’s listening. Upload directly from Live 8 to SoundCloud and connect with a vast community of listeners. Your free 5 month SoundCloud Pro account comes with no further obligations and no automatic renewals.

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Full Post: Dubbel Dutch: Afro-House Mix

One of my favorite Acid/Chicago house producers of all-time are Phuture. The group was formed by DJ Pierre, Spanky and Herb J in 1985 with the mission laid out to produce records for Pierre to mix into his sets. After being turned on to the high-pitched squelch of the Roland TB-303 synthesizer (which was initially marketed as a bassline machine for solo guitarists), the trio emerged from the studio with a track they called “In Your Mind.” Ron Hardy played the cut out at his legendary club, the Music Box, where it became known as “Ron Hardy’s Acid Track”. Phuture re-made the cut with production by Marshall Jefferson. Released on Trax Records in 1987, the single created a dividing point between the Chicago sound before and after it, with hundreds of “Acid Trax” imitations flooding the local market.

Anyway, this track is not “that” track, but is from the same highly recommended 3 track 12″. “Acid Tracks” and “Phuture Jacks” are the staple classics from that release, but “Your Only Friend”, a thumping cautionary tale about cocaine abuse and consequences, flew relatively under the radar. I always thought that it was pretty hard, so here it is.

Phuture – Your Only Friend

I'm just gonna slide this video in here and pretend like nothing's changed.

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Let’s set the stage here: There are certain decades of music that I’m just not big on. That’s a huge, sweeping statement that might get me pretty roughed up somewhere, but let’s just play devil’s advocate here. Thus, I was at first a bit skeptical of Alabama Shakes. Upon first listen, however, the group’s soulful swells immediately swept me in before I could write them off as just another band trying to time-warp through space.

The story of Alabama Shakes is simple enough: Two high school friends started meeting after school to write rock songs, ranging from classic to soul to roots. Unlike every other high school garage get-together, however, the group’s self-titled EP was released to wide acclaim, turning the heads of everyone from influential bloggers to NPR. Getting name-checked by The New York Times after a CMJ performance may be an abbreviated version of the typical rags to rockdom story, but it is this exact converting power that the group possesses that’s extremely eye-catching.

Sure, Alabama Shakes’ composition is nearly flawless, oozing with a carefree visceral catharsis. I just want to riff along with them and disregard my lack of guitar mastery; it’s just that the sound so easily invites listeners to sloppily join in and shout along.

But the real spotlight undoubtedly should shine on the extremely amiable vocals of Brittany Howard, who also wields a mean guitar. Howard’s beautifully heart-wrenching voice rasps at just the right places, pouring out clear, intense emotion and soul that she packs tightly into her delivery throughout the album. Howard’s range is also incredibly wide, ranging anywhere from the likes of a band leader in the upbeat rock chorus of “Hang Loose” to the escalating screeching pleas of “You Ain’t Alone,” a refreshingly bare ballad in the midst of heavier cuts. In the latter, I can even hear the breaks in Howard’s croons as she shouts, “come on, cry with me.” It’s surprisingly honest, and I’m convinced that Howard is just an old friend.

Boys And Girls is a wild album, an honest collection visibly drenched in blood, sweat and tears.

Boys And Girls is really a tour de force like no other. It’s not time-warp, but instead sounds like a the concoction several decades in the making; it’s chronologically ambiguous. Rather than borrowing styles verbatim from different time periods, it’s more like Alabama Shakes takes on the persona and emotions of those periods instead: angst from the ’70s and soul from the ’60s swirled with lightheartedness from the ’50s.

Album opener “Hold On” appropriately introduces the group’s anthem-leading abilities with Howard’s commanding vocals at the helm. The aforementioned “You Ain’t Alone” is still the best example of Howard’s gut-wrenching vocals as the track ends builds to a joyously bittersweet climax. However, the best buildup is on “Be Mine,” which ends in a furious frenzy led by Howard’s primal screaming and underlined by loud cymbal crashes and a pounding bass drum.

Boys And Girls is a wild album, an honest collection visibly drenched in blood, sweat and tears. It’s more emotion than revival, more soul than renewal. In this way, Alabama Shakes produced something entirely their own, a fierce, daringly revealing diary of sorts. And I believe it.

Stream ‘Boys And Girls’ in its entirety here.

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Unless you’ve been incarcerated for the past year and/or camping out in the boonies, I’m going to presume that you’re familiar with Vancouver buzz band Young Liars.  They break hearts with their hipster good looks and hypnotic electro-pop.

Luckily for me, they’re hitting up FiveSixty nightclub on Thursday, April 12 to support their latest release off Nettwerk Records entitled Homesick Futures aka the perfect post-prom love making album.  Be careful ya’ll, wear a rubber.

Young Liars will be joined by fellow local acts The Ballantynes and Valley Girl, who have the perfect tunes for this supa chill weather.

Tickets are only $10.00 and available online or at Zulu, Beatstreet and Red Cat Records.  Doors are at 8:30pm, show at 9:30pm.

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Unless you’ve been incarcerated for the past year and/or camping out in the boonies, I’m going to presume that you’re familiar with Vancouver buzz band Young Liars.  They break hearts with their hipster good looks and hypnotic electro-pop.

Luckily for me, they’re hitting up FiveSixty nightclub on Thursday, April 12 to support their latest release off Nettwerk Records entitled Homesick Futures aka the perfect post-prom love making album.  Be careful ya’ll, wear a rubber.

Young Liars will be joined by fellow local acts The Ballantynes and Valley Girl, who have the perfect tunes for this supa chill weather.

Tickets are only $10.00 and available online or at Zulu, Beatstreet and Red Cat Records.  Doors are at 8:30pm, show at 9:30pm.

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I’d like this trend of crushworthy chanteuses covering 60s classics to continue, wouldn’t you? At an Easter gig at the White House (you made it!), Janelle Monáe did her best Little Michael impression and delivered a great cover of The Jackson 5′s venerated classic “I Want You Back.” Watch some (sort of crude) video of the performance below:

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You already know Florence and+the Machine stopped by MTV Unplugged late in 2011 to perform a selection of originals and covers, and they’re now releasing this recording as their second live album. Looks like Flo and co. scoured the hip-hop charts for cover inspiration – you already heard their impressive take on Drake’s “Take Care,” and you can now sample their cover of Otis Redding’s “Try a Little Tenderness,” which you probably last heard in sample form via Kanye and Jay-Z’s “Otis.” Florence’s take is, like the original, a scarcely-instrumented showcase that allows her voice to take front and center – its bare-bones quality only further guarantees chills up your spine. Check it out, and if you have some time, you can watch Florence + The Machine’s MTV Unplugged set in its entirety over at MTV.

Continue reading: Florence + The Machine – “Try A Little Tenderness” (Otis Redding Cover)

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Ladies and gentlemen, it’s finally happened – John Mayer has covered Lana Del Rey. To clear up the confusion, no, you won’t get to hear him sing “take that body downtown” (sorry), because Mayer decided to go instrumental on this one: his take is all new-age undulating blues guitar set over some spacey drones with echo forceful enough to knock you out. The whole thing sounds like music for the acupuncture room in a fancy spa in space. Make fun of it though we might, Mayer’s dexterous guitar and chilling tone here makes us wonder if it could be more interesting than the original. Check it out.

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Our not-so-discrete love affair with the HAIM sisters hit a new level of amazing at Monday's Popshop West, as their magnificent live show reached new heights (big ups to special guest Ryan Adams) and all in attendance were reminded why they're the best new band in LA right now. And with that in mind, we're thrilled to keep the dream going at our next Popshop NYC, with none other than HAIM and our golden boy, St. Lucia, headlining. On top of that, we have LA's synthwave mastermind Goldroom in the headline DJ slot and heralded Popshop alum Xylos - fresh off a sold out headline at Mercury Lounge - warming it all up. It's all going down Thursday, May 3rd at Santos Party House, with open bar Bomb Lager for the first hour and $10 advance tickets now available HERE. So come join us and our darling buds of May to kick off summer 2012 the right way.

STREAM: "Before the Dive" - St. Lucia



STREAM: "Forever" - HAIM


STREAM: "Mother Protect (Goldroom Remix)" - Niki & The Dove


STREAM: "Summerlong" - Xylos

Great news: storied New York MC Aesop Rock will release his first album in five years, Skelethon, on July 10th. “Zero Dark Thirty” is the album’s eccentric first single. Listen to it below:

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With previous releases from Mike Q, Nguzunguzu, Gremino and a tight affiliation with Night Slugs, it’s easy to see why Fade2Mind has so much deserved hype. It’s a truly creative and groundbreaking label. The time and effort that goes into curating each release is evident, which is why it should come of no surprise that the latest addition to their ongoing bootleg EP series is so noteworthy.

Those nerding out over his SoundCloud and mixtapes are already familiar with the percussive, ethereal and tribal styles of Massachusetts based producer/ DJ Rizzla. I personally got the chance to see him DJ 2x during the SXSW Festival and his skills reach far beyond what shows through in his carefully crafted mixtapes. Even amongst the bigger names, he was one of the top DJs of the week. As for the EP, the four club-worthy tracks celebrate Rizzla’s first DJ expedition to the west coast as well as the label’s ongoing LA party series. Enjoy individual files below or the full pack here.

Rizzla – BADMIND HA

Rizzla – CHURCH

Rizzla – DICK

Rizzla – PSYCHOTON

The discordant music of experimental Sacramento noise/rap outfit Death Grips evokes a host of images, most of them unpleasant: drug-induced psychosis, post-apocalyptic landscapes, mass destruction, physical and mental imprisonment, to name just a few. "I've Seen Footage", a track from upcoming album The Money Store, brings to mind something altogether brighter: a florescent-lit health club from the late 1980s. The out-of-breath heave of a beat brings to mind the one used on Salt 'n Pepa's aerobicized classic "Push It"-- paired with grunted lyrics like, "Little tiger/ Boy soldier/ Twist a cap back and kill/ Seen crazy shit, man, crazy shit, crazy shit", the song takes Death Grips to a gloriously athletic space.

[from The Money Store; out 04/24/12 via Epic]