After nearly four years without an official release, John MacLean's solo project The Juan MacLean is back in full force, dropping "You Are My Destiny". Stepping back into the game where he left off, his new release is another ballad, filled with a lengthy build that peaks at his own variation of synth pop. What differs from his older work is that he incorporates varied electronic styles into the song. MacLean fools the listener into thinking the style will keep on its instrumental house root, but when former LCD...
Francis Chiser, previously known as DJ Franchise, continues to keep the Bay Area--and beyond--dancing with his body-moving mixes. If you remember him from our Elevator Speech Series, you'll know that his roots are firmly planted in a deep knowledge of hip hop, growing up with Public Enemy and Wu Tang Clan streaming through his eardrums. But as some of his more recent mixes attest, his keen music sensibilities have led him to create some highly innovative indie mixes that lack nothing in widespread appeal, no matter...
I always find it refreshing to find mashups that incorporate "old" school music with contemporary music. Loo & Placido have done just that with one of the their latest mashes, "Black Sab System." Loo & Placido's game is strictly mashup. The one aspect that I love about them is that they...
As an avid fan of LCD Soundsystem, it was a little more than depressing hearing last year that the band had plans to separate after nearly a decade making music together. To go off with a bang, LCD Soundsystem played one final farewell show on April 2, 2011 in front of thousands of fans at...
Tokyo Police Club is currently in the works of their latest project. Titled 10 days, 10 covers, 10 years, the project consists of the band covering a single track from each year during the last decade (2001 - 2010) and releasing them on various music media outlets from August 24 - September...
James Murphy and friends = still retired. But, before planning their departure from the music world, they stopped by a studio to record their version of "Live Alone" from Franz Ferdinand's album, Tonight. This is the first single, we the normal folks, have heard off the upcoming Covers EP from...
Mashup Monday - We're going to melt you faces off with enough mashed up music to make you wanna slap yo' mama. itstk will be bringing you the dopest dope in the mashup world. We've been scouring the music lands, and filing through tracks that you enthusiastic readers and musicians have...
LCD Soundsystem has released the video for their track "Pow Pow". The video features actress Anna Kendrick from the movie Up In The Air and she plays a beautiful bodyguard with a deadly secret. Check out the video below.
