Dance-day!

Heelllloooo!

Today I am all about dance/electro/electronic/whatever-it's-called Music!

I'd like to start with this lost remix of Róisín Murphy's Momma's Place:



Next we have Faithless!! Yes, they are back! Here you have Sun To Me, the Alex Morph remix:



And then there's Raven by The Proxy, a very old song... but I've now finally found it too.
Here is the Crookers remix of it:



That should be enough for now,

Lixx

3voor12

Helloo!!

Today I give you a link to the wonderfull 3voor12-website:

http://3voor12.vpro.nl/luisterpaal/

It will probably lead you to the homepage, in that case click on: Kijk en Luister, and then on Luisterpaal. There you can listen to Black Light, which is Groove Armada's new album.

Also, the new album by.... Blood Red Shoes is on it! YEA! You will have to scroll down for that one.

In between you will find Tomorrow, in a year. The opera (yes, I said OPERA) by The Knife.

Let me explain: yes The Knife are a electronic duo that make pop-like dance-music.

But they are also weird. So they decided to make an opera about Darwin. With real opera-singers and a show. They also sing on it themself. Anyways, it's worth a listen.

Lixx

De Staat

Hellooo!

I can't help but noticing that most of the songs and artists I add to this page are old ones that I've been listening to for quite a while or some of them even many years now.

How disturbing!

Most of the new bands I just don't like. And even if I do like it, I never really LOVE it.

The only albums I'm really looking out for this year are Fire Like This of Blood Red Shoes (!) and anything new Amy Winehouse is supposed to come up with. If she comes up with anything at all. Also, Them Crooked Vultures and The Dead Weather might release new albums but I doubt it will be soon.

So what DO I have for you today?

My favourite Dutch band EVER. Which is not as great a compliment as it sounds, haha.

They are called De Staat. They're relatively new, made a big impression on ehm the whole country, with their debut album last year. I saw them live at Den Haag, Utrecht and The Lowlands Festival, and they really are much better live. Here we go, Meet The Devil.

We're Gonna Die:

Sleep Tight:

Lixx

Koop!

Helloo!

Do you remember Koop???
Didn't think so.
Koop is actually Oscar Simonsson and Magnus Zingmark.
Yes, from Stockholm, Sweden.
They create new songs out of samples of old songs and then bring in guest vocals to complete it.

Here's the video of Come To Me, guest vocals of Yukim Nagano (in case you were wondering...).



February 15th the new (compiation) album will be released called Coup de Grace.
Another one of om favourite Koop songs is Island Blues, with Ane Brun.

Lixx

Rox!

Alooooha!

Here's the video for the first single EVER of Rox.
The song is called My Baby Left Me and will be released on March 15th.



I have already seen her on Later with Jools Holland months ago and she was tipped in BBC 6Music's Top 10 Most Promising New Artists.
Here's her live performance on LWJH of the song Breakfast In Bed, that I like even better than My Baby Left Me. Her voice is so much cooler on in, aaand the ending is wicked! Turn it up!


So the album (Memoirs) is to be released in June and there are no gigs planned in The Netherlands yet, but I'll defenitely keep an eye out.

Oh fun fact: her full name is Roxanne Tataei.

You will defenitely hear more about Rox this year!

Lixx

Kills

Heellloooo!

I accidentally turned on this song on my Ipod yesterday...
BIG MISTAKE! Now it's on repeat again. Last time that happened, it lasted 2 months.
Let's hope it won't come to that this time around. Though, it really is a brilliant song.
So be warned!

Here you go: The Kills - Superpowerless.


Now that you're listening, a little background info:
The Kills are Jamie Hince (UK) and Alison Mosshart (Miami, USA). Jamie is also knowns as 'Hotel' and Alison as 'VV'. I don't think anyone knows why, I don't anyways.
Alison is now also the singer for the band The Dead Weather, with Jack White.

First album was called Keep On Your Mean Side, but didn't really get them any attention.
Second album however, NO WOW is suuuupercool! That was in 2005.
In 2008 their third album Midnight Boom came out and featured the song Last Day Of Magic.
Also one of my favourites. This song became a single and had a B-Side.
The B-Side was Superpowerless.

Their best song ever, though, in my opinion is Good Ones.
Here's the video:



Lixx

Blood Red Shoes

Alooooha!!

Today the new single of Blood Red Shoes: Light It Up!!
The new album is out on March 1st.

AND! They are coming to The Netherlands!
On Wednesday March 17th, they will come to Paradiso Amsterdam.
Soooooo, who wants to come with me??
(To watch them from a distance at the balcony, I will not stand up front for this one again. Their show at Lowlands 2008 was not a succes, it was scary and painfull.)


HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!!! LIGHT IT UP!!

Lixx