2008 was a year of great music! My top record picks, in no particular order are:
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
MGMT - Oracular Spectactular
Lykke Li - Youth Novels
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Santogold - Santogold
LadyHawke – LadyHawke
Astonishingly, these are all debut releases. It’s also super-happy-fantastic to see Pip Brown, aka, Ladyhawke, taking on [...]
Where are the lyrics to this sound to be found? I have seen various declarations such as “it’s about pancakes” (or hot dogs?), “the song is about 3 young ladies who fall into Marcel Duchamp by accident and decide to change their lives as a result” and mentions of hippos. Huh? Who knows!
At least your [...]
Somehow I don’t think the keytar is going to work for us as a gift under the tree these holidays, whether giving or receiving. They’re much bigger than I ever expected!
Thankfully, there’s a more suitable stocking sized alternative - a stylophone! This miniature stylus operated synthesizer is a recreation of the 1967 classic. It’s famed [...]
Is there any finer instrument? Ever since seeing Shy Child (and an ambitious keytar thrashing above the head) I have been thinking about these synthy 80’s beasts.
photo by NicholasGuarino
“The keytar was developed by Anthony Masakowski and commercially introduced in 1980 as the Moog Liberation. Early users included Spyro Gyra keyboardist Tom Schuman and the band [...]
Berlin based electronic duo Booka Shade are coming to AKL on the 21st of November 2008. Squee! Their myspace says ‘Get Booka Shade’ and yeah, we got ‘em!
Oft’ described as “the best live electronic act in the world today” you will most probably be familiar with their songs ‘Body Language’ and ‘In White Rooms’. I [...]
Recently I’ve become a gym convert. Which is completely out of character, I know… My enthusiasm is all down to one magic device however - the Creative Zen Stone! Petite, slinky and pared down (this picture is lager than life size!). Play, pause and volume, it’s all you need to let the sound wash [...]
I was cruising new album release lists, hoping to spend imaginary money/get some inspiration from album art. In doing so, I noticed a rather common theme…
CSS - Donkey
Keane - Perfect Symmetry
Armin Van Buuren - A State of Trance 2008
Of course, there are some classic covers too!
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of The Moon
Tomita - [...]
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