Monthly Archives: August 2010
Bat for Lashes
07th Aug 2010
Brighton, [UK] band Bat for Lashes is the brainchild of singer/songwriter Natasha Khan. The Pakistan-born Khan pulls from her art school education and her experience producing multimedia installations when it comes to writing songs. She also cites Steve Reich and Susan Hiller as influences, while echoes of Björk andSiouxsie Sioux are heard throughout Bat for Lashes’ mystical indie rock
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Arctic Monkeys
By distilling the sounds of Franz Ferdinand, the Clash, the Strokes, and the Libertines into a hybrid of swaggering indie rock and danceable neo-punk, Arctic Monkeys became one of the U.K.’s biggest bands of the new millennium. Their meteoric rise began in 2005, when the teenaged bandmates fielded offers from major labels and drew a sold-out crowd to the
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Andrew WK
Not just a party animal but a party guerrilla, Andrew W.K. burst onto the scene with a hybrid of metal, pop, and dance that parodied and paid tribute to the cheesiest, sleaziest aspects of all three styles. The California-born, Michigan-bred W.K. — the initials stand for everything from “White Killer” to “Women Kum” to “Wilkes-Krier,”
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Alex Metric
With modern electronic music, there’s sometimes a tendency to take things, shall we say, ‘a little too seriously’. All too often producers and deejays get caught up so heavily in the idea of being elitist and ‘underground’ that they forget the idea of music altogether – that it should be built to be enjoyed by
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Soulrocks minitapes
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The Roots “The Fire” feat. John Legend
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Tagged How I Got Over, John Legend, Questlove, Rik Cordero, Rik Cordero Directs, soulROCKS TV, The Roots
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MNDR
MNDR (pronounced “mandar”), is an electronic music duo, formed in 2009 in New York, that consists of Amanda Warner and Peter Wade. Warner moved from Oakland, California, to New York a year in 2009 to work as a songwriter for hire. But it was only after meeting Wade that she began to consider fronting her own act. MNDR
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The Jolly Boys – Rehab – ( Modern Mento version)
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Tagged Amy Winehouse, Jolly Boys, mash-up, Mashup, Modern Mento, Rehab, soulROCKS TV, Version
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Listen to Daft Punk’s Entire ‘Tron: Legacy’ Score (UPDATED)
Listen to Daft Punk’s Entire ‘Tron: Legacy’ Score (UPDATED) Since news broke that Daft Punk were giving the task of scoring for the Tron: Legacy the web has been littered with fakes. However, the guys over at cinematical seem to have located the genuine article. Click here to see and hear for yourself.
soulROCKS at the Queen Of Hoxton Thursday 26th August
soulROCKS at the Queen Of Hoxton Thursday 26th August more Yup yup! We’re back It’s just after pay day (so drink your wage away) and IT’S FREE! Come down, bring friends, family and the dog if you wish and get your groove on in the sun to ALL THE HITS! What are you waiting for?? soulROCKS @THE
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