Chester French / Photo: Dustin Ross (www.theferaleye.org)
After fitting the soles of so many soccer, basketball, and running stars and making a whole lot of regular guys and girls look cool, Puma deserves to throw themselves a big party for their 60th birthday. Unsurprisingly, they decided to put together four pretty stacked bills around the country, and we headed out last night to the Music Hall Of Williamsburg for the New York event with performances from Chester French, Charles Hamilton, The Knux, and DJ Jus Ske. Hamilton played his blog hit "Windows Media Player" and the Chester French boys unloaded "She Loves Everybody;" cameras flashed a lot and we left pretty jazzed. In essence, Puma made turning 60 look cool, so props for that.
Chester French - She Loves Everybody (Steve Aoki Remix)
Chester French - She Loves Everybody (Neptunes Remix)
Chester French - She Loves Everybody
Chester French's RCRD LBL Page
This Saturday, November 8, indie quartet The End Of The World will be hosting the record release party for their new album French Exit (out next Tuesday on Flameshovel/Pretty Activity) at the new Studio at Webster Hall. Discounted advance tickets are available here, and rounding out the bill for the evening with be their friends Frankopolis and Rebecca Schiffman. After the release party the band heads out for a tour of the South and Midwest, playing dates with Blitzen Trapper, Young Widows, Heartless Bastards, and Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson. Those dates along with Saturday's flyer can be found after the break.
Exclusive Download: The End Of The World - Jody
The End Of The World's RCRD LBL Page
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Halloween is on a Friday this year, which means you won’t have to call out of work in order to stay all night at Ghostly and Throne Of Blood’s party at Studio B, featuring Audion (aka Matthew Dear, live), The Rapture DJs, Daniel Wang, and loads more. We’ve got two tickets to give away to the bash, so if you want to go and get your costume all sweaty here’s how you win: sign up for our newsletter here, then e-mail contests@rcrdlbl.com with the subject “HALLOWEEN” and you’ll hear by Friday if you’ve won. Below you’ll find some sounds from those playing the event, and hit the jump for the full flyer and full info.
Stream: Audion - Rubber
Stream: Audion - Billy Says Go
Download: Daniel Wang - Berlin Sunrise (Die Dämmerung)
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(Los Fancy Free, Photo: Diana Levine)
Yesterday The Levi's®/FADER Fort NYC saw some rather incredible bands roll through the opening day of the space, including appearances from our friends in Charlift, Crystal Stilts, The Muslims, and (the unscheduled but totally out of control) Los Fancy Free, while Queen Majesty, Jamal Ali, and the Swedish half of Radioclit spun everyone’s minds up during the interim. Our friends at The FADER have some great photos of the action over at their site and we've got tracks from some the artists that played below. The Fort is going to be slammed with fantastic bands and DJ's all week long, so stay tuned to The FADER blog and here for continued coverage.
Live: Day 1 Of The Levi's®/FADER Fort NYC At TheFADER.com
Download: Los Fancy Free - Beatle Suit & Purple Boot
Download: Los Fancy Free - Ja Ja Ja
Stream: Los Fancy Free - Fear
Download: Chairlift - Evident Utensil
Download: Crystal Stilts - Crystal Stilts
Download: Crystal Stilts - Shattered Shine
Download: The Muslims - Beside Myself
Download: The Muslims - Nightlife
(Dirty On Purpose)
Tonight two bands that we’re pretty fond of—The New Year and Dirty On Purpose—will set out for a few New England shows together, hitting Philly, Boston, New York, and Providence over the weekend. If you like your indie rock subtle and fulfilling and live around the area, make sure to head out, full info after the links. After the Providence gig, The New Year will continue their tour around Midwest and Europe, full dates over at their MySpace.
Download: The New Year - The Company I Can Get
Download: Dirty On Purpose - Leaving
Download: Dirty On Purpose - Hard To Tell You
Download: Dirty On Purpose - The Thing About Getaways
Download: Dirty On Purpose - Canned Fumes
Stream: Dirty On Purpose - Audience In The Room
Stream: Dirty On Purpose - Like Bees
The New Year's RCRD LBL Page
Dirty On Purpose's RCRD LBL Page
Tour Dates For The New Year & Dirty On Purpose:
10/09 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
10/10 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall Of Williamsburg
10/11 – Boston, MA – Middle East
10/12 – Providence, RI – Living Room
If you’ve been waiting to Dance For Obama (we have), the time has come. On Monday a heap of DJ’s—curated and joined by the legendary Arthur Baker and including RCRD LBL bros Treasure Fingers, Nick Catchdubs, and Drop The Lime—will take over Santo’s Party House in New York for Spin The Vote, a fundraiser in support of Barack Obama. The full line-up is looking rather stacked, so if you’re around and into dance music at all, make sure to come out and put your money where you feet are. For those in Miami, there's another event scheduled for October 18th, info below.
SPIN THE VOTE NEW YORK:
Arthur Baker
John Robie (live keyboards)
AC Slater
Alexander Technique
DJ Mehdi
Drop The Lime
Nick Catchdubs
Tommie Sunshine
Treasure Fingers
Monday, October 13th
Santo’s Party House
100 Lafayette St. (between Walker & White)
New York, NY 10013
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Miami Pop Life Presents
SPIN THE VOTE MIAMI:
Arthur Baker
John Robie (live keyboards
DJ Induce
DJ Aramis
Shawn Rudnick
Sandman & 360
Saturday, October 18th
White Room
1306 North Miami Ave.
Miami, FL 33136
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While other DJs are feeding Manhattan's hipsters escapist electro grinds to forget reality, digital renaissance man, DJ Spooky the Sublimal Kid, is biting down and probing at today's digital issues - through words, music AND art.
The track below, One Laptop Theme, has R & B attitude woven together with a glitched out electro beat and is probably cloaked in subliminal messages. It's from a compilation CD of avante-garde mixes by Sonic Youth and Nam Jun Paik and others that's tucked in the back of DJ Spooky's equally ambitious new book, Sound Unbound. Sound Unbound is chock-a-block full of philosophical ideas about the digital music today and tomorrow. In one chapter, Moby talks about the future of music and buying an island with monkeys trained to use automatic weapons. Another chapter's got wordsmith wunderkind Saul Williams discussing The Future of Language. Packs in serious bang for the buck.
Intrigued? Tomorrow at The Helen Mills Theatre, DJ Spooky is discussing his work- along with another author, Cory Doctorow- and then spinning at Sutra Lounge in NYC's east village afterwards. No doubt other digital wild cat musicians will be prowling behind those doors. Check it: http://www.cbldf.org/pr/archives/000367.shtml and tastetest the track below.
SOUNDS LIKE: Liam Gillick, Alter Echo, Sonic Youth, Rob Swift
Exclusive New Download: DJ Spooky - One Laptop Theme
DJ Spooky's Website
DJ Spooky Meets Cory Doctorow Event Website
