Indie Disco #144

Playlist

1. Echo & The Bunnymen - Think I Need It Too
2. Julian Casablancas - Out Of The Blue
3. stellastarr* - Prom Zombie
4. Darker My Love - Blue Day
5. Kill Hannah - New York City Speed
6. Bynar - Human Butter For Your Soul (Daft Punk vs. The Bloody Beetroots vs. Adam Freeland)
7. Editors - Papillon (Tiesto Remix Radio Edit)
8. Blank & Jones feat. Bernard Sumner - Miracle Cure (Genussmittel Mix)
9. Royksopp - This Must Be It
10. Sara Noxx feat. 18 Summers - Superior Love (In My Rosary Remix)
11. She Wants Revenge - Replacement
12. Isolated Atoms - The Two Campaigners
13. Kitty Wu - Love Letters
14. The Delta Fiasco - Paperhouse (Radio Edit)
15. Mesh - Everything I Made
16. Rammstein - Hailfisch
17. Zeromancer - Photographic
18. The Exploding Boy - Heart Of Glass
19. Lowline - Gun In My Side
20. The Parisians - The Way You Got Me
21. The Hundreds And Thousands - Parade
22. Moke - Here Comes The Summer
23. Sleepercurve - Robots
24. Katsen - Where Nobody Can Find Us
25. Divide & Kreate - Sex Diary (Kings Of Leon vs. Yazoo)
26. Hearts Of Black Science - Twilight
27. HURTS - Wonderful Life
28. Plushgun - The Dark In You
29. Compact Space - Push Push
30. The Shock Project - Charly
31. The Dykeenies - Sounds Of The City
32. My Chemical Romance & The Used - Under Pressure

Listen / download:

#144 Indie Disco (podomatic)
#144 Indie Disco (torrent)
#144 Indie Disco (rapidshare)

Under The Covers #35

I know I've posted numerous Depeche Mode covers in the past, but there is always room for a couple more. Since I've been constantly listening to the new Rammstein record, I guess it was about time I posted their take on Stripped, backed up with Zeromancer's beefed-up revisiting of Photographic. If you are into quieter mood though, the covers by The Dresden Dolls and Bliss will be right up your alley. Enjoy!

Rammstein - Stripped (Depeche Mode cover)
Zeromancer - Photographic (Depeche Mode cover)
The Dresden Dolls - Karma Police (Radiohead cover)
Bliss - Lovesong (The Cure cover)



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Me My Head

Me My Head are a London-based four-piece that emerged out of the breakup of The Moths at the end of 2007. Named after a rather obscure Gary Numan track (kudos for that), Charlie Moss (vocals), Dave Lightfoot (guitar), James Lightfoot (Bass) and Jonny Juviler (Drums) fuse brooding post-punk doom with a Cure-esque pop foundation that echoes elements of new wave romantics.

With three singles already under their belt, the band is releasing their debut LP Survival In No Man’s Land next week. Recorded during the winter amidst the rolling hills and countryside around Halifax, it's an album filled with catchy songs of romantic yearning, bitterness, strength and regret. If you dig bands like The Killers, The Bravery, Kaiser Chiefs and Blur you should keep an eye on these lads, they might be filling big venues in no time.

http://www.myspace.com/memyhead
http://www.me-my-head.com/

Me My Head - Tumbling Down
Me My Head - Wildbirds



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Light In Your Life

Formed in 2005 as Sleazy Romance, the five-piece from Uppsala renamed themselves Light In Your Life before releasing their eponymous debut album last summer. Despite their new moniker though, these Swedes are far from a bunch of blokes making upbeat music to dance your shocks off. Instead they play broody, melancholic post-punk influenced indie rock that can be just as depressing as it is beautiful and dreamlike. Their pop sensibility and dark undertones puts them in the same niche as bands like Editors, Interpol, Film School, Kent and The Cure.

LIYL give away their album for free, so there is no excuse for missing it out. If you need something gloomy for the upcoming winter nights, head over to Zorch Factory records website and start downloading.

http://www.myspace.com/liylmusic
http://lightinyourlife.com/

Light In Your Life - Geldof
Light In Your Life - Emily Scott



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October 2009 Top 10

Albums

1. Editors - In This Light And On This Evening (MySpace)
2. Rammstein - Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da (MySpace)
3. Hearts Of Black Science - The Stars In The Lake (MySpace)
4. Puressence - Sharpen Up The Knives (MySpace)
5. The Hundreds And Thousands - The Hundreds And Thousands (MySpace)
6. The Mary Onettes - Islands (MySpace)
7. Kitty Wu - Someone Was Here (MySpace)
8. Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young (MySpace)
9. The Twilight Sad - Forget The Night Ahead (MySpace)
10. Boy Crisis - Tulipomania (MySpace)

Singles

1. Rammstein - Pussy (MySpace) (watch the UNCENSORED video here)
2. Mesh - Only Better (MySpace)
3. Lowline - Gun In My Side (MySpace)
4. Röyksopp - This Must Be It (MySpace)
5. HURTS - Wonderful Life (MySpace)
6. Sleepercurve - Robots (MySpace)
7. Hearts Of Black Science - Gold And Dust (MySpace)
8. The Twilight Sad - I Became A Prostitute (MySpace)
9. Echo and the Bunnymen - Think I Need It Too (MySpace)
10. Mono Inc. - Voices Of Doom (MySpace)

Mash-up Of The Month

Kings Of Leon vs. Yazoo - Sex Diary (Divide And Kreate mash-up)

Acoustic Sundays #18

It's no secret that Editors are one of my favourite bands and I really liked their new album, no matter what the various music rags wrote (sod off NME). Papillon is a hell of a track, but wait until you hear it unplugged! There you go then, enjoy acoustic versions of Papillon, Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool, You Don't Know Love and Fingers In The Factories. If you still find this Editors' dose too small, check out my previous posts here (covers) and here (acoustic). Happy now?

Editors - Papillon (Acoustic)
Editors - Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool (Acoustic)
Editors -You Don't Know Love (Acoustic)
Editors - Fingers In The Factories (Acoustic)



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Indie Disco #143 (Halloween)

Playlist (Halloween)

1. M83 - Car Chase Terror
2. White Lies - Death
3. Stellastarr* - Prom Zombie
4. Innerpartysystem - Die Tonight Live Forever
5. IAMX - Nightlife
6. Nine Inch Nails - Sin
7. Ministry - Everyday Is Halloween
8. Depeche Mode - Strangelove
9. INXS - Devil Inside
10. Oingo Bongo - Dead Man's Party
11. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Cities In Dust
12. The Cure - Lullaby
13. The Sisters Of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection
14. Joy Division - Dead Souls
15. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (Live)
16. She Wants Revenge - Written In Blood
17. TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
18. Interpol - Evil
19. My Chemical Romance - The Ghost Of You
20. H.I.M. - Vampire Heart
21. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Reverence
22. Pop Will Eat Itself - Menofearthereaper
23. Primal Scream - Miss Lucifer
24. The Prodigy - Voodoo People
25. Massive Attack - Inertia Creeps
26. Fever Ray - If I Had A Heart
27. Voyager One - Gun
28. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Skeletons
29. Metric - Help, I'm Alive

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Under The Covers #34

I've finally returned from my "European Tour" (aka how to visit 4 countries in 10 days), so expect more frequent blog updates from now on. Anyway, during my wicked trip I had the chance to see Muse and Gary Numan live (along with The Horrors, Anne Clarke, The Human League, Front 242 and Gang Of Four), as well as having a hell of a great time in Amsterdam thanks to Andy and Wendy (cheers mates!).

On top of that, when I checked out my e-mails I found out that a nice chap called Lee had made an ace video for my latest mash-up and posted it on YouTube (check out Lee's other cool videos here). So as you can guess I'm in a really happy mood :-) 'Nuff said, bring on the covers!

Muse - Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You (Frankie Valli cover)
The Dead Weather - Are "Friends" Electric? (Gary Numan cover)
My Chemical Romance & The Used - Under Pressure (Queen with David Bowie cover)

Honeyroot - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division cover)

and a little something extra...

Gang Of Four - Natural's Not In It (Ladytron Remodel)
Afrika Bambaataa feat. Gary Numan & MC Chatterbox - Metal
Gary Numan vs. Fear Factory - Cars
Front 242 - Religion (The Prodigy Trance U Down Remix)
Front 242 - Religion (The Prodigy Bass Under Siege Mix)
Anne Clark vs. Kloq - Our Just Physical Darkness
The Human League - All I Ever Wanted



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This is Halloween!

Last year's Halloween Indie Disco podcast got so many downloads that I was thinking of making a new one for today. As I was scratching my head trying to figure out what tracks to use, the good people from Kill Hannah (remember them? If not check out my post about them here) saved me the trouble. They've sent me a wicked playlist proving that proves they have really good taste. Featuring artists like The Cure, She Wants Revenge, White Lies, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, The Sisters Of Mercy and Bauhaus, it will go down a treat with all you Indie Disco fans.

The playlist is available for downloading and previewing from this Shockhound link; As for Kill Hannah's stunning new album, you can buy it here.

Kill Hannah's Halloween Playlist

• Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (Live @ The Old Vic, London)
• The Cure - Lullaby
• Depeche Mode - Strangelove
• Fever Ray - If I Had a Heart
• HIM - Vampire Heart
• IAMX - Nightlife
• Innerpartysystem - Die Tonight Live Forever
• Interpol - Evil
• INXS - Devil Inside
• The Jesus and Mary Chain - Reverence
• Joy Division - Dead Souls
• M83 - Car Chase Terror!
• Massive Attack - Inertia Creeps
• Metric - Help I'm Alive
• Ministry - Every Day Is Halloween
• My Chemical Romance - The Ghost Of You
• Nine Inch Nails - Sin
• Oingo Bongo - Dead Man's Party
• Pop Will Eat Itself - Menofearthereaper
• Primal Scream - Miss Lucifer
• The Prodigy - Voodoo People
• She Wants Revenge - Written In Blood
• The Sisters Of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection
• Siouxsie & The Banshees - Cities In Dust
• stellastarr* - Prom Zombie
• TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
• Voyager One - Gun
• White Lies - Death
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Skeletons

Under The Covers #33

I felt really sad when I heard that a-ha are calling it quits next year since Foot Of The Mountain was a brilliant album and left me eagerly awaiting for more. Unfortunately it seems that this will never happen :-( As a tribute to the best voice ever to come out of Norway, here's an acoustic take of Take On Me by A.C. Newman along with covers by Arctic Monkeys, The Cribs and The Prodigy. Oh, don't forget to watch the surreal video of The Hoff covering Hooked On A Feeling. What the hell was he on???

A.C. Newman - Take On Me (a-ha cover)
Arctic Monkeys - You Know I'm No Good (Amy Winehouse cover)
The Cribs - Modern Way (Kaiser Chiefs cover)
The Prodigy - Ghost Town (The Specials cover)



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