This is a new redit.. chickit t'out. It's basically a dj friendly version of everyone's favorite disco magic. It's CHARO.. heh heh... "My name is Charo, I shake my marraccas."... yeah, enjoy.
The next installment of Balearia is tonight at the Squealing Pig, 134 Smith Street in Scenic Mission Hill. I'm spinning with Lucy Luxxx of garagepunk.com fame. She's my co-resident in this night. We'll be playing psychrock, 60's Garage, Disco, Punk, Electro, House... you name it really. It's a really fun night and the cuties are always out in full force ta boot. The Squealing Pig is an awesome local bar that really fits the nuances of the music we play. The staff is great and the beer selection is off the hook. Lots of good beer from far away places. Their food is also some of the best bar food you'll chew on in Boston. It's Irish food done oh so right. Not your usual fare whatsoever. Hope to see you all there tonight at 10 pm. there's no cover and it's 21+.
This Swedish damsel is in anything but distress. The first track of hers that I heard was DanceDanceDance. This song fuses the unlikely blend of early Bjorky melodic sensibilities, some 60's pop tinges and a Lou Reed saxophone solo into a sound that is completely her own. She makes no bones about being in your face melodic with her structuring and choruses while still having a serious DIY feel all along through the tune. Lykke Li is a remixer's dream and this Loving Hand (Mark Ronson) remix I'm posting below. Lykke Li is a breath of fresh air in the oh so WAY too serious world of dance music today. Bring that beat back Lykke!
OH, also... she's performing at the Paradise in Boston on the 23rd of October. Yesh Yesh Ya'll... That be next Wednesday. See YOU there mon frere.
There's really not much to say about Thomas Dolby that's not already been said elsewhere. He's one of the pioneers of "electronic music" (a term which I kind of dislike acually). Thomas more specifically and/or accurately developed some of the formulas presently used by many many producers to make more pop oriented music. He was not a techno producer per se and put out a large percentage of his body of work before techno was through the throes of it's infancy. That being said, much of his music was, in my opinion, an influence on techno and house to come in the future. I am posting his song Budapest By Blimp today for no other reason that I am remixing it right now... ENJWAAAAH!! Also... it is in Wav format. Even better. Budapest By Blimp - Thomas Dolby
So today' like a Creature Double Feature... ferrreeeelzz... Quick sidenote... does anyone remember Creature Double Feature? When I was like 6 years old my Gramps and I bonded watching Godzilla movies and the like. I'll never forget the time we went to Kmart and he bought us what was supposed to be a sick Godzilla Creature Feature. Upon opening the tape and tossing it in the VCR it was obvious we'd been duped. Somehow, it was a Three Stooges flick. Gramps hated the 'Stooges so it seemed and we did NOT watch that movie for lask of anything better to do. To this day can't really stand the Three Stooges and that's probably why. Moving onwardss.... There's a new remix hitting the streets of the Shortwave Set tune Now Til '69 and I lerve it. I can't get it out of my head. I'm probably Aeroplane's most blatant, shameless fan so that's probably no surprise but I have to say that the Aeroplane ( has really taken their initial concept (i.e. caramellas, aeroplane dub) and turned it into an insanely good long term project. The world needs more Aeroplanes :) The Shortwave Set creates as they say it.... "Victorian Funk." If you've never heard them before... you REALLY need to check them out here... here's a video to whet your appetite:
Rachel Sweet is a moderately known d list celebrity/singer from the 70's and 80's mostly if ya didn't know. Her album fool around is great though and worth checking out. This is my favorite track by Rachel and a song that has been in many of my more laid back dj sets as of late...
