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When someone tells me that such-and-such-a-band are going to be playing in Melbourne when i am going to be there, and I haven't really heard too much about them, I do some research. I have now listened to bits and pieces and am getting pretty freaking excited to see them perform.

Yacht, this wonder duo from the US got hold of Phoenix's track, Armistice off their ridiculously huge album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.

Armistice (YACHT Remix) - Phoenix (zShare)

I am going to see them on 12 December in Melbourne.

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Over the last few days (or week) I have been fortuitous enough to stumble across some very cool tracks. I thought I would share.

La Roux have been all over, making them one of the fastest sellout bands I have heard. They have been mashed with 'original sellout' boys, The Killers. It's actually a pretty cool mash-up. Take a listen:

Smile like you're bulletproof - The Killers vs La Roux (zShare)

Katy Perry seems to be getting her music on with every major electro act (I think particularly back to her mixing it up with Calvin Harris on the song, Waking up in Vegas). Now Boys Noize have collabed with Perry:

Katy On Boys (Katy Perry vs Boys Noize) - Dunproofin' (zShare)

So Metric's new album is such a winner. Fantasies has attracted a lot of acclaim from top music critics. They have also allowed for some sweet downloads of acoustic and on occasions, original versions of the songs from the album.

Gimme Sympathy - Metric (zShare)

Hot Chip's album, Made in the Dark disappointed a lot of people as it was way more chilled than their previous attempt, The Warning. One of the tracks that was remixed to death was their single, Ready for the Floor, a more upbeat club track. Lissy Trullie has gone one better (because there are only so many remixes that can be made of a song before it's just not recognisable). She's done a cover.

Ready For The Floor (Hot Chip Cover) - Lissy Trullie (zShare)

Enjoy kids. I know I have.

The Eigenharp

So, one of the world's newest instruments has been launched. The Eigenharp is a very interesting music making device that might be the sound of the future. It retails for $5,8k, so there is no rush to purchase it.

This bizarre instrument is part woodwind, part drum and part piano. It can be blown, tapped and stroked to make sweet sounds, or you know, not so sweet sounds if you suck at playing it. (For the record, there was no innuendo intended for this last sentence.)

The Eigenharp is the brainchild of John Lambert, a musician and software entrepreneur, whose Devon-based team has been working on the project for eight years. He got tired of setting up loads of instruments every time he played a gig.

If you want to see this piece of magic in action, click here.

Beatenberg: The New NICE

Over the weekend, I was fortuitous enough to stumble across a Beatenberg gig. I kinda crashed a birthday party where they were playing. They were unfortunately already halfway through their set when I arrived, but the few songs I did catch, I couldn't help but be reminded a little of Vampire Weekend. They were refreshing, fun, and had a wicked cool conversational stage presence.

Check out their Myspace. They have a couple of cool songs on there that I have listened to on repeat.

Also, Robin (the drummer) sent me this track for you to download:

In B Flat - Beatenberg

Up Coming Shows:

Oct 24 2009 8:00P	Obz Cafe	Cape Town
Oct 28 2009 9:00P	The Assembly (Annex)	Cape Town
Oct 31 2009 9:00P	Hectic on Hope	Cape Town
Nov 3 2009 9:00P	The Waiting Room	Cape Town
Nov 6 2009 8:00P	The Intimate Theatre	Cape Town
Nov 7 2009 8:00P	& Union	Cape Town
Dec 9 2009 9:00P	The Assembly	Cape Town

Ashtray Electric Outplay Dirty Skirts

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Ashtray Electric and the Dirty Skirts played on Saturday night at Assembly. It was a good party. AE kicked things off with one of their best sets that I’ve seen. Unfortunately, Dirty Skirts open for no-one. As a result a nearly half full Assembly venue got to enjoy what the entire place should have been fortuned to witness – an energy sapping, musically extravagant act where their was never a thought that the lads were ‘going through the motions’. One thing is guaranteed at an AE show, you will witness them having fun on stage and interacting with the crowd. For all the love and fame they have acquired, they are still humble, level headed oakes who love music and can be seen chatting with almost anyone prior to or after a show.

Andre

Then Dirty Skirts came on and sang a few songs that went something like, “Woooooaaaah, Woooooooaaaaaaaaah” and on occasions, they threw in the odd “Cape Town!” for good measure, just in case anyone wonders where they are from. I didn’t enjoy their show and haven’t since they took a six month break from playing CT clubs to record their latest album. That was a long while ago.

Jeremy singing, "Woooaaah Cape Town!"

Photographs curtesy of the lovely (and now really bald) LizeKay. Follow her rants on twitter and check out her blog.

The Dirty Skirts and Ashtray Electric @Assembly tomorrow night

This will be this weekend's highlight I reckon. Ashtray and Skirts face-off. Get your tickets now.

More information here.

Arctic Monkeys X Dizzee Rascal

I have posted this song already, but I feel the need to emphasize the track in the title of the post.

Arctic Monkeys: it's as if everything they touch turns to gold. They teamed up with Dizzee Rascal known rather for a genre of 'music' I would not even like to name on my blog. (Yes, I am that pretentious.) But it's a great track.

Temptation Greets You Like A Naughty Friend w/ Dizzee Rascal - Arctic Monkeys (zShare)

They also launched the Cornerstone video yesterday. Apparently it's pretty average. I haven't had a chance to watch it yet.