In an effort to shine a light on the unknown artists and songs that pass through the mailbox of a music blogger, this hopefully regular series will pick the MP3s most deserved of attention from nialler9 readers. Hey.. that’s you guys!
I Scream Ice Cream – Trust Tissue
I hate it when people combine the word electro and rock together. Instantly, I get images of fashionable rockers playing with Korgs, heavily distorted guitars, wailing and painfully shit music. Kinda like Queen Kong that one time I saw them. But “electro-rock” is what this is and this Copenhagen band do it rather well. No distortion included. [Myspace]
Anti Atlas – Spring
Apparently, Radiohead’s ex-manager Chris Hufford was involved. So was our Gemma (see?). But not on this track. This track’s vocal is supplied by yer wan from Asobi Seksu and it’s a rather nice ambient song which sounds like it’s borrowing a guitar line from Animal Collective. [Myspace]
My Brightest Diamond – The Diamond
Shara Worden’s latest album A Thousand Shark’s Teeth is out this week and this is a sample from it. Heavy and cinematic with elegiac harps and strings rising below her lounging, restrained cabaret voice. (That’s her above with a puppeteer from URB magazine) [Myspace]
Lil Wayne – A Mili (Dubbel Dutch remix)
A dubby, techy remix of Lil Wayne. Speaking of Wayne, what’s the big appeal of his albums? I like his collabs but Carter III on first listen has some piss-poor music*. If ya can’t get that right….. [Myspace]
Bullion – Rude Effort
From Acton, London, Bullion was the dude who did that Pet Sounds/J Dilla mix album a while back. This tune is from his 7″ and sounds a little like Eliot Lipp. [Myspace]
Drop the Lime – I Love NY
Let’s face it. Drop the Lime’s tunes all sound the same after a while. A sample here – distorted and messed with. Beats at at least 130bpm. And loads of rumbling bass. It’s suitable for a party, just not for visiting your granny on the weekend. [Myspace]
The Notwist – Sleep (Odd Nosdam Remix)
An album track from The Devil, You + Me is given the remix treatment here by Anticon dude Odd Nosdam. [Myspace]
Lionhead – The Nigerian Police Force
Bigga Bush used to be Rockers Hi-Fi and now runs the Lionhead Records label which specialises in funk, afrobeat and dub vinyl releases. If you dig the recent Nigeria Special compilations, you’ll dig this. [Lionhead site]
* This may not be true. As a music blogger, I reserve my right to change my fucking mind anytime I want, thank you very much.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
I love ‘Tha Carter III’, but my favourite Lil Wayne album is Da Drought 3… although it’s not an album, but wotevs. Anyway, Carter III for tunes is pretty awesome IMO, ‘Lollipop’, ‘La La’, ‘Let The Beat Build’ and ‘Mr Carter’ are all brilliant.
Well I have to listen to the album properly. I have a disclaimer though!
true dat!
That Lionhead jam is too groovy! Sounds a lot like a chilled out Antibalas set.
good stuff, but the last thing in the world i’d ever call lil wayne is “unknown”
[quote post=”1239″]good stuff, but the last thing in the world i’d ever call lil wayne is “unknown”[/quote]
Not Lil Wayne Leigh! The unsolicited remix of Dubbel Dutch
now that makes more sense
😀
well man cool post, i found your site a good while ago when i caught the post on LFO at TBMC (now button factory, weird name). i also was at the gig and just came across your site again…
ive started my own little thing over at:
open-ur-ears.blogspot.com
“I hate it when people combine the word electro and rock together. Instantly, I get images of fashionable rockers playing with Korgs, heavily distorted guitars, wailing and painfully shit music.”
just so you know,this is exactly the reason we stopped using korgs,over 2.5 years ago.
actually i sold mine the day after i saw fight like apes.
just saying.
[quote post=”1239″]just so you know,this is exactly the reason we stopped using korgs,over 2.5 years ago.
actually i sold mine the day after i saw fight like apes.
just saying.[/quote]
Cool. I feel I should balance that with an “I’ve heard your mix with You’re Only Massive” and its really good so it looks like the right decision!
phew,close one!
what did you hear?
i didnt think anyone was supposed to know about that yet?
do you mean the grand theft hopkins thing?
Maebh sent me a rough mix of Dot-Dash as we’re doing something with them in State.
don’t worry it’s under lock and key. 🙂
jaysus.
(heart attack averted)
Bullion, dope!
Lil Wayne is an awesome rap music artist and currently one of the hottest rap music artists around. Lil Waynes rap songs and Lil Waynes music videos are amazing and some of the hottest rap & hip hop music videos on the current rap music scene. But I agree with you that his collaborations with others artists are hot too. The R&B music video and song “Soldier” he did with Destinys Child was hot. And i have a feeling that his Tha Carter IV album will be a rap music classic with some great rap songs, some amazing Lil Wayne music videos and some great live shows too.