Buffetlibre DJs - Rewind 2

Spanish DJ collective Buffetlibre unleashed their massive new project Rewind 2 onto the internet today. The project consists of 70 songs from the 70s , 80s and 90s reimagined by some of today's best underground/blog artists. Go here to download the whole thing. A few of my favorites are below.

Starfucker - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cindy Lauper Cover) [YSI]
Diamond Cut - Teardrops (Woman & Womack Cover) [YSI]
The Old Believers - Naive Melody (Talking Heads Cover) [YSI]
Heads We Dance - Computer Love (Kraftwerk Cover) [YSI]
Miami Horror vs. Dan Hartman - Starmaker [YSI]
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal (LAZRtag Remix) [YSI]
Little Picture - Buddy Holly (Weezer Cover) [YSI]
La Chansons - Sex and Candy (Marcy Playground Cover) [YSI]
The Human League - Sound of the Crowd (Youth Attack! Re-Rub) [YSI]
Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing (Giko Remix) [YSI]
Robbers On High Street - Shout To The Top! (Style Council Cover) [YSI]

Miami Horror - Summerfest '86

The last time I posted a Miami Horror track, I threatened to sneak into your home and upload Make You Mine into your iPod while you slept. Well, I did that. Maybe you should think about locking your window at night buddy. After leaving your house, I downloaded the whole Bravado EP. Bravado is supremely good, especially the track Summerfest '86. The guitar riff used throughout Summerfest '86 lends a sense of edgy exuberance not found in the other four tracks. It adds a variety to the EP that throws listeners for a loop after they thought they had this Miami Horror guy figured out. If I had the patience to construct a "Top __ Songs of 2008" list, Summerfest '86 would easily make the top 15. Download it now before the Music Fairy* has to make another visit.

Miami Horror - Summerfest '86 [YSI]

* Unfortunate choice of words, I know.

Housemeister, Boys Noize, and more Aussie Fellows

I’ve been a fan of Housemeister ever since hearing Inordertodance back at the beginning of the summer. The beat so steady, the synths so hypnotic. The track is a wonderful template for producers to remix. Thankfully blog elder statesman, Boys Noize, has made a new remix. Boys Noize creates a song with greater variation while keeping the steadiness that makes the original so great. Do the right thing and purchase the remix here. 

Housemeister – Inordertodance (Boys Noize Remix) [YSI]

The Bag Raiders remix of By the Time They Reach You, as umeabeat puts it, is few blog years old, but if you’ve never heard it, its new to you right. With the barrage of releases from Bag Raiders and Bang Gang Records in the past month, it only makes sense that the blog community is gathering up as much Bag Raiders as they can. If you’re missing this remix from your Bag Raiders collection, you can pick it up below. I won’t charge you this time.

KIM – By The Time They Reach You (Bag Raiders Remix) [YSI]

Make You Mine is the second single off of Miami Horror’s Bravado EP to hit the Blogosphere. If you don’t have their first single Don’t Be On With Her, download it here. NOW! I’m sorry I rose my voice with you, but these tracks are that good. Disco-pop at its finest. If you don’t download Make You Mine, I will find you, and upload it into your iPod during the night. You can pick up the whole EP on their myspace page.

Miami Horror – Make You Mine [YSI]

* pics via getthefuckoutrightnow.tumblr.com

Bag Raiders & Miami Horror

Over the months since this blog’s inception I’ve spilled much ink addressing the dazzling quantity and quality of music coming out of Australia. With acts like Cut Copy, Van She, Ladyhawke, Empire of the Sun and a list of others that could go on forever, its seems like it is about time Australia got its own genre. We already have Swedish pop, and French house, why not Australian pop? Why not indeed my good man*. That is why I’m declaring “Australian pop” the newest musical genre. I have already contacted Apple about this and they have added the new genre to iTunes and will soon release an update so you all can update your iPods accordingly.

But what brought about this latest pro-Australia love-post? New stuff from Bag Raiders and Miami Horror, that’s what. Bag Raiders released their Turbo Love EP last week via Bang Gang Records. The EP features the two tracks, Turbo Love and Shooting Stars, along with the Shooting Stars instrumental and the Bag Raiders remix of Turbo Love. Miami Horror sent out Don’t Be On With Her a few days back to promote the release of their upcoming EP, Bravado, on November 15th. All three tracks have a subdued approach to dance music that can best be described as Australian pop. The filtered synths, light drums, judicious use of distortion, and vocals that glide over the beat come together to produce tracks that are instantly accessible and infinitely danceable.

Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars [YSI]
Bag Raiders – Turbo Love [YSI]
Miami Horror – Don’t Be On With Her [YSI]

Pick up the Turbo Love EP here or here.

*I just agreed with myself.