We’ve been playing tracks off her album; Youth Novels as well as tracks off her Little bit EP. Check out this young Swedish songstress on tracks like Little Bit, Breaking it Up and I’m Good, I’m Gone. Also be on the lookout for remixes by the Black Kids, Fred Falke, CSS and Punks Jump Up. Sweden has been a hotbed of talent lately and Lykke Li is no exception.
Thursday October 30
Doors 8pm, Show 9pm
$15 advance, $17 day of show.
Cut Copy and The Presets both have new releases out. If you’ve been a listener to our radio show you’re more than familiar with the latest Cut Copy release, In Ghost Colours. There is a ton of material on this release for our Chill Show program. We love The Presets as well but their latests, Apocalypso is a little more hard hitting than their previous release Beams. It’s still a great release but there’s really nothing to play on the Chill Show. If you listen to our Cocktail Mix at 6 we have been playing “This boy’s in Love” both the original version and a remix.
Last time The Presets were in town they played a great show at The Wonder Ballroom. Cut Copy played a sold out show at Doug Fir. Both bands headlining at the Hawthorne Theater on October 7th is going to be a high energy affair. Don’t miss it!
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Hawthorne Theatre 503-233-7100
1507 SE 39th Ave, Portland, OR (MapQuest)
9pm (doors open at 8pm). All Ages.
$18.00 advance tix from TicketsWest.
$20.00 at the door.
Tricky is back! Knowle West Boy is his first album in 5 long years. Knowle West Boy finds Tricky detailing travels and travails of his youth, exploring and seizing his roots as a child of multiple cultures growing up in Bristol, England. Recorded in London and LA, Knowle West Boy is an eclectic aural history of his upbringing, where unemployment was rampant and the music scene was extraordinarily vibrant. It was produced entirely by Tricky and his summation of everything he has accomplished– from early work with Massive Attack, to his breakout debut album, to the accolades and worldwide tours that followed– over his brilliant career.
Tricky Discography:
Bomb the Bass is back, but put away that smiley face: this is no nostalgia trip. With Future Chaos, Tim Simenon revamps his long-running project to produce a record that’s fresher than anyone might have expected from an outfit that got its start in the ’80s. Tickling tweeters and pushing the limits of low-end, the album hovers confidently on the cusp between futurism and vintage, boasting the sort of confident songwriting that’s a rarity anywhere, much less in electronic music.
Simenon calls it “electronic music with soul,” but that barely begins to describe it. At once lush and chilly, intimate and alien, Future Chaos is a synth-rich album boasting guest vocals from Jon Spencer, Mark Lanegan, Fujiya & Miyagi’s David Best, Toob and Paul Conboy.
It’s been 21 years since Bomb the Bass’ “Beat Dis” helped usher in the era of sampling, acid house and DJ culture. It’s easy to forget how monumental the single was. Going straight to number two in the UK charts, the song’s success quickly propelled Simenon from underground DJ to in-demand knobsman.
On Future Chaos, Simenon’s guest vocalists are as inspired as ever. David Best, of Fujiya & Miyagi, spreads his trademark free-association whispers all over “Butter Fingers.” Toob, the duo of Jakeone (Jake Williams) and Red Snapper’s Richard Thair, lend a nervous, sultry touch to “Burn the Bunker.” Jon Spencer—yes, he of Blues Explosion fame—infuses “Fuzzbox” with the distant purr of robot phone sex. But the most striking appearance here might be Mark Lanegan’s. Formerly of the Screaming Trees, a onetime member of Queens of the Stone Age and collaborator with PJ Harvey, Lanegan has a voice like no other; on “Black River,” his smokes-and-whiskey drawl proves the perfect complement to Bomb the Bass’ rich sonics.
The more you listen, the more you hear—ghostly tones, stealthy modulations, diamond-like harmonics that dissolve upon impact. That’s immediately clear with “So Special,” the album’s first single—a melancholy disco lullaby with harmonies downy enough to rest your weary head upon. An electronic album that isn’t bound by genre; a pop album that’s not afraid to stretch out or space out– Future Chaos is these things and more, and it’s here now. If this is the shape of chaos, maybe we don’t have so much to worry about!
Thievery Corporation (international DJ and production duo Rob Garza and Eric Hilton) is back with their highly anticipated fifth independent studio album Radio Retaliation. Along with longtime microphone co-conspirators like Sleepy Wonder, Lou Lou, and Notch, the “outernational” DJ and production duo are joined this time by a new cast of musical collaborators including Nigeria’s afro-beat heir Femi Kuti, Brazilian star vocalist and guitarist Seu Jorge, Indian sitar virtuoso Anushka Shankar, Slovakian chanteuse and violinist Jana Andevska, and Washington DC’s own godfather of go-go Chuck Brown. The album has an uncompromising socio-political agenda and richly layered production touching upon the eclectic sounds of Jamaica, Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
“Radio Retaliation is definitely a more overt political statement,” says Garza. “There’s no excuse for not speaking out at this point, with the suspension of habeas corpus, outsourced torture, illegal wars of aggression, fuel, food, and economic crises. It’s hard to close your eyes and sleep while the world is burning around you. If you are an artist, this is the most essential time to speak up.” Naturally, the duo decided to raise their voice.
With Radio Retaliation, recorded entirely in their Washington DC-based studio, Thievery Corporation have managed to blossom in the heart of a city they often refer to as “Babylon;” a poignant reference to the traditional Rastafarian distaste and distrust of a corrupt and unjust modern system. Although the city is best known as the seat of an aggressive American Empire, paradoxically Washington DC has long been the home of a music subculture legendary for fierce independence, a staunch do-it-yourself work ethic, and conscientious social activism exemplified by genre-defining pioneers like godfather of go-go Chuck Brown and indie punk rockers Bad Brains, Minor Threat, and Fugazi.
Radio Retaliation finds inspiration in the uncompromising political music of groups like the Clash, Public Enemy, and Fela Kuti and is without a doubt Thievery Corporation’s broadest and most progressive album yet.
Thievery Corporation are set to drop their 5th studio album, entitled Radio Retaliation on September 23rd, 2008. Along with longtime microphone co-conspirators like Sleepy Wonder, Lou Lou, and Notch, Eric and Rob are joined this time by a new cast of musical collaborators including Nigeria’s afro-beat heir Femi Kuti, Brazilian star vocalist and guitarist Seu Jorge, Indian sitar virtuoso Anushka Shankar, Slovakian chanteuse and violinist Jana Andevska, and Washington DC’s own godfather of go-go Chuck Brown.
With an uncompromising socio-political agenda and richly layered production touching upon the eclectic sounds of Jamaica, Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, Radio Retaliation is Thievery Corporation’s broadest and most progressive album yet.
A pre-release will be available on iTunes on September 9th which will feature an exclusive non- album track available for two weeks leading up to the full release!
Be sure to take a listen to the official Radio Retaliation Sampler on Thievery’s MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/thieverycorporation).
