It's all about the alternative Christmas single - thanks Fucked Up.

First Rage, now Fucked Up. Whatever next I ask you? Big up your humbugs.

Merry Everyone! - click to download Low 'Just Like Christmas'

Loving this Christmassy feelgood tinsel strokey number...

Van She give us more cowbell - click to download

This cover of the 70s Blue Oyster Cult classic, Don't Fear The Reaper, was commissioned by Bacardi. Thanks for the tip off Stereogum.

The universal language of breakdance...

I love the way the women sit around this like it's the most normal thing in the world...

DEA recruits Lil' Wayne to use up all the drugs in Mexico

DEA Recruits Lil Wayne To Use Up All Drugs In Mexico

Joy Orbison is the boy

Recently tipped in the BBC's Sound of 2010 poll too. Here's to a good year for this one.

Church cancelled due to lack of God

Sorry for lack of tunes, whirlwind times round these parts, back soon with some heavy bangers. Meanwhile enjoy this new radio broadcast from our friends at The Onion.

Mousey Misfit

Baby Baby Baby. Joss Stone. WTF?

This new video is directed by her brother and must be a joke. Surely? If so, props to you both. If not, god help the girl and the poor bastard at the label (EMI incidentally) who's been trying to suppress this.

Roisin is Orally Fixated - ooh er - click to download

This is new from Roisin and feels like eight songs in one; glitch pop metal solo weirdness but kinda works. See what you think...

Bill Withers gets the Schwarz treatment

This is an absolute classic, re-worked by the truly talented Henrik Schwarz. 'Who Is He And What Is He To You?'. Love it. Thanks Pelski...

Four Tet and Joy Orbison - Love Cry (remix)

This is beautiful...

Drop The Lime vs Zombie Disco Squad - click to download

Zombie Disco Squad sink their teeth into this demon from our friend Luca, 'Set Me Free'... it's the weekend!

The Good Natured - click to download

Love this. 'Your Body Is A Machine'. Check the 80s keys.

Fischerspooner re-emerge... Supply & Demand (AutoErotique remix)

Remember the biggest deal in dance music history? 1 million big ones for these two. Aaah, happy days. Here's the electroclash Siegfried & Roy with synths and bass, courtesy of AutoErotique.

Rodigan - what a legend.

Check out his styles!

New Major Lazer - Jump Up (Laza Beam remix)

Reach for the Lazer... Laza...

Major vibes from Major Lazer and Laza Beam. Once again, heavy duty business, dancehall style.

Fever Ray 'Seven' (Twelves remix) - click to download

You never thought she'd sound like this... bless those Twelves. Damn they funky!

Oh M.A.N.D.Y.! - click for live link

Check out their exclusive mix for Dazed Digital.

The massive 44 track two-disc compilation mix CD is out at the end of October on Renaissance.

Big Pink vs Switch - click to download

Shoegazers meets old school Switch, Dominoes goes minimal rave.

No Age hit London - click to download

LA Sweat punks are in town. Last night's riotous Scala show saw the traditional No Age mosh pit at their best; crowd surfing, stage diving and undoubtably some broken bones. Tonight they play a surprise show in Dalston. The EP, Losing Feeling, is out now on Sub Pop. Download the set from their recent Brooklyn show (pictured above) by clicking the title link.

Cashmere Mixtape Vol 5

It's here. Email me if you want a piece.

Tracklist below:

1. What Is A Booty - Del Tha Funky Homosapien
2. ML 'Hold The Line' DJ M (dirty) - Major Lazer
3. Hear the Drummer (Get Wicked) - Chad Jackson
4. Love Honey (Electro Version) - Sugardaddy
5. The Bomb - Kenny Dope ft The Bucketheads
6. Your Love - The Prodigy
7. MSTRKRFT - Bounce (Mansion Remix)
8. Atomic Baile Boy - Crookers
9. It’s a London Thing (feat. MC Styles) - Scott Garcia & MC Styles
10. Wearing My Rolex (Radio Edit) - Wiley
11. Cut Chemist Suite - Ozomatli
12. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (Theme from "The Fresh Prince") -Will Smith

Sorry about that last one, couldn't resist.

Phenomenally long Prins mix - click to download

We love Prins Thomas. Here he gives us a full length with a 12 minute 'Diskomiks' edit of The Phenomenal Handclap Band's 'You'll Disappear'.

Uffie "Pop The Glock"

This has Ed Banger teen porn cool written all over it. Directed by Nathalie Canguilhem.

Got that Boogie Nights pool party thing down too.

The EP will include remixes from Mirwais, Dj Mehdi and Ellen Allien! Stay tuned for the brand new UFFIE’s single featuring Pharrell Williams…

UFFIE’s first album “Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans” will be out early 2010

Super cool!

Nirvana 'School' live at Reading

This is taken from the exclusive 'Live At Reading' box set. The editing is all over the shop but you're reminded of the true power of this band.

Andy Smith in the mix - Part 2 - click to download

Here is Part 2 of Portishead's 1995 Essential Mix.

Heavy duty.

Phoenix Lisztomania 'Brat Pack' mash up.

This melts my heart. Check Molly's moves... serious 80s kick.

The hugely underrated Frenchies tour the UK at the end of the month. See you at Brixton on 28th October.

Bless.

Damon Martin live at Disco Bloobdath 05/09/09 by damonmartin

Damon Martin live at Disco Bloobdath 05/09/09  by  damonmartin

Vampire Weekend - click here to download Horchata

Those preppy popsters are at it again. This is a jingly jangly ray of sunshine on a miserable day in the smoke.

Taking it back to the old school with Andy Smith - click to download

Uncovered this yesterday and felt compelled to share. Andy Smith takes us through a heavy mix of hip hop and beats in this 1995 Essential mix.

Quality. Part One here, Part Two coming up.

Now where's my rizla?

Rammstein - Too hot for YouTube

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Flaming Lips get Karen O on the blower

This is a totally cute, totally O move for the Flaming Lips forthcoming album, Embryonic.  Animal impressions provided by YYY's superwoman, by telephone, of course.

Weatherall in the mix - click to download

Further to a recent trip to Berlin, where I was bedazzled again by the wonder of Weatherall, yours truly has been on a bit of a musical road trip through some of his finest moments.  Here's a new mix, courtesy of our friends at FACT.  

Watch this space for some gems from his new solo album, A Pox On The Pioneers, out this week.

Check out http://www.rottersgolfclub.co.uk/ for more info.

Tally ho!

BACARDI does it again with Drop The Lime - click to download

This is an exclusive for BACARDI.  Following the success of killer tracks from the likes of Chromeo, Metronomy, Mad Decent and Twelves, 'Devil's Eyes' comes courtesy of NYC hottie Luca Venezia.

Erol and Boys Noize - Death Suite (Bobermann remix) - click to download

Major noise from the major players...

Bootsy gets dirty - click to download

As my dad might say, this is a sexy, squelchy little number (ok, he'd never say squelchy). Bootsy gets some greasy treatment from Claude von Stroke in The Greasy Best ft. Bootsy Collins (Natural Funk Mix). You just gotta love Bootsy's bonkers vocals... gets me every time.

"My uncle is a Drum'n'Bass producer called Ray Keith…" Click to download

Hold tight for the one like Joy Orbison. Much hyped single 'Hyph Mngo' is out Monday. He's Ray Keith's nephew, apparently. Big up.

Garage. Dubstep. Serious.

Heavier than Beth Ditto!! - click to download The Gossip - Love Long Distance (Fake Blood remix)

How do I love thee Fake Blood? Can I count the ways?

If you ain't already got the Fix Your Accent EP, shame on you!

Do it before it kills you.

Major Lazer. This one goes out to all the Carnival crew.

This some heavy dry humping shit. Major Lazer's Pon de Floor (featuring Vybez Kartel). Amazing.

Blow your whistle! Carnival comes around again...

Braving the epicentre of carnival on Sunday, I'll be down at The Pelican pub, All Saints Road from 7pm.
Also featuring... the best dressed man in dance music, Mr Justin Robertson and the most delectable disco queen, Sophie Lloyd. Be sure to seek out the regulars in the techno warren, the glorious Guy Williams and Bones.

Then Monday the rave continues at The Mason's Arms for the much loved Garden Party. This year we're joined by Jon Carter, dem northern scamps The Whip, Nathan Detroit and many, many more. You'd be rude not to really....

See you on the floor.

Paul Oakenfold is my dad! Well, when he dances...

Madonna, I can admit, used to be a killer queen. What a lady, those moves, the clothes, the sex! Now she is a preaching harridan fit only for the incinerator.

This clip is truly hideous for three reasons.

It features her boyfriend
It features the massive bell end Paul Oakenfold dancing
It is a total pile of wank of a song

Enjoy.

Felix da Housecat - We All Wanna Be Prince

All hail the sex midget!

Dinosaur Pile Up - EP out now!

It's been a while since we had any DPU news. The EP is available now. If you can't get to the shops immediately, here's a little interim amusement for you, courtesy of CM's new favourite band.

Queen Latifah's Tommy Boy vibes - click to download

It's been a while, so here's a gem for you on a soulful sunny day. 'How Do I Love Thee' by the resplendent Queen Latifah, a quality Tommy Boy release. Check out those keys. What a groove that gal has.

Off to the sunny climes of Ibiza tonight, this is the first record of the evening.

Back soon.

x

Raygun. The worst band in history?

Words can't describe how pompous, talentless and achingly dull these cretins are. Check out this promo for Channel 4's '4Play'. What is knee tremblingly worrying is that some dopey major label gakhead signed this shite.

And we wonder why the music industry is in tatters.

PLEASE MAKE THE BADNESS STOP!!!!

Tron remake featuring Daft Punk

It's here.  True geek porn, this is a beautifully crafted piece of work.  The soundtrack comes courtesy of Daft Punk and, reverent to its ancestor, the film features the ever ice cool, Jeff Bridges.

Watch the trailer here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AwvuirSEAA&feature=fvst

The Time And Space Machine - Jetstream remix - click to download

Man we love that Doves band!

Here's a storming TTASM remix, available on 12" along with a super heavy disco version courtesy of Lindstrom.

This is a must have.

Dada Life - click to download Happy Hands and Happy Feet

I love a little bit of a Swedish rave of a Sunday morning.  Don't you?

Glazier for The Dead Weather

Lacks a bit of punch towards the end (where's the blood?) but still another fine piece of work from J.G.

The Very Best featuring Ezra Koenig - Warm Heart of Africa

I'm just loving this crew... African synth vibes, sunshine superman!

The Vampire Weekend frontman lends his distinct vocal to this one, won't be a single but download it here or check out their MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/theverybestmyspace

Mercury Music Prize

So.... excuse the radio silence, been holidaying don't you know.

Nominations for this year's Mercury's happen this Tuesday 21st July.

Favourites looking like this:

Doves
Lily Allen
Little Boots
Florence & The Machine

Plus...

The Horrors
Friendly Fires
La Roux

There's even a Take That rumour. Now wouldn't that be something?

Here's Doves in session with Steve Lamacq on 6Music with the Tom Rowlands produced 'Outsiders'. Tune!

Chromatics - Running Up That Hill

Suitably bizarre indie fairytale from Chromatics, like the cover too.

Christopher Hutsul for Nike Air Force One

Cashmere Misfit @ Glastonbury

The Dead Weather on From The Basement - tonight

Jack White's new outfit (another one) feature on Nigel Godrich's From The Basement show tonight at 9pm.

Check out www.ftblive.com

Van She - click to download It Could Be The Same

Tight little synth number this one from Van She.

The wan 80s vocal is a little Teenagers too.

Faith No More 2.0 - Brixton Academy

Last night - the most intense gig I've ever been to.

A proper Download warm up set, the list featured Land of Sunshine, Midlife Crisis, Epic and lots more recent weird shit. Plus a funk metal version of Chariots of Fire. Truly awesome.

Here's From Out of Nowhere from back in the day.

Major Lazer - Hold The Line. Click to download.

MAJOR LAZER MAJOR TUNE!  This is big.

This is Diplo and Switch.

Love dem basslines dem.

Pow pow!!

www.myspace.com/majorlazer

Matt & Kim get naked in Times Square

Temper Trap - Herve Dub mix - click to download

Loving The Temper Trap at the moment...

Here's a taster of Science of Fear re-worked and unreleased.

This is deep, dark but not very long I'm afraid.

Big up Mr Rascal

Congratulations to Dizzee on his No. 1

Roll on Glastonbury... he's on the Pyramid on Saturday.

Bonkers!

Dinosaur Pile Up

Saw these young bucks in Brighton at the weekend, as part of Brighton's new music festival, The Great Escape.

Like an early Nirvana, but not derivative, they play brilliantly and look the part too.

I'm having a little trouble separating the Dinosaur P.U. from the Dinosaur J.R. but that's just me showing my age.

Sigh.

Filthy Dukes - Messages

Erol Alkan Big Weekend set

Gosh aren't the beeb on the money this weekend?

You can listen to Erol's set on the iPlayer here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00k762g

But be warned you must find it amongst this marathon; "A six-hour Essential Mix direct from Blowpop for Radio 1's Big Weekend, featuring 2manydjs, Pete Tong, Annie Mac, Erol Alkan and Plump DJs."

Pip pip old bean. Would one mind bringing the rave?

David Byrne exclusive on BBC 6Music

The first song he wrote? 'Psycho Killer'. "It was an experiment in songwriting..." says Byrne. Some experiment.

The first gig he did? "Supporting the Ramones at CBGB's".

Can this man get any cooler?

Listen again here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kcjhb/The_Music_Week_10_05_2009/

BLOODSUGARDECKSMAGIC! Friday 8th May, London

Come one, come all of the female species, this one is for you!

The first of my girls only clubs begins this Friday at 9pm, upstairs at Dust Bar.

Thank you to the lovely Guy Williams, Sophie Lloyd and the unstoppable PK aka DJ MyGo.

Next up Dan Foat (Wild Geese), June 12th.

See you Friday. Hotpants a go-go.

Witness the slackness...

Hey y'all.

Been away lounging in the sunshine on a farm... bang on trend yeah?

Back with more musical tittle tattle soon.

x

Ciao Bello!

Small but perfectly formed, Canadian electro pin up Tiga talks through his hotly anticipated artist album, Ciao. Features track clips and words of wonder and wisdom from the man himself... and Gonzales!

Streets of Paris - click to download

Been on a little trip away to Paris... tres jolie!

Here's The Teenagers... so young and carefree...

A bientot Paris.

More wonky pop... from Kentish Town - click to download Drum & Bass

Liking this cheeky little ditty from Dansette Junior.

Cute.

Aeroplane do Tellier - click to download Kilometer

OK, I have the hots for Euro disco emo types, Aeroplane. So sue me. They are - how you say? - rocking my world?

This has more European flavour than Dieter Meier in speedos on a sunlounger in Mallorca.

Baby Misfit

Corin Hardy for Prodigy's 'Warrior's Dance'

This is so brilliant. Like a little paper version of No Good (Start The Dance). They've still got a way with a sample too.

Sebastian Tellier - Kilometer - A Trak Remix

Another slice of fuzzy, synthtastic 80s electro delight.

Tres bien, non!

One for a rainy bank holiday - click to download

Grey, cloudy, drizzle...

Here's some Cloudbusting from Kate Bush.

Happy holidays.

Cashmere Mixtape Vol 4.

1. Doves - Kingdom of Rust (Instrumental)
2. Desire Be Desire Go - Tame Impala
3. WhoMadeWho - Raveo
4. Chairlift - Planet Health
5. School Of Seven Bells - Prince of Peace
6. Junior Boys - Double Shadow
7. Emperor Machine - The TV Extra Band
8. Empire of the Sun - Standing On The Shore
9. The Knife - Behind The Bushes
10. Secret Machines - Atomic Heels
11. My Bloody Valentine - Soon
12. Smashing Pumpkins - 1979

Cheers!