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28
Jul 08

New Daft Punk – Daft Gang, For Realz?!

Daft Punk

Back of my mind, I’m like, “Damn, no way.” Translate Espanol, “No way, Jose” – Kanye West

Daft Punk have been the god fathers of French electro for years and everyone was extremely excited when we found out that the guys were hitting the studio. Now, rumor has it, that the album’s title is Ballo in Maschera, to accompany this new information, a song by the name of “Daft Gang” has been making rounds on youtube and forums. The versions of “Daft Gang” available are of really lowish quality, but this one here seems to be the best one available, at 256 kbps.

This one stinks of fake or at least crappy demo. I’d like to think these guys are up there making crazy sounds no one has ever dreamed of. This, quite frankly, sounds like a rejected Atari game. Listen to the song below Continue reading →


25
Jul 08

Santogold vs Diplo – Top Ranking Mixtape For Free

I believe what blogs tell me:

Santogold vs Diplo   Top Ranking Mixtape For Free listen
TO:musiclikedirt
SUBJECT: Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub
“Hey
Here’s a little Friday treat for you. The Santogold VS Diplo mixtape.
Santogold PR Towers
”

TO:Santogold PR
SUBJECT: RE: Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub
“Hi, This is fantastic, but its the full mix. Am I allowed to post it or is this just for preview/review!!??”

TO:musiclikedirt
SUBJECT: RE:RE: Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub
“It is out commercially, but you are fine to post xx”

In that case… here are some new dubs on the mixtape you may not have yet. Continue reading →


25
Jul 08

Santogold Covers Adele on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge

Santogold

Jeez Louise, does Miss Santi White (aka Santogold) know how to make the blogs go abuzzin’ or what? As if the hype surrounding her debut wasn’t enough, Santogold’s music has been featured in numerous commercials, including the ambitious Converse song “My Drive Thru.”

And just a few days ago, she dropped a KILLER mixtape with the magical Diplo. And you can see her on tour with COLDPLAY here in North America this fall.

What’s left in the agenda? Well to drop a serious cover, of course. Santi has covered the one and only Adele song I like… she might not have pulled “Hometown Glory” the way Adele could (but who can?), but the cover is perfect for any Santogold fan.

Santogold – Hometown Glory (Adele cover)


24
Jul 08

BOTD #1

PRETTY MUCH AMAZING BLOG OF THE DAY — HYPEFUL


18
Jul 08

New Santogold + M.I.A. – Get It Up

Santogold M.I.A.

I never quite understood the whole Santogold being the next M.I.A. stuff. If anyone paid any attention to her S/T album beyond “Creator,” they would see Santi White offers more than just M.I.A.-esque birdcalls. That being said, this Santo-pragasam collab is is just RIDICULOUS. The chicks teamed up with Radioclit and Gorilla Zoe to create the monster that is “Get It Up” (which made its way to Top Ranking [buy it!]). Listen below, satisfaction guaranteed.

Santogold + M.I.A. – Get It Up

New Santogold + M.I.A.   Get It Up listen
New Santogold + M.I.A.   Get It Up listen
New Santogold + M.I.A.   Get It Up listen


18
Jul 08

When Did Modest Mouse Cover The Killers?

The Killers

I guess I’m getting rusty… I was cruising around the Hype Machine looking for some tunes when I found an excellent cover of The Killers’ “Somebody Told Me” by everyones favorite drunken band Modest Mouse. The only blog that the Hype Machine has record of ever posting this cover is Berkeley’s Place — a blog I’ve been known to download some fantastic covers from. So I guess you can say this is a pretty rare cover.

It was first posted in April of 2007, with absolutely no information on the cover at all. Oh well.

Modest Mouse – Somebody Told Me (The Killers cover)

UPDATE: Yeah, ok… tactless, I just thought it was pretty fantastic.


14
Jul 08

New (Old? Lame?) Justice – Sure You Will

Justice

I’m always happy when people email me new (at least to me) Justice tracks from the pre-Cross era. But I was definitely taken aback when I listened to “Sure You Will”. The first thing that came to mind when I heard it was that Arctic Monkeys and Coldplay “Justice remixes” that made brief rounds. And who can forget that somewhat brilliant fake “Hope”?

But before I render this atrocity fake, I performed a couple of Google surgeries and stumbled across this.

Justice initially formed for a French concept album.They
were asked by a friend at Poplane Records to contribute a song
to a compilation called Musclorvision: Hits Up ToYou! The
concept? The bands had to pretend they were taking part in the
Eurovision song contest.

Flashback? Definitely.

Justice – Sure You Will

But I’d really like to believe this is a big ass fake.

Big ass Justice fakes in the past:
Justice – Hope
Arctic Monkeys – When The Sun Goes Down (Justice Remix)
Coldplay – Violet Hill (Justice’s Death and His Friends Remix)

Song I was listening to at time of post: Oasis – Falling Down (Chemical Brothers Remix)


11
Jul 08

Top 10 on Friday

Top 10s that are burning up in the charts that we actually care about

Elbo.ws

Top 10 Elbo.ws Tracks
1. Mogwai – The Sun Smells Too Loud
2. Bloc Party – Mercury
3. Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
4. Takka Takka – Everybody Say
5. The Great Northwest – chief john
6. Albert Hammond, Jr. – GfC
7. The Presets – Talk Like That (Miami Horror Remix)
8. The DUTCHESS AND THE DUKE – Reservoir Park
9. Earlimart – Song For
10. The Verve – Mover

The Hype Machine

Top 10 Hype Machine Artists
1. Beck mp3 | Walls
2. Bloc Party mp3 | Flux (JFK Remix)
3. Black Kids mp3 | Hurricane Jane
4. The Kooks mp3 | Violet Hill (Coldplay Cover)
5. Pnau mp3 | Embrace (Fred Falke & Miami Horror Remix)
6. Bruce Springsteen
7. Late of the Pier
8. Midnight Juggernauts
9. My Morning Jacket
10. Ratatat mp3 |Bird-Priest

last.fm

Top 10 Last.fm Rising Tracks
1. Dirty Pretty Things – Tired of England
2. Equilibrium – Blut Im Auge
3. Sky Eats Airplane – Long Walks on Short Bridges
4. The Subways – Alright
5. YUI – Summer Song
6. CSS – Rat Is Dead (Rage)
7. Air France – Maundy Thursday
8. Sky Eats Airplane – The Artificial
9. The Subways – Girls & Boys
10. Air France – No Excuses


3
Jul 08

I hope you guys havent forgotten about me!

Pretty Much Amazing is almost back… it’s such a mess… as you can plainly see…

Sorry I took so long to bring the blog back guys!

It seems Pretty Much Amazing as once again outgrown its server. You guys are making this blog too big for its own good! Its a bittersweet feeling, really…

Aside from server issues (which cause extreme headaches and brain explosions), I have been extremely busy with a new job and life developments..

Anyway, this blog should be up at 100% sometime this weekend or Monday morning-ish!

PS: I accidentally uploaded my friend’s blog (who is also server switching) posts onto PMA. They’re probably just gonna sit here…. I’m sure you’re WTFing over “Pop Rags” and such… a little LOL for the long weeeeekend

Happy Fireworks Day

-Luis


24
Jun 08

Pop Rags: They Are Way Too Drunk

Pop Rags: They Are Way Too Drunk uncategorized

Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen and Nicole Richie party TOO hard ONTD
Rod Stewart sucks some nipples (NSFW) IDLYITW
Will Smith and David Letterman give each other a kiss Celebitchy
David Beckham was supposed to meet this boy for his birthday, and his mom paid $7000, but then he cancels it NY Post
Mary Kate Olsen is going to star in Samantha Who Us