DCUP Jam For Your Monday

DCUP - Style

Sweat It Out peeped us to Australia’s DCUP recently, and I’ve got to say I’m digging his most recent work. Half funky, half synthed out and slathered with old school samples, “Style” is totally the jam you need for your Monday.

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DCUP - Style (128)
LINKS: DCUP | Sweat It Out

There’s a digital release of the EP up on Beatport so head over to check out the full on 320 EP release. If you haven’t heard of Sweat It Out before, simply browse their releases and you’ll soon release that you have –you just never realized it.

On another note, thanks to Judi, Constellations and Ava Luna for a rocking rainy weather Saturday show; everyone in attendance had a blast.

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Its Friday! Mochipet! Overthrill! Bears (not really) Oh Mai!

Mochipet “Master P On Atarii”

Sadly no time for a full on remix post, but I did want to share a new Mochipet track from his most recent album. Aptly titled “Marshall Bass Stacks” it sounds like what would happen if someone tried their damnest to to, well… blow out a stack of them (I think is partially the point. shhh!)

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Mochipet - “Marshal Bass Stacks” (128)
LINKS: MySpace | Mochipet Blog | Purchase Master P On Atari

This is from his new album “Master P On Atari” which dropped a little while ago. We’ve been fans of his for quite some time, though I don’t beleive we’ve posted about him since our LJ days (craziness!). Anyway, his album is full on dope, dirty nasty bass bin-asploding-basslines with some killer beats mixed in for dance floor induced rioting. Be sure and snag it from iTunes (or elsewhere) if that’s your thing. And if its not.. want some candy?

Also, to make up for not doing a full remix post, here’s a sick track by Overthrill that’s similiar -but different-in that it will cause slightly less harm to your speakers. Its been making its rounds in my winamp for a hot minute, so hopefully it does the same for you in your music player of choice.

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Overthrill - “Rox” (320)
LINKS: Overthrill.com | MySpace | Facebook

Remember, Yikes! Tonight With Thunderheist + more. Tomorrow is RESoteric! Seriously shit will be rocking. Come party. And smile.

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Tonight: Personality Crisis #6

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Tonight Trixie and I will be guest deejaying Personality Crisis #6 @ Crash Mansion. This month sports a killer 5 band lineup with a full on night of rocking and dancing to be had. So brave the rain (or what’s left of it) and make the most of your Thursday.

Featuring:

Imperial Triumphant
The New Royalists
The Mighty Handful
The Static Jacks
SHAPES

+ SHAPES kids with ridiculous names dropping some chunes and sharing the decks with us.

Here’s some tracks I may play (as to make this post relevant for those music lovers not in NYC)

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Milke - “Maybe I’m Crazy (Stay Ali Remix)”
LINKS: Milke | Stay Ali

That was from a remix pack sent around recently.. I’ve been digging Milke in general, and the pack includes a pretty dope package and includes a Dirty Disco Youth Remix as well.

Or, if the mood strikes, represent brooklyn and throw down something like this:

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Black Box - “I Don’t Know (Kingdom Remix)”
LINKS: Kingdom

Tonight. June 18th 2009. 8:30pm. Crash Mansion. 199 Bowery @ Spring. New York

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Nophest 2009 Open Call

Hey A-towners, (or those nearby-ish): our friends over @ NOPHEST are still accepting submissions for their 2009 Summer festival. Having deejayed several of their events and attended a few more, I know for a fact they’re always a spectacular shows.

You can check out their current schedule here and then check out their requirements. Or -if you’re lazy- email them and supply the following:

1.) A link to your music
2.) A couple of decent web-quality pictures
3.) ONE paragraph to describe your music

Also.. we’re still accepting submissions for free tickets to Thunderheist/wallpaper./MANSION @ Studio B on Friday. It simple guys, and its free tickets.. I mean come on!

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Free Tickets for: Thunderheist, Wallpaper. and MANSION (just added!)

That’s right kids, Finger on the Pulse is giving us a pair of tickets to give away to their show on friday.

Here’s the info:
Friday, June 19th | 10PM
Studio B
Featuring:
Thunderheist
Wallpaper.

Plus deejay sets from:
MANSION, Bad Decision, Never Forget, Terry Diabolik

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All you have to do to win them is help us. Simply follow us twitter and RT the following (or a similiar facsimile) by 10pm EST tonight:

Saturday night, @resmag presents RESoteric! http://tr.im/ozJY Ava Luna, Judi Chicago & Constellations!

We’ll randomly choose one winner two receive a free pair of tickets to the show. That’s all!

Here some tunes to get you motivated:

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Thunderheist - Jerk It (Nacho Lovers Remix)

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Thunderheist - Sweet 16 (MANSION Remix)

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Arias - Burning Heart (Wolfman Remix) (Wolfman being 1/2 of MANSION)

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Das Racist - Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell (Wallpaper. Remix)

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Wallpaper. - Everytime We Do It

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Wallpaper. - Txt Me Your Love (Ultrachorus remix)

Get cracking!

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RCMP : Rave For Your Monday

Flamin’ Hotz/Young Robots just hit us up with RCMP’s latest single for our blogging pleasure, and boy is this track kinda amazing. Mostly rave, a little throw back disco, and all throw-your-hands-up-and-dance, “Ibizia, PA” is a perfect track to get your early week groove on.

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RCMP - “Ibiza, PA” (192)

This serves as a promo for RCMP’s forthcoming RCMP EP and is their most up-beat track. Their other offerings fall into the funky-disco style house of the 120BPM variety, and the full track list looks as follows:

A1. RCMP - The Bird AKA Ignition
A2. RCMP - Ibiza, PA
A3. RCMP - Ibiza, PA (Cousin Cole remix)

B1. RCMP - USA Groove
B2. RCMP - Mustache Love
B3. RCMP - Mustache Love (Pumpkin Patch remix)

They’ve got all of the originals streaming from their MySpace player, so check ‘em out. The EP is dropping June 23rd and can be pre-order/purchased from a multitude of locations. If you’re unfamiliar with the Flamin’ Hotz crew, you should check out our previous postings about them as well.

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Other news:
RESoteric June 20th @ The Tank
Check out the Facebook invite here.
Judi Chicago, Constellations and Ava Luna. Bring it.

Also: tomorrow I’ll be giving away a pair of tickets for the Thunderheist/Wallpaper show on Friday.. check back!

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RESoteric: You’ve never heard anything like this

June 20, 9:30 PM, Manhattan we go hard:

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 Resonator Magazine: you ain’t never had a friend like us. We’re kind of like that cool older brother or sister that tipped you off via mixtapes to music that was way ahead of its (and your) time, so that you got to walk around your middle-school cafeteria acting like you were incredibly clued-in and impressing all the 8th graders.

 In fact, we at Res are EXACTLY like that. So, for this installment of Resonator Magazine’s monthly live music showcase at the Tank (354 W 45th St, Manhattan), we’re bringing you RESoteric-stuff that we love and that we can guarantee you’ve never heard anything like, ever. These bands are ones that you’d use to bookend mix tapes (screw CDs, tapes take love) to impress potential suitors, friends, bosses, baristas. These are bands that make you stop and say “daaaamn”.  That’s it, just “daaaamn”.

 All the way from Hotlanta, GA (which is what the cool kids call it, trust us we know these things), are both The Constellations and Judi Chicago. The Constellations bring an energetic, massive stage spectacular comprised of a who’s-who of the best in Atlanta bands. Judi Chicago is a band Res Mag’s been writing about forever and a day, and it’s about time you finally get to see them if you haven’t-one of the craziest, most insanely fun live shows ever, perfect music for drinking and dancing at the same time. Trixie says “Judi Chicago sounds like Happy Mondays with circuit bending.” You’ve never heard anything like that? EXACTLY.

Headliners for the night, NY-based Ava Luna, focus in on the tension between a charged post-punk drum-and-synth-bass rhythm section and the combined vocal talents of manic frontman Carlos Hernandez and a trio of startlingly gospel-voiced backup singers. Post-punk futuristic gospel? You’ll be thanking us and begging for more.

As per usual, Res folks Shaun, Hacks and Trixie will be DJing throughout the night to make one flowing, cohesive experience, and there’ll be a three-VJ showdown between Paris, Mary Ann and Jean to ensure that you’ll have never seen anything like RESoteric, either.

RESoteric: You’ll have never had a night like this.

 We’ll be working our cute little butts off to get you a plethora of music in the next few days, but for now:

Judi Chicago

The Constellations

Ava Luna

For presale tickets, go here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/70840





MANSION Back Again + Moar Resonator Parties

MANSION - Gasaida

Our good friends MANSION hit us up with another quality remix last night. Shit just keeps coming. Its a great indie turned house track, this time taking the infectious vocals of Australia’s Ah Horse and turning it into a driving dance floor groove; perfect dancefloor material right here.

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An Horse - Camp out (MANSION Remix)

LINKS: An Horse | MANSION | Previous Remixes

They’ve recently been signed, and with that comes an announcement of their new single “Gasaida”. The only real info I have about that exists in the image above. I’d also put money on them doing a tour some point in the near future, so it looks like things are looking up. Hey, hopefully we’ll get to see them!

You can check out more info on their Website, via Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, or even in our previous postings. Man.. linking all that social networking shit is getting out of hand.

In other news:
JUNE RES PARTY!

Official announcement.. tomorrow, but here’s the deal:
June 20th, 9:30pm @ The Tank. $10
Featuring:
Ava Luna (Brooklyn)
Judi Chicago (Atlanta)
Constellations (Atlanta)

Seriously.. this is going to be awesome. Judi was one of my favorite live acts from back in Atlanta, and Constellations - an all around super group of a-town rockers- are amazing. Ava Luna blew the roof with their magical show the last time they played The Tank. Trixie, Shaun and I will be throwing down our mixtape sets in between as usual. Word son!

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Mashed Potato vs. Vampire

I’m sitting at The Tank, at 10:30 in the morning, dressed like some hot pink and black combination of The Eat Me / Beat Me Lady, Cindy Lauper, and, I’ll admit it, Avril Lavigne (who bit my style, not the other way around). Shaun and I are beside ourselves with excitment over tonight’s RES party, exchanging twitterpated texts and texting to Twitter (add us– we’re at www.twitter.com/resmag). There’s a staged reading of a musical about Lady Bathory called, appropriately enough Bathery, that is about to premier, and the stage manager is outside of my door periodically saying “Please help yourself to coffee and madeleines, we’re just waiting on the pianist to arrive,” but his enunciation makes it sound like he’s saying they’re waiting on the “penis” to arrive. This is something I L-O-V-E love about The Tank. This afternoon, there’s a musical. Tonight, there’s RESRawk. (By the time you read this on Monday morning, we’ll have just thrown the second in our kick ass new monthly of awesome, awesome music– be sure and come back on June 20th for MOAR!). 

And at The Tank on June 6th at 7:00, Uncle Monsterface, the Sock Puppet Rock Band, will be blowing minds with the premier of “Mashed Potato vs. Vampire,” in which a giant mashed potato and a giant vampire will fight each other on stage. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER (that anyone knows of, anyway).  

Uncle Monsterface!  

When I first heard about Uncle Monsterface, I have to admit I felt ambivalence. I mean, yes, what’s cooler than PUPPETS? Nothing, that’s what. BUT… it’s easy for a band with this kind of schtick to rest on its knitted, wooly heels and just let the gimmick do the work. Though Marty, who makes the sock puppets and also sells their portraits in NYC’s Union Square and, currently, from The Tank lobby gallery, gave me a stack of their albums, it wasn’t until I was at work one day, bored with all the music that I currently had on my computer that I turned to my co-worker and said, “Should we listen to Uncle Monsterface?” Her enthusiastic “YES! They’re so good! They sound like Math the Band!” wasn’t exactly the recommendation I was looking for, and I was still wary… After the first chords of the title track off of This is and Adventure!, I was sold.  

While there are appropriately nerdy anthems like “The Gary Gygax Song” and “Save Our Superheroes,” which are lyrically (obviously) dorky but musically sound with great back beats, there are just straight up punky, snarly rock songs. “Kill Your Boyfriend!” details an ex’s desire to rid the world of his rival (though, apparently, this song is now performed as “Kill Your Fiancé!” and soon to be “Kill Your Husband!”) and “Mashed Potato vs. Vampire” is a driving, pogo-worthy bouncey bit of surrealism. I, for one, am pulling for the Mashed Potato, if only because I want to know what a mashed potato looks like.  

Check out the preview video for the show:  


And, for your listening enjoyment:

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Kill Your Boyfriend! - Uncle Monsterface  

See you on June 6th @ 7:00 at The Tank! I’ll be singing along to all of the songs– you should buy the albums and do the same.





Swirls of Midnight

Elizabeth Elkins is a singer-songwriter you call when you need to rock-and note, if you will, that there are two parts of this sentence that seem to contradict one another-”singer/songwriter” and “rock”.

That’s merely one of many fascinating facets of the Atlanta-based Elkins, who, in addition to being front-woman for Resonator favorites ;The Swear (whose criminally underrated album Hotel Rooms And Heart Attacks is a mastery of pop-melody and hard-rock muscle), is launching a new solo project,Ghost of Summer Suns

Whereas the music of The Swear tends to traverse graveyards at midnight and blacktop at dusk,  the sound of Ghost of Summer Suns is confessional, winter-kissed soundscapes that still, well, still rock.

In typical RES fashion, the following Q&A with Elizabeth encompasses everything in our long, strange and ultimately awesome history with her and her various musical projects, culminating this coming Saturday when Ghost of Summer Suns plays our RESrawk party in NYC. Take a read and get familiar now, so that you’re not left behind Saturday night (or…ever). Cheer as she takes no prisoners, calls out rock crictics and indie kids alike, and cue this up for an audio taster:

Ghost Of Summer Suns: Gifted

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 RES: I know that in your holy chapel of musicians, Moz is number one and…I think…Tori Amos is number two. If you were to pick five records that have had a massive impact on you, musically, song-writing wise, and otherwise, that WERE NOT by either of them, what would they be?

Elizabeth Elkins: Five most influencial records (minus Moz/Smiths and Tori):
PS - this is tough because when I think of most influential, I generally think of literature (T.S. Eliot, Joseph Conrad, Gustav Flaubert, Edward Albee, Eugene O’Neill, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Erich Marie Remarque…) influencing me as a writer just as much as music….but here goes:

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