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Cut Copy vs. The Presets Co-Headling Tour!

My two favorite bands from Australia named after things you have or do on your computer are coming to the States for a dual headlining tour guaranteed to knock your SOCKS OFF.

Tickets are now on sale at ticketbastard, so get ‘em while they’re still available, because this is the dance party you are going to kick yourself if you miss. Resonator is going to have a lot of coverage of these guys coming at you in the lead up to Hacks and me attending the NYC shows, so stay tuned!

Cut Copy

The Presets

Dates:

SAT 9/13 - Monolith Festival - Denver, CO
MON 9/15 – The Record Bar - Kansas City, MO
TUES 9/16 - Fine Line Music Cafe- Minneaplis, MN
WED 9/17 - Metro - Chicago, IL
FRI 9/19 Sound Academy - Toronto, Ontario
SAT 9/20 - Club Soda - Montreal, Quebec
SUN 9/21 - Webster Hall - New York City, NY
MON 9/22 - Webster Hall - New York City, NY
TUE 9/23 - Paradise - Boston, MA
THURS 9/25 – The Trocadero Theater - Philadelphia, PA
FRI 9/26 9:30 Club - Washington D.C.
SAT 9/27 Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
MON 9/29 - Emo’s Alternative Lounge - Austin, TX
TUES 9/30 - Granada Theater - Dallas, TX
FRI 10/3 – The Glass House - Pomona, CA
SUN 10/5 - Mezzanine - San Francisco, CA
TUES 10/7 - Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR
WED 10/8 - Showbox At The Market - Seattle, WA
THURS 10/9 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, B.C.





And You Thought I Forgot About Like Woah!?

Like Whoa!



Well.. I kinda did. I haven’t posted about them in forever, nor I have received any updates from
them in quite some time. They’re one of my favorite lesser-known producers and I don’t think there’s a remix of original piece of there’s that I haven’t enjoyed.

Backtracking… Trixie and were discussing the awesomeness that is The Presets this morning, her saying they were both a prog house band in disguise and that the Miami Horror remix of “Talk Like That” -while good- is a let down if you’re expecting the original (and I agree with her) and me saying, well, “ZOMG” a lot, honestly. But it made me go investigate some of my other favorite Australian bands and that’s when I though of Like Woah!

There’s nothing on their myspace to indicate it.. but they silently dropped 3 remixes last month and they are all up to quality I’ve come to love and respect from them. Circle.Square.Triangle had the exclusive, so props to them for being cooler than me.

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Lost Valentinos - “17 Deaths (Like Woah! Remix)”
LINKS: Lost Valentinos

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Damn Arms - “The Boss (Like Woah! Remix)”
LINKS: Damn Arms

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ZZT - “Lower State Of Consciousness (Like Woah! Remix)”
LINKS: ZZT

As a bonus, here’s some previously posted material by them that can still rock a crowd out:

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Like Woah! - “Oh I Like (Whitenoise Remix)”

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Nicky van She vs Dangerous Dan - “Around the World (Like Woah! Remix)”

You can get more tracks by them on Bang Gang 12 Inches. Also, hit up their MySpace and tell them to update that shit!

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Presets Return And Not A Moment Too Soon

Ok, not to sound like Shawn and bitch about how there’s no good music coming out, because I’m sure that there is… It’s just not finding me. I’m so stuck in local-land these days that everything I listen to is someone’s demo that they won’t let me post on Res.** In any case, I’ve had a jones for something dark, floor destroying, and twisted, and my favorite boys from Australia have delivered with a sick new single.

Julian and Kim have topped previous stomper “I Go Hard, I Go Home” with “My People,” but it’s definitely in the same vein– a blow out the subs, lose your mind sonic equivalent of a strobe light.

My People — The Presets

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While the original is definitely my favorite, I have to say that the disjointed, all over the place, kitchen sink DIM remix definitely has a time and a place.

My People (DIM Remix) — The Presets

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It’s good to see that they’re just getting better and better. I can only hope this heralds a forthcoming new album in the next, oh, five minutes because I’m definitely hungry for this stuff. Download the EP at eMusic.

**HELLO, PEOPLE– LET me post your demos. You WANT people to come and see you, right?

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Super 13 Remix Friday!

It’s our 13th week doing the remix thing Hacks does for “shits and wiggles” (that is to get you shaking on the dance floor… not something grosser) and it’s also Friday the 13th! How awesome! Unfortunately, unlucky 13 hit our beloved Hacks earlier this week and his laptop was stolen so he asked me to helm this week. I hope that I can do half as good a job as he does bringing you the stuff to make you move (again, your butt, not your bowels).

Anyway…

Our boys The Presets have put out a little more than an EP, little less than an LP collection of remixes from the smashing Beams. It’s called, perhaps predictably but still cutely, Re-Sets. My favorite from it, probably unsurprisingly, is the Van She remix of “Are You the One?” It turns the relentless bassline of the original into an unexpected wall of feedback guitars.

Are You the One (Van She Remix) — The Presets

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Are you sick of Justice vs. Simian yet? Yeah? WELL TOUGH. DJ Hell has done a great version for Gigolo (now there are two names we haven’t heard in ages) that funks out the bassline, strips down the vocals, and sexes up the whole thing with a haunted house harpsichord line that makes me want to listen to this song all over again.

Never Be Alone (DJ Hell Remix) — Justice vs. Simian

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Speaking of Simian, the Mobile Disco’s “Beat” has gotten a pleasantly heavy on the highs treatment by a bunch of upstart kids… The Teenagers, to be exact. Take this one for the ride home from the club… Still upbeat, but pretty enough to chill you out for sleep.

It’s The Beat (The Teenagers Remix) — Simian Mobile Disco

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Next up is a match made in absolute heaven: Sebastian takes the wheel for a remix of Kavinsky’s “Testarossa Overdrive” that makes me wish I had a sleek black sportscar that would talk to me (or at least get up to 160 mph on a dark, winding highway). This one is just begging for a good car stereo and a heavy foot on the gas pedal.

Testarossa Overdrive (Sebastian Remix) — Kavinsky

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Next is Granny D reminding you that Sweden is still the best place on earth for music with the rushiest, blissed out trance tune I’ve heard in a long time… And it just happens to be a remix of our darling Justin Timberlake! I’d kill to hear this one with my eyes closed under flashing lights in a fog filled room (TAKE NOTE, Studio B DJs!). Granny D’s got a few more up on MySpace as well as the funniest MySpace name EVER.

My Love (Granny D Loves Steve and Sebastian Remix) — Justin Timberlake

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Here’s the Granny’s 30 minute full-length– mostly gems, with a couple of unfortunate cheese tracks at the end, but still a good time and worth a listen.

Granny D presents Nu Brinner Hela Skogen

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And with that… I’ll just remind everyone that the Klaxons will be at the B (as the cool kids are calling it) tonight– and here’s their damn convincing take on “My Love.” See you on the dance floor!

My Love (Live) — The Klaxons

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