Battlekat & Hyetal at Trailerpark Festival 2011

The last day of Trailerpark Festival has started but the festival finished for me last night. Two of my highlights were CPH based Battlekat and Hyetal from Bristol.

Battlekat have a great sound that reminds me of The Knife, Björk and other rather nice alternative electronic stuff:

THE PAIN by Battlekat

And Hyetal sounds like Hyetal. Maybe this is the next evolutionary step in electronic music after Dub step and Moombahton?

Searchlight by hyetal

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Mercury Prize 2011!

This years nominees for the highly prestigious Mercury Prize was announced a few weeks ago:

Adele – 21
Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi
Elbow – Build a Rocket Boys!
Everything Everything – Man Alive
Ghostpoet – Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam
Gwilym Simcock – Good Days at Schloss Elmau
James Blake – James Blake
Katy B – On a Mission
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine
Metronomy – The English Riviera
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
Tinie Tempah – Disc-Overy

I want Ghostpoet to get it but the odds are against him here.

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KILL KILL KILL!!!

I am loving THE KILLS. Thanks for posting about them earlier man. I'm listening to their recent album "Blood Pressures" 24-7 at the moment. D!

Total Slacker!

Slow, dragging, total slacker track. Excellent stuff and according to plan there is an album coming in September. Check their Myspace for more stuff. D!

TOTAL SLACKER // Psychic Mesa by TheArtOf...

Washed out!

It's summer and it wont stop raining. Arrgghhh gnnnnn.... On the upside this dreammy cool sounding music is perfect for the weather. Check, check, check it out Chrissy Chrisssss. D!

Washed Out, "Amor Fati" by The FADER

I want to be your friend man

Cool chilled out sounds from Friends. Can I be your friend? Come on you know you want to. D!

Daytrotter

My good friend Sine just let me know about Daytrotter that somehow magically has missed my attention completely. The concept is brilliant! The Daytrotter studio is located on a common route for bands doing a US tour. They can stop at the studio and record 4 live tracks, they get uploaded to the website and can be downloaded for free by anyone. Everyday a new band and 4 free tracks. Beauty mate. D!

Yeti Power!

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Björk

New single from the always uber-cool Björk here.

Simpson

New single from the always cool Mikael Simpson here.