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SALEM - Dirt (YSI) (ZShare)
SALEM - Brustreet (YSI) (ZShare)
SALEM - Minemine (YSI) (ZShare)

HI

WE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE

BUT IF YOU WANT TO CHECK BACK

THERE WILL BE A LINK TO OUR NEW HOME SOON ENOUGH

IN THE MEANTIME

I HAVE A NEW RECORD LABEL

ACÉPHALE

I'M RUNNING IT WITH MY FRIEND RORY

WE JUST PUT OUT THE SALEM RECORD - YES I SMOKE CRACK

AND SOON WE WILL PUT OUT CFCF'S FIRST RECORD

SO

WHILE YOU WAIT

HERE ARE SOME MP3S YOU MIGHT LIKE

YOU CAN HOLLER AT craktrocks@gmail.com IF YU LOVE US

The Terminal Bitch

If this song doesn't go Top Ten in the UK I might just have to kill all of you.

Nobody Loves No One

Chris Isaak - Wicked Game (Trentemoller Businessman Dubby Games Remix) (YSI) (ZShare)

What a fucking dream of a remix (edit?) of a dream of a tune...

Paul you are so so so so wrong on this one - Ili, Mike, Andrew, Linus and a grip of others are behind me on this 2000%.

Chris Isaak - Wicked Game (YSI) (ZShare)

Spring Into Summer Jam 2008.

Rock On Sisyphus!

When TTA told me all about their newest SY signing at SXSW over lukewarm Sparks in a treefort at 4 AM, I was pretty psyched. Then again, they could have told me that they were releasing a Jingle Cats remix album and I would have been stoked. More recently Eric confided that he didn't think I would like what I heard because of the language gap - so wrong. The first single from Nordpolen, "Skimret," is an uplifting pop delight regardless of your native tongue. I must have listened to it ten or so times on repeat whilst cycling the Lachine Canal this past weekend, all the while a grin on my face. SY releases seem to universally have this effect on me - look at how earnest I was when I first wrote about Air France! (They've also got a new release out, but more on that later.)

Anyhow, please enjoy the above video for "Skimret" (it looks even better here) and please make sure to support and encourage fantastic Swedish things by purchasing the release right here.

La lutte continue/'93 'til Infinity

1993 is my '68. So while the world is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Mai '68 this month, I'm remembering a year ago, when we threw a party to commemorate '93. I've reproduced the set I played that night, which you will find below.

Souls of Mischief "'93 'til Infinity"
Wu-Tang Clan "Ain't Nothin' ta Fuck Wit'"
Nas "N.Y. State of Mind"
Bone Thugs N Harmony "Tha Crossroads"
Warren G "Do You See"
Cypress Hill "Insane in the Brain"
Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg "Deep Cover"
The Pharcyde "Passing Me By"
The Beastie Boys "So What'cha Want" (Soul Assassins Remix)
Souls of Mischief "That's When Ya Lost" (Remix)
Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.OY.)
Guru ft. MC Solaar "Le bien, le mal"
Notorious B.I.G. "Juicy"
Ghostface Killah ft. Raekwon and Cappadonna "Daytona 500"
Kris Kross "Warm It Up"
Bell Biv Devoe "Poison"
De La Soul "Take It Off"
The Beastie Boys "Sabotage"
Coffin Break "Kill the President"

Yr Emily Dickinson - La Lutte Continue/'93 'til Infinity Mixtape
(YSI) (Zshare)

HIRE THIS MAN

DJ Tom Hanks - Pigeonkiller Mix (YSI) (ZShare)

The boy DJ Tom Hanks aka Matt Capozzoli posted his first mixtape on the Pandemonium Jones blog the other day and cause he is a dude among dudes I had to get it up on here. For those with bloghaus sickened souls this is Antidote Music aka 100% Jams. The dude has a severe case of the rocking awesomes so if you do parties in LA or anywhere in the western wasteland you should have him "enhance" your party by emailing him right here.

Tracklist:

Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
Foreign Born - Union Hall
Panthers - Goblin City (Holy Ghost Disco Dub)
Black Mountain - Bright Lights
Crystal Castles - Crimewave
Glass Candy - Beatific
Hail Social - Cherry Cola Funk (STA Mix)
MGMT - Kids
Holy Fuck - Royal Gregory
Dan Deacon - Wham City
Blaqstarr - Smack
Santo Gold - Creator (Scottie B Mix)
The Tough Alliance - Neo Violence
The Shocking Pinks - How Am I Not Myself
Clipse - Wamp Wamp (Co.Fee Remix)
Ninjasonik vs. The Death Set - Negative Thinking About Tight Pants
Jay Reatard - It’s So Useless
The Exploding Hearts - Your Shadow
Shellac - Copper

OURIS

Hundreds & Thousands - The Rise (YSI) (ZShare)

As a rule, if you can make a electro-ish synthy pop song that's sad and wistful I'll pretty much love it. Australian duo Hundreds & Thousands win all day long with me for this tune with its cute little mournful synth that drops out only to reveal a big sunny pop wave. More, please! Definitely a refreshing antidote to the jarring crunches that bewilderingly still seem to dominate the taste of the kids.