DOWNLOAD: Ladyhawke - My Derlirium (MP3)

"Me and my buddy started a band called Two Lane Blacktop. It was like Iggy and The Stooges meets The Clash. I played lead guitar and was the only girl. We did lots of touring and stuff, got ourselves quite a following in New Zealand. I spent a lot of time in the back of a clapped out old van called cherry with 4 smelly boys. Getting carsick. Sleeping on couches and floors. Driving through the night. We played in Australia lots. That also required hours and hours of driving in a shit van - only swap the cool New Zealand bush-land with 40 degree dusty Australian desert. We even drove past a massive bush fire once.Those days were fun.

We managed to make it over to the states for some shows. I can actually say I have played CBGB's. I stood and played on the same stage Deborah Harry, Joey Ramone, and many other idols of mine have played. Rad. Aside from New York we also played in Los Angeles. That was heaps of fun. On our return to NZ, we started having personal differences in the band. A big tour was booked for Australia with a band called the Modey Lemon. We were then due to fly on to South By Southwest which we were supposed to be playing at. Literally two days before our flight to Australia, our singer decided to quit the band. Our drummer followed suit. I was left, devastated, bitter and angry. So in a fit of impulsive spontaneity I thought 'fuck it, I'm getting on that damn plane with or without my band' and I did. No money, only my suitcase, a guitar, and three empty seats beside me." [from Ladyawke's bio]

Wiki say, "Phillipa "Pip" Brown (born c. 1981), better known by her stage name Ladyhawke, is a New Zealand solo singer-songwriter, playing all the instruments in studio and touring with a band... Ladyhawke named herself after the Rutger Hauer film Ladyhawke. Ladyhawke is best known for the 2008 single "Paris Is Burning", which she wrote after a visit to Paris. Her debut album was released on Modular Recordings in September 2008."

Not to be confused with the Canadian band Ladyhawk, Ladyhawke was supposed to visit us not long after that Modular album was released. Cancelled dates in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco were blamed on "paperwork issues and Uncle Sam".

This March, SXSW time, Ladyhawke will try again. NYC shows are scheduled at Bowery Ballroom on March 24th (tickets on sale at noon), and at Studio B two days later (tickets on sale).

The SXSW show is March 18th at Stubb's. CA & Chicago shows TBA? All dates, and the "Paris is Burning" video, below...

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DOWNLOAD: Dead Pixels - Words Are Poison (One Man Party + R Kid Remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Findlay Brown - Promised Land (Dimitri From Paris remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Findlay Brown - Holding Back the Night (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Findlay Brown - I Had A Dream (Solo Acoustic Version) (MP3)

Findlay Brown

Continuing from Friday and heading into Saturday night, or should I call him Mister Saturday Night?...

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Cut Copy @ Bowery Ballroom (more by Bao Nguyen)

Those mysterious dates are now officially announced. All of them below...

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by Finger on the Pulse

DOWNLOAD: The Presets - This Boy's in Love (LifeLike Rmx) (Sendspace MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Presets - Are You The One? (LifeLike Rmx) (MP3 in a ZIP)

The Presets new album Apocalypso is out in the U.S. on May 13th. In celebration of this (and to get you on the mailing list), they are giving away an exclusive track called "My People".

We're also giving away two of our favorite Preset remixes - both of them by Lifelike who we were just talking about. Download those above.

The Presets play Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn on June 4th, and then Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan the next day. Tickets are still on sale for those dates and others. All the tour dates are listed HERE. We (Finger on the Pulse) will also be hosting an album release party at Royal Oak this Friday (May 9). We'll be giving away free posters, stickers and a couple copies of the record. The flyer for Friday, and the video for "This Boy's In Love", below....

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DOWNLOAD: Tough Alliance ~ Something Special (Alfie Special Summer Mix) (MP3)

With SXSW on the horizon, we'd like to turn our attention the one of the bands we're excited to see. We're talking about the Swedish duo called The Tough Alliance ....

With three EP's out, Make It Happen, Holiday, and New Waves, and two full-length studio albums, The New School and A New Chance, they have been given much critical acclaim and have established themselves on the Swedish indie-scene. New Waves just recently received an 8.0 on Pitchfork, although it was released in 2006. This is because the EP is just now becoming available in the States through Summer Lovers Unlimited label. Their live shows have also been given much attention in the Swedish media when they often swing baseball bats on stage and sing to recorded music. [Wikipedia]

Pitchfork also interviewed them, had them submit a guestlist, AND also gave their "A New Chance" EP an 8.6.

Their music reminds us of summer - that it's time to fall in love or at least to drink some lemonade. So what better remix to post then Alife's 'Special Summer mix' of 'Something Special'? Grab it above.

We'll be hunting down these boys next week in Austin (where it will finally feel like Summer) at the Modular Records SXSW Showcase and at the Summer Lovers Unlimted showcase a few days later (lots of summer). Let us know if you know of any other shows they're playing, and check out the videos below...

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DOWNLOAD: KIM - By The Time They Reach You (The Bagraiders Would Have Stolen Your Wallet And Changed All Your Money To Euros And Gone Shopping In Paris Remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Presets ~ My People (MP3)

K.I.M. (Or Kimberley Isaac Moyes as his mother calls him) is erstwhile producer/drummer/programmer and one half of THE PRESETS, Australia's foremost proponents of dashing pop/dance (non) sense and (not so) sensibility.

KIM and The Presets have new singles out on Modular. "My People" may be one of the first big dancefloor songs of '08. We already hear it getting dropped regulary in DJ sets across the country. Download it above. Listen....

The entire Presets album "APOCALYPSO" is out May 13th on Modular. K.I.M.'s "Fistrogram" single was digitally releaed on January 29th, and Modular was nice enough to give us two copies of a limited edition 'Fistogram (D.I.M remix)' 12" to give away.

We've also got two pairs of tickets to the Modular Monthly happening this Saturday night (Feb 9) at Studio B in Brooklyn. Joakim is playing with "His Ectoplasmic Band", and Juan Maclean is DJing. To win, e-mail BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM (subject: KIM record OR Modular tickets). Include your first and last name in the email. Two winners will be picked today randomly, and contacted.

The Presets are visiting North America in May and June. They'll play Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn on June 4th, and Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan one day later. Tickets for both shows go on sale Wednesday. All tour dates, the "My People" video, and the Modular Monthly flyer, below...

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