Tag: pitchfork
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The story of I Feel Love
Donna Summer’s ‘I Feel Love’ – the song that changed the future of music is 40 years old as of July (sorry punk, Sex Pistols et al but it really did change the course of history, pop of the last 4 decades would not exist without it and the techniques it pioneered, whereas punk was…
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The return of Gold Panda
Have to say, I kind of missed that there was new Gold Panda coming out called ‘Good Luck And Do Your Best’…Lucky Shiner, his debut album has not left my iPod since 2010, the only album to have that honour. Later releases didn’t really do it for me…so it’s great that it seems GP has…
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GoldLink & Louie Lastic
Following on from Kaytranada, I was on the trail of rap that was cloudy, chilled and intelligent and stumbled across GoldLink and the productions of Louie Lastic (in fact GoldLink and Kaytra have worked and toured together). This track, Spectrum sampling Missy (she seems to have become a 90’s touchstone to this scene, along with…
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Low – Clarence White video
Part of Pitchfork’s City of Music series, Low perform Clarence White, along with furry if rather dead guests. *Insert wisecrack here* Actually I like the idea of the series, although I just saw what Destroyer’s Daniel Bejar looks like for the first time, not like what I imagined at all. I expected more willowy, louche,…
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Pitchfork mashup article
Really good mashup article from Pitchfork from a self-confessed mash-fan, William Bowers. Nice to see a new mashup artist like Aggro1 get name checked, some good mentioned in there (I must play that Eve boot sometime soon, it’s one of my faves too) and interesting he’s touched on very briefly the queer/gender-fuck side of mashups…