Plushgun is a Brooklyn based electronic/new wave/indie band (aren’t they all these days) from the proud city of Brooklyn (aren’t they all from there these days). You might have heard of them a few years back when their song Just Impolite was featured on the ill fated faux MTV reality show The City. Remember when the Hills were all the rage? Funny how MTV’s television success transitioned from a bunch of rich Los Angeles teenagers to a bunch of idiot Jersey based party animals. Anyways, it has been a few years for the group and they are back with a new album and a new single. The song I Like It is the first single off this record and it gets the Buffet Libre treatment. As with most Buffet Libre remixes, soaring synthesizers, dreamy ambiance and that 80s based New Years Eve party vibe are introduced to the song, which is already quite catchy in the first place. Check it out.
Not quite sure who this Tyson character is or where he came from but this track is absolutely sick and primed for dance floors all across the globe. Dude’s got a good voice and the song sounds like it’s straight out of 80s disco. Can’t turn that down, check it out.
Remember The XX? Yea you do. You were crapping your pants all over them two years ago, how dare you forget. The instrumental introduction to their Mercury Prize winning debut self titled record was a fantastic bit of music that seemingly declared ‘you are about to listen to a great album’. The bit of music has been used as intro for many fascinating things since it’s been released, including this especially effective introduction to the amazing reality series about the Penguins/Capitals on HBO called 24/7, watch this:
Now having listened to that, did you ever think .. man, I wished that version was slightly longer?
If you ever did that, then today, you are king for your wish has been granted.
Kenny Burke’s remix of Intro is an eight minute slow burning remake of the XX intro, and it’s slick and smooth. Check it out.
Always was surprisingly enough, my introduction to the UK electro pop band Erasure. What? you say, what about A Little Respect or Chains of Love or Sometimes? those tracks were chart topping dance floor popping doozies from the 80s. Well, my dear, I am a 90s child and Always was one of Erasure’s most popular tracks. I remember liking it in junior high and thinking ‘why am I liking this?’ because I typically listened to rap or grunge or Can rock (read: Moist/IME/OLP) at that time. Here’s why I liked it – it’s got an amazing hook, great harmonies and it’s great vocals by Andy Bell. The hook in this song is just magnificent – completely dramatic yet triumphant at the same time. How good is it, you ask? Two different people have made 8 bit/nintendo versions of the track. Check that out here
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