TAG: Klaxons

Mar07

Klaxons “Echoes” (Steve Aoki Rmx) PREMIER

Last summer, when Klaxons dropped “Echoes.” the first single off their sophomore album, the tune’s epic rockness and expansive desert video kept reminding us of The Police’s apocolyptic “Synchronicity II.” This remix by Steve Aoki pretty much erases all of those comparisons, but instead taps into a ’90s trance sound, which is oddly fresh right now.’



Klaxons - "Echoes" (Steve Aoki Remix) by tinyogre

It’s a good reminder that Klaxons will be running around our fair nation through March and Apr, including a stop at Coachella. Here’s the full tour schedule. …MORE

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Dec26

Gorillaz, Yeasayer & Klaxons Offer Free Xmas Music (MP3)

Christmas used to be a time for family, when even the Internets would more or less grind to a halt in difference to grandma’s cooking. But this year, three top acts in the indiesphere decided to put gifts under the digital tree. …MORE

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Dec20

10 Decent Albums By Great Bands in 2010

With the year wrapping up, lists have been dominating the music blogoshere. Of course, everyone wants to give their top 10 list of faves. And more than a few sites have been happy to share their least liked albums of 2010. But thinking about how ‘10 really played out, it seems like more than anything there was a lot of excellent acts who released albums that were decent, but just didn’t live up to past achievements. A great many of these albums actualy ended up on Year’s Best lists, but mostly because there wasn’t a whole lot of other fantastic albums to overshadow them. But you know when the Decade’s Best lists start coming in nine year, most of these efforts will be relegated to the back of the list (if …

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Dec20

Deadmau5, Guetta, Tiesto To Headline Ultra Music Fest

Ultra Music Festival has announced the initial batch of performers for their annual dance music bachannal in Miami, including easily the three biggest names in dance music—Deadmau5, David Guetta, Tiësto—to headline the event’s first three-day party. Also on the bill are global dance faves The Chemical Brothers, Benny Benassi and Sander Kleinenberg (performing an unusual live set). But beyond these mainstream mainstays, the bill is packed with popular American electro icons (MSTRKRFT, Steve Aoki, Wolfgang Gartner), crossover indie dance stars (Chromeo, !!!, Empire of the Sun, Cut Copy, Klaxons, CSS, Crystal Castles), European techno legends (Laurent Garnier, Carl Cox, Gui Boratto) and dozens of other top acts from Afrojack to, er, Afrobeta. …MORE

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Nov16

Chitchat: Catching up with Kitsuné’s Artistic Director, Gildas Loaec

In many ways le Maison de Kitsuné is one of those cultural forces that has struck America in whispers but with their upcoming 10th compilation, upcoming plans to take over the US and an ever expanding base of fans the past and future of Kitsuné just seems to lay in cautious and relaxed business plans. Along with a clothing line, record label, parties, musicians and a lot more coming up, I sit down with Gildas Loaec to chatter about life, Kitsuné and music.

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