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Genre: Alternative
Category: Music Videos
Watch OK Go play over 1000 instruments in their new music video
To execute this monumental and frankly insane video, OK Go set up over 1000 instruments over two miles of desert outside Los Angeles. It took 4 months of preparation and 4 days of recording, and at no point did they use stand-ins. This version of Needing/Getting was recorded as they sang while playing the instrument [...]
Genre: Alternative, Deep House, House, Tech House
Category: Audio
Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” remixed by Mr. Charlton
Yesterday, Mr. Charlton released this remix for Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” on his Soundcloud His rendition brings the emotion of the original onto the dancefloor. Check it out bellow. For those of you who haven’t got to know Gotye yet, check out the video for the original above.
Genre: Alternative
Category: Audio
James Blake – A Case of You [Music Video]
I’m staying with my mummy for Christmas and despite the fact that she crept up behind me and said “I LOVE THIS SONG” while I was watching this video, shot last week in London, I’m going to go ahead and post it. Joni Mitchell originally wrote the song, and my mum assures me KD Lang [...]
Genre: Alternative, Electro House
Glitch Mob Remixes White Stripes
The Glitch Mob, the massive Electro House and Dubstep group, remixes the The White Stripes’ classic “Seven Nation Army”. Done for the new G.I. Joe Movie “Retaliation” trailer, they substitute guitar riffs with ripping electro house sounds. They do keep the original voice (albiet altering it at times) and the drums are the same, [...]
Genre: Alternative, Electronic, Hip Hop
Category: Concert Footage, Features, News, Show Preview
Grammy Predictions: The Year of Skrillex
Some people watch the Grammys to see who’s receiving one of the most prestigious recognitions of musical talent, some for Lady Gaga’s outfit, but this year I’ll be watching to see if they break away from a radio-play-count measure of quality and choose to recognize the most exciting artist to emerge in the last several [...]
Genre: Alternative, Hip Hop, House
Category: Audio, Music Videos
Subversive Azealia Banks House Rap
Originally from Harlem, NY, this very talented (and classically trained) performer, Azealia Banks, has made it big in the UK. Her single “212″ has earned more than 1 million hits on youtube in the UK, and is currently in the 600,000′s in the US. “212″ is a rap over a house beat by Lazy Jay [...]
Genre: Alternative, Electronic
Category: Album Review, Audio, Music Commentary
Mickey Moonlight and the Time Axis Manipulation Corporation – Review
Mickey Moonlight is one of today’s most eccentric Electro producers. The British Ed Banger constituent has released two EPs to date, and likes to describe his music as ‘Science Fiction Exotica’. After a period of honing his production, and earning himself a little name recognition, the time is ripe for Moonlight’s grand expedition. With the [...]
Genre: Alternative, Electronic, Hip Hop
Category: Music Commentary, Re:mix Lab, Show Review
Re:mix Lab Update – Kickoff and RE:Generation ft Skrillex, DJ Premier, Erykah Badu, Crystal Method
So Re:mix Lab is half over, and I am half dead from the series of open-bar x no-cover parties that have been running this week down at 401 S. Main St. Suffice it to say, the capacity crowds and top notch artists have made for an atmosphere conducive to partying. There is a weekend full [...]
Genre: Alternative, Electronic, Hip Hop
Category: News, Re:mix Lab, Show Preview
Re:mix Lab Los Angeles December 6-11
At the time of publication, your faithful Salacious Sound editor in chief is on a jet plane running up in the sky so deep it be cryin’. I’m on my way to LA, invited to cover the Re:mix Lab series of events going on this week December 6-11. For those unfamiliar, Re:mix Lab is a [...]
Genre: Alternative, Electronic
Category: Music Commentary, Show Review
Low Tide for Chill Wave?
Sorry about making you spit your vodka-redbull all over your macbook, but Salacious (an electronic music blog) is totally about to write about Neon Indian (an alleged rock band). Bizarre, right? Strap in and and hear me out. Bands like Neon Indian, Toro Y Moi, and Surfer Blood used more or less electronic instrumentation and [...]
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