Mixes
Salad Fork: mixtapes for Charity
Louis Kishfy, otherwise known food/music enthusiast Salad Fork has made a charity compilation. Highlights include Denver pop duo Tennis, the witchy Emily Reo and this synthy wonder from Florida, Michael Parallax. Money raised from the discs will go to Action Against Hunger. Read on »
Podcast: Bloggerheads
Imran from Abeano asked me, Noam of Don't Die Wondering and (the much cooler than any of us) Robin from XXFG to guest on the second episode of Bloggerheads. Listen to hear us muse on the "Dubstep Overground", the STD potential of Addison Groove's "Footcrabs" and Wayne Coyne's naked wife. Read on »
Al Lover Mix: Woodsist
San Francisco based remixer and producer Al Lover has this way with the Woodsist hits on this remix album. "I feel like this is the kind of stuff Hip-Hop producers will be looking to sample 20 years from now" he says "it's super low-fi, off-kilter, distortion heavy, weirdo shit." Read on »
Drag Mix: Salem
SALEM's drag mixtape makes my arms feel really heavy. Still, if you like pitch shifted vocals, EDM and drunk synthesisers you should give it a listen. Read on »
Mix: Cerebral Ballzy’s Bad Brains
Mumdance teams up with Brooklyn perma-teens Cerebral Ballzy to curate a selection of punk rock, hardcore and music to shout at your cat to. While we're totally in to going wild in the streets - we don't fancy a Circle Jerk right now. Download below. Read on »
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One Thing: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
We're kicking off a brand new series here at Neu!. Having spent the best part of the morning stumbling over names, we've finally settled on "One Thing", for that's what it is: a bunch of bands telling us the one thing they think everyone should know about them. A sort of mission statement, if you will.
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Beck’s Launch Green Box Project
The Green Box Project will help fund a total of 1,000 pieces of independent art.
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Air France: It Feels Good To Be Around You
You just swan off for three years, then you come marching back and expect us to take you back with open arms? Who do you think you are? Oh. Well. Go on then.
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Loney Dear: What Have I Become
Some days we feel that we could add 'Swedish' as a legitimate menu bar item on Neu and be done with it, but then with tracks as good as this offering from Loney Dear to catch up on, who could blame us.
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Field Day: Times & Planner
You'll catch us being more than a bit obsessed with the tombola in Victoria Park on Saturday, but otherwise we might be watching everyone from Wild Beasts through to Star Slinger and Electrelane.
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One Thing: Pure X
We're kicking off a brand new series here at Neu!. Having spent the best part of the morning stumbling over names, we've finally settled on "One Thing", for that's what it is: a bunch of bands telling us the one thing they think everyone should know about them. A sort of mission statement, if you will.
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MGMT Curate LateNightTales, Cover Bauhaus
Do you ever forget MGMT exist? We're hardly short of bands who sound More Than A Bit Like the unicorn licking duo, but seems there's activity in the offing with the band set to curate the latest LateNightTales compilation.
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Watch: Young Man Reveals Debut Details, New Video
Colin Caulfield will release the debut album for his new "concept project" Young Man this autumn; 'Ideas Of Distance' is due out on 27th September, via Frenchkiss Records.
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jj: We Can’t Stop (Feat. Ne-Yo)
As part of the Adult Swim Singles Program, Ne-Yo sent over a new, original song which was then sent on to jj to play with. The result is 'We Can't Stop' - which you can check out here.
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Music Math: Modeselekor + Thom Yorke = This (& Shipwreck)
German duo Modeselektor are lucky types. They don't get to boast just one Thom Yorke collaboration on their forthcoming album 'Monkeytown' - they get two.
