Erlend Øye

Let's just talk about this incredible man.

He's cranking out two new albums this year! One for his band The Whitest Boy Alive (street date 3/02/09). And one for Kings of Convenience!

YESSS! Kings of Convenience did not die five years ago! Sadly, information on the new KoC is sketch at best. All I've heard is that if Øye has his way the album will be called 'Quiet IS the New Loud.' Not to be confused with 'Quiet Is the New Loud,' an earlier album from the band. I also hear that it's very near completion with final work being done in the studio.

Also, he's putting his DJing on hiatus stating "I stopped working with electronic music as I realized it's much more fun to play live with KoC and WBA."

Speaking of that new Whitest Boy Alive album... (it's delicious)

Definitely sounds like he hasn't lost his touch.

devour:
The Whitest Boy Alive (MS) - Keep A Secret | Island

ST

Oh god yes.

I feel like there is a lot to look forward to in 2009. And ST is helping me to reinforce that right now.

Kind of banger. Kind of fucking awesome. Kind of from France. I promise I'm not biased. It's just fact that France contains enough electro to power a planet the size of Jupiter.

I don't know what it is with French people and naming shit after colors, but tonight, I won't even mention it.

ST (MS) - Blue | Orange

Pillage (France Strikes Back)

I've been in a bit of an electro drought lately. I freaked out on it for a while and then slowly slowly everything started to lose it's luster. And then today happened.

Pillage.

From Valerie of course. From France of course. And something out of Toulouse for once!!

Basically, I love every Valerie artist. They all share a very similar aesthetic - an aesthetic that I really see carrying the electro banner in the future. Pillage shares bits of that aesthetic, but in a much more accessible way. It's just a tad more clubby. It's just a tad more punchy. It's just a tad more... nineties. A small deviation for Valerie, but certainly not in the wrong direction.

I love it. It's three in the morning and I want to dance.

Pillage (MS) - Okay

Marina and the Diamonds

So I had to let this one sink in for a while. I wasn't sure how much I appreciated the mastered version until this very day.

This is great. I can't tell you how excited I am for the full length. Keep an eye on her. I feel a sensation coming along...

Marina and the Diamonds (MS) - 'Obsessions'

Thank god for NEON GOLD