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W♥M225: Party Line

W♥M225: Party Line (40 mins) Read More Belle & Sebastian We've been very excited about news of the new Belle & Sebastian 2015 album for a while now, but the band recently made things official: It is called Girls in Peacetime Want To Dance …

Sally is back on W♥M Podcast, talking about some Sydney, Australia, things:

Yes I'm Leaving (21 Nov 2014) poster

Yes I'm Leaving is playing this Friday (21 Nov 2014) at Petersham Bowling Club with The Holy Soul, Avoid Island, Small Town Incident and Garry David.

Newtown Social Club (newtownsocialclub.com) is a new music venue in Sydney. They are booking some excellent bands:

Hurray for the Riff Raff (26 Nov 2014)

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks (3 Mar 2015)

Gruff Rhys (6 Mar 2015)

Sydney Festival is taking place most of January 2015... The Clean from New Zealand, and How to Dress Well are two of the bands playing at the Sydney Festival shows.

Johnny Marr is on tour for his second album Playland, stopping by Sydney's Enmore (05 Feb 2015)

Belle & Sebastian is playing in Sydney at the Enmore Theatre on Jan 29th and also at the Taronga Zoo on January 31st.

God Help the Girl film, Vu doesn't like, but Sally doesn't care.

B&S is releasing Girls in Peacetime Want To Dance for 2015, we previewed their new single, "The Party Line".

BONUS:

Harper's Bazaar (Dec 2014) Photographer: @simonlekias

Peter Hook played over three hours at a "no re-entry" sold out show.

Leichhardt Wind Orchestra's Summer Concert 2014 is taking place this 15th December 2014 at the Leichhardt Town Hall in Leichhardt, Australia.

Kylie Minogue and Dannii Minogue on the cover of Harper's Bazaar magazine.

Roxette's got the look.

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Four Roads

Read More Kylie Minogue Yeah, I have a soft spot for Kylie. As if you didn't know, part of her "K25" (25 years of Kylie in music) celebration, pop superstar, Kylie Minogue released "Timebomb" remixes this week (July 17th)....

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

- Robert Frost

KYLIE MINOGUE
www.kylie.com

Yes, I love Kylie….

As part of K25 (celebrating global pop icon Kylie Minogue's 25 years in music), the artist just released The Abbey Road Sessions in the U.S. today (November 6th.) The album features 16 classic tracks, but re-imagined and re-arranged by a full orchestra. By its title, the album was recorded in London's Abbey Road studios.

If you think you know "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" and "The Locomotion", think again because with the new arrangement, these are very different takes on the classic hits.

Already a big hit in the UK, where her album landed on #2, possibly due to the 1.8 million views of her single "Flower."

Look for Kyle to be in the state with performances on ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” on November 13th and NBC’s “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” on November 14th.

WILD BELLE
wildbellemusic.tumblr.com

Wild Belle's first ever North American tour is happening this November, check out singer Natalie Bergman's video for Postcards from the Road N°1.

Wild Belle is a sibling duo (Natalie and Elliot Bergman) from Chicago, they are on tour with Deep Sea Diver (*) and Of Montreal (+):

11/25 San Diego, CA Casbah*
11/26 Los Angeles, CA Echo*
11/27 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill*
11/29 Portland, OR Doug Fir*
11/30 Seattle, WA Neumos*
12/01 Vancouver, BC Electric Owl*
12/07 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue (with Solid Gold)
12/08 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall +
12/09 Chicago, IL Metro +

C2C
c2cmusic.fr

"Down the Road" is the first single from C2C's Down the Road digital six-track EP (out now via Casablanca Records.)

The French turntable quartet is already big in Europe, having been around since 1998 and winning the "Disco Mix Club World Team DJ Championship" four years in a row (2003–2006).

It's really odd that the group finally released music in 2012 with Down the Road and Tetra, in their home country of France.

Anyway, check out the song on soundcloud.com.

CHRIS MANN
ChrisMannMusic.com

Chris Mann is a singer from Kansas… you might know him from The Voice. As you know, Lara is addicted to The Voice.

One year ago, Mann did his blind audition for The Voice. He was nervous: "I remember it was Halloween night and my blind audition for The Voice was just a few days away. I was a nervous wreck. I went to The Voice with the hope of just making the show."

The good news is that he won fourth place for the second season of The Voice. He quickly signed with Faircraft/Universal Republic and released Roads at the end of October.

"I would love to sing on an ancient amphitheater stage somewhere in Europe," Mann says, "and I’ve always fantasized about winning a Grammy. I can't wait to see where this road I've been on for so long leads me next."

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Aussies + Kiwis 2

Read more Aussies + Kiwis.

Read More San Cisco These guys just graduated high school, but already going to play at the big Aussie festivals like Big Day Out and Laneway, so youth is still on their side.

SAN CISCO
facebook.com/sanciscomusic

San Cisco, that 'awkward' youngster band from Australia, is playing their first ever USA show - in Minneapolis, of all places. I suppose it shouldn't surprise anyone since the local station here, The Current, has been playing their "Awkward" single.

We have been covering the band since their debut EP, Golden Revolver in 2011, so it's nice to finally be able to see them in person when they arrive here in October. Unfortunately, it's a 21+ show, which may be ironic since the band might actually be underage themselves.

Oct 21 Sun - Turf Club
October 21, 2012 8:30 PM (Sunday)
21+ SHOW
7:30PM DOORS
8:30PM SHOWTIME

No other dates have been confirmed yet, but I suspect the usual Los Angeles, New York, and, of course, San Francisco will follow. I'll keep you updated.

In other San Cisco news, they recently released a new single, "Rocket Ship." Homemade Super 8-type music video available right now on youtube.

Read More Kylie Minogue Just to give you an idea how popular Kylie Minogue is: I got an email announcing her first ever US dates, only to find out that pre-sale tickets were already sold out...

KYLIE MINOGUE
kylie.com

Yeah, I have a soft spot for Kylie.

As if you didn't know, part of her "K25" (25 years of Kylie in music) celebration, pop superstar, Kylie Minogue released "Timebomb" remixes this week (July 17th). She's been doing the rounds, appearing on E!, Fashion Police, The Soup, Extra, CNN, Chelsea Lately, Perez Hilton, Watch What Happens Live, VH1 “Morning Buzz Live”, NBC's New York Live, etc, etc.

Superfans of Kyle should check with kylie.com on the 25th of every month to see if they get lucky prizes from Kyle, herself. She has been trading in her massive stadium shows for more intimate venues throughout the UK and Australia (but don't expect to actually get tickets because they probably will sell out instantly).

“Timebomb” Remixes Tracklisting
01. Extended Mix
02. Peter Rauhofer Club Mix
03. DADA Remix
04. Redant & Romano Remix
05. Style Of Eye Remix
06. Italia3 Remix

BRIEFLY:

OPOSSOM opossom.bandcamp.com I previously mentioned that New Zealand's Opossom (aka Kody Nielson) will be releasing his debut album, Electric Hawaii in June under Create/Control. Well? It is out in Australia and New Zealand. The US will be getting it August 7th, via Fire Records. Check out the video for "Fly," the second track from the debut album.

PANAMA wearepanamatheband.com Panama is a new Sydney band, lead by Jarrah McCleary, who had previously been behind The Dirty Secrets. The band just released the single for "Magic," available digitally and on vinyl, and just wrapped up some tour dates (they are playing at Sydney's Googod Small Club tomorrow, July 20th).

BELLIGERENTS thebelligerents.com From Brisbane, the Belligerents just released a new EP called She Calls the Shots. The EP was produced by Yanto Browning (who also worked with San Cisco's touring buddies The Jungle Giants) at Airlock Studios in Brisbane. You can check out the single and EP on their Soundcloud:

HONEY CLAWS facebook.com/honeyclaws Technically they're all over the places, including Sweden and USA, but Thomas is from New Zealand… Did you catch the interview last Tuesday? The band is back with Money Jaws, released July 10th. If you want to preview the album, they've made it available in its entirety on soundcloud.com.

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Kylie Minogue - Boombox: The Remix Album 2000-2008

Kylie Minogue - Can't Get Blue Monday Out of My Head Kylie Minogue Tour Dates 09/30/09 Fox Theater, Oakland, CA 10/01/09 Fox Theater, Oakland, CA 10/03/09 Pearl Theatre, Las Vegas, NV 10/04/09 Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA 10/07/09 Congress Theatre, Chicago, IL 10/09/09 Air Canada Centre, Toronto 10/11/09 Hammerstein Ballroom, NY 10/12/09 Hammerstein Ballroom, NY 10/13/09 Hammerstein Ballroom, NY Discography [1988] Kylie [1989] Enjoy Yourself [1990] Rhythm of Love [1991] Let's Get to It [1994] Kylie Minogue [1997] Impossible Princess [1998] Intimate & Live [2000] Light Years [2001] Fever [2003] Body Language [2007] X See Also Dannii Minogue http://weheartmus... For those who aren't brushed up on their dance music, Dannii Minogue is the sister of Kylie Mino...

Just to give you an idea how popular Kylie Minogue is: I got an email announcing her first ever US (originally 6 dates), only to find out that her later New York pre-sale tickets were already sold out by the time my eyeballs saw the email. Demands were so high, they extended her New York stay to three nights from her original one night performance. Wow, it's kind of hard to believe that in her 20 odd music career that Minogue have never tour through North America!

Having already sold 60 million records world-wide, with 50+ hit singles, and sold-out world tours... Australian actress-turn-pop diva, Kylie Minogue, or simply known as Kylie, have come a long way from her humble beginnings in the early 90s as an actress.*

Kylie's latest release, at least in the US, is called Boombox: The Remix Album 2000-2008, and as the name implies, this is not a studio album but a remix album. Note that this is her 11^th remix album, earlier remix hits, check out Greatest Remix Hits 1 (1997) followed by Greatest Remix Hits 2 through 4.

The new remix album opens up with possibly the best song on the album. Technically not a remix, but more of a mashup between New Order's "Blue Monday" and Kylie's "Can Get You Out of My Head". The mashup version first appeared live at the 2002 BRIT Award from DJ Stuart Crichton, but later appeared on other releases (including an odd choice of movie soundtrack for Layer Cake, starring current Bond, Daniel Craig).

Other interesting remixes includes Fischerspooner's "Come into My World" remix, which remains intact as sounding similar to the original mix, but adding his own flair to it.

I have never heard of Death Metal Disco Scene (myspace), but I was definitely impressed with their "Wow" remix, where they mostly concentrated on the extremely catchy "bow-wow-wow! just the way that you dance! bow-wow-wow!" section.

I simply hated the original mix of "2 Hearts" that appeared on Kylie's 10^th studio album, X, but Mark Brown made it more bearable by making the song a little faster.

I haven't heard the original "Your Disco Needs You", but the Casino Mix on Boombox is really good. It made the song to sound more like a Pet Shop Boys sound to it, and I'll definitely will try and pick up her 2000 album Light Years to check it out.

The best remixes are the ones that either transform the song, making it their own distinct and unique version. Case in point is The Chemical Brother's version of "Slow". They manage to pull off their usual beats and rave sound, extending the middle part and only keeping mostly the chorus. If you hear this "Slow" version on the radio, you'd swear that it was a Chemical Brothers song.

Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head

If you're new to the world of Kylie, this Boombox album does a decent job of compiling some of the best remix. If you're looking for a studio album, I will have to recommend Fever (2001), which features some of her best-known hits, including some Cathy Dennis-written songs like "Can't Get You out of My Head", "Dancefloor" and "Come into My World".

Kylie Minogue - Come Into My World

"Come into my World" was also a smash-hit music video by auteur director Michel Gondry.  The video remains one of my favorite Gondry videos (other favorites is the lego White Stripes and Daft Punk's "Around the World").

Boombox is available now at any box store that carries music. Starting in October, Kylie will be over in the US to do a few selected dates for her first US appearance. I'm sure by then tickets will be sold out - so buy your tickets now if you want a guaranteed seat. From watching her concert footage, it's a huge show with lots of costume changes and loads of dancers.

* Although primarily known as a pop singer, let us not forget her appearance in the horrible video game movie, Street Fighter, as Cammy. She made such a wonderful impression, that the Washington Post called her "the worst actress in the English-speaking world". Aw, well she now knows how Madonna feels.

 05/21/2009 05:32:56 ♥ vu () ♥ kylie.com ♥ myspace.com/kylieminogue