Selling outs the new selling in...

Sigur Ross, the xx, phoenix; all good bands with unbelievably great albums. You know- the kind of album you can put on and just slip into a dream staring at the wall in front of you for the whole duration not even aware.

All good bands, with great albums that have been ruined by being mercilessly over played. Last week I was arguing that it is an inevitability that good songs on good albums will rise to the top before falling off the top and into the laps of bar managers, advertisers and every radio DJ ever.

Well, I'm not actually sure it is totally inevitable. I think that first they probably had to have signed to a major record label and/or sold the rights to that amazing song on that amazing album which you hold so dear.

Enter centre stage: Mojave 3 with their 2003 Album Spoon and Rafter:


(Blue Bird of Happiness EP Version)

As far as I'm aware, NOT selloutpussyassbitches.


(Hard to miss you)

So as they didn't sell out and instead kept it independent with 4AD lets all buy their albums until it gets big enough for them to to be used in Nike commercials.


(Between the bars)

Not that I'm blaming bands for making (loads of) money, I'd sell out faster than corned beef in a well mannered yet horrific post apocalyptic dooms day scenario.
Also, I'm not saying phoenix ever professed to be anything other than lovely lovely French pop.

Basically what I'm saying is Mojave 3 are hugely under rated, proper good and you should buy all their albums ever. (amazon) (groves-inc)

Wuv - Mons. Ferro

Nice bit of uncommon pop. It speaks for itself. I think you will like it...

J. Cole featuring B.o.B - Pass Me By:


J. Cole featuring B.o.B - Pass Me By by Hypetrak

Wuv - Mons. Ferro

Plug Alert:

This is Stephan Jacobs -the 26 year old self described "dubstep, glitch hop and west coast crunk" producer and DJ from Los Angeles:


Stephan Jacob's first collaboration with +Verb gave us this beauty; Blind Dreams. Released by GruntWorthy:



A nice track I hope you'll agree. Also noteworthy is this badboy,Drop Bombs the Stephan Jacobs Remix feat Naada released just yesterday:


Samples - Drop Bombs (Stephan Jacobs Remix feat Naada) CLIP by Stephan Jacobs

For more, he has loads of free stuff on his site.

Wuv

Mons. Ferro

This set was released by Toobear at underbounce on Tuesday the 11th.


We think it is rather lovely, he describes it as: techno detroit minimal groovy machine flutter

Have a Listen over at soundcloud but don't forget to come back here and tell us what you think...

I used to get REALLY upset by remixes of certain songs.

One Said song would be Reckoner by Radiohead, as follows;

I hope you would agree one of the best songs ever written. Al Gore agrees with me, that's why it was used as the theme of Current TV during its formative years from 2004.

Anyway, I realised that I was treating this song as though it was permanent, quantifiable and unique.

By nature songs are impermanent, transient and subject to the perception of the beholder.

And so let the remixes (and covers) commence:

wuv

Mons. Ferro

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