Bumblebeez Parte Duex

The Bumblebeez (aka Chris Colonna, and occasionally his sister Vila, but I read she's pregnant, so no touring for now) are back in town and they've dropped the "81" and picked up a new album, Prince Umberto and the Sister of Ill, for you punk rockers, all you hip-hop heads, all you bitches.

As genre-bending and schizophrenic as the first album, The Printz, the new Bumblebeez record is a logical progression without much progression at all. With the usual amalgamation of punk to arena hip-hop to electro to...grime ("Pump Up The Bass")?!, the Colonnas take more chances this time around to pump up the Bumblebeez weird-/amazing- ness to 11. It's not for everyone, but at the same time has something for everyone. "Freak Your Loneliness," alternative rock radio, here they come?

Also, don't miss out on the "Dr. Love" video directed by Tom Kuntz. Watch out Soulja Boy Tell Em', you got competition. Here's an 80's/Miami disco dancefloor filler from the new album to whet your appetites before devouring the rest of it. I just have to figure out when/if this is coming out here in the U.S.


Bumblebeez - "Rio" from Prince Umberto and the Sister of Ill

For fans of: Beck, early Beastie Boys, M.I.A.

Cut Copy Paste

Holy cow, is '07 the return of Cut Copy? The group (or just Dan Whitford, the wizard behind the curtains himself) has posted a new track that will be the first single from the upcoming follow-up to Bright Like Neon Love on their Myspace called "Hearts On Fire," and so far the new music sounds promising. With Tim Goldsworthy (DFA/The Loving Hand) at the helms for recording, and I'm guessing producing, I think the new record will pick up a more late night club vibe continuting in the vein of the 80's new wave aesthetic.

"Hearts On Fire" sounds more of an artifact of the 80's than Cut Copy's ever done, with definite elements of New Order's new wave/post-punk influence (among several other discernible 80's artists) seeping into the track. I'm not going to rip the track this time but mercy, mercy I urge you to click over to their Myspace and stream it for yourself here.

Meet the Presets

Another band on Modular, The Presets are a duo from Australia and right now they're touring with The Rapture stateside for some crazy ass live shows. I should know, I just saw them last weekend. Live drums, a handful of synthesizers, a drum machine, and loads of vocal effects all collide into a techno-rock extravaganza.The live show totally blew the studio song versions away, but that's just my opinion. Good stuff to headbang to and dance your ass off to overall.

If you saw The Presets recently and bought a shirt, you'd have gotten a free cd, which so happens to be the new remix cd, Resets, that's already been available for purchase online. Although it's in the vain of Death From Above 1979's Romance Bloody Romance in the sense that it's the same 3-4 songs remixed by different artists, The Presets are definitely more remixable. The arsenal of remixers are also pretty exciting: Van She, Juan Maclean, Digitalism, Simian Mobile Disco, etc.

The remix that caught my attention was one for "Down Down Down" done by labelmates Bumblebeez 81, which has this weird hip-hop/techno vibe that isn't necessarily that at all, but I like it. I like Bumblebeez 81, and I like The Presets. Please, you listen:


The Presets - "Down Down Down (Bumblebeez 81 Remix)"

I <3 NYPC

I also heart Modular Recordings and all their artists. One of them that didn't grab my attention the first time I heard them somehow came back into my attention like that obscure girl in high school who totally turned hot in college, after "Ice Cream" showed up on Cut Copy's mix for Triple 5 Soul Sessions series (thanks to Amoeba Records in Hollywood, anyone can get all the promo copies of stuff you can't find in stores!).

The band--New Young Pony Club; the place--somewhere in the UK where sometimes the music over there totally kicks the music over here. Their music is cool, sexy, nonchalant, and very disco-dancey. The singer, Tahita Bulmer, when googled, shows up as a vocalist for Blue States, a group I never really got into, so I can't figure out (or I'm too lazy to) if she is one and the same, but I know is that I've had a crush on her after seeing her in NYPC's video for "Ice Cream" (the song, which by the way, has recently been remixed by Paris's DJ Mehdi--totally rad).

To my knowledge, the band's only released a couple of 7"s, and the song that I'm posting today has two different titles, but I'll stick with "Get Dancey," as it appears on Cut Copy's latest contribution to the Fabriclive series. New wave disco at its finest:


New Young Pony Club - "Get Dancey"