Pogo is the first single off Dune Rats' second EP

21 years-old Pandreas comes from Bergen-Norway and creates sample-based electronic in the style of Gold Panda, The Field or Pogo. Recently chosen as “unknown artist” of the week on norwegian national radio, he was booked to debut live at Gut Feelings festival (with acts like Digits, Twin Shadow and Basia Bulat) in Oslo, 30th of june and Slottsfjell Festival (with Tortoise, Wild [...]

Eternal Summers has just announced a small US tour. Their new album 'Correct Behavior' is due out only July 24th via Kanine Records. As you would expect with the addition of a new member, sonically Correct Behavior is fuller than their debut 'Silver' and earlier EPs. Until now, Eternal Summers was writing jangly post-punk stompers (Pogo, Able To) and languid dream pop ballads (Safe at Home, Lightswitch); hitting opposite ends of the spectrum was evoking confusion for some. And while 'Correct Behavior' still reaches the upbeats ("I Love You") and the slowbeats ("Good as You"), album opener ("Millions") blends the ...

Festival season is now so close you can nearly touch it, and The Great Escape is not only one of the first, but is also guaranteed to be one of the best. This year's event is taking place from Thursday 10th May and culminates on the Saturday 12th of May. Across the three days three hundred plus bands will be providing Brighton rock, indie, electronica and more in 30 venues on the south coast. Listing all the great acts playing may break the internet but some names we’re excited about include: Perfume Genius, Niki & The Dove, Alt-J, Shabazz Palaces, Grimes, Friends, Zulu Winter and Django Django. There will be shows in the Brighton Dome, in churches and pubs around the city. Add to that an array of fringe events, club nights and a daytime conference - plus a bar on the famous Brighton pier - and you have all the ingredients for a very special time indeed. Amazingly tickets are still available and you can get them here . For a full of who’s playing and for more info visit escapegreat.com . See you there, yeah? Listen to our Great Escape playlist by clicking here . ***** Editors Picks: James Canham (Live Editor): Retro Stefson Possibly the most interesting and entertaining live act I've ever personally witnessed, Retro Stefson would need no introduction in their homeland of Iceland. Renowned on the Reykjavík circuit for their unique mix of pop ethics and peculiar, yet stunning, execution they're definitely one to catch. [ Listen ] Performances: 10th May - Latest Music Bar - 23:15 11th May - Above Audio - 14:30 11th May - Green Door Store - 19:30 Fever Fever Art punk isn't dead, and with bands like Fever Fever it never will die. On top of their fantastically literate lyrics their layers of dissonant yet raw guitar and pounding drums give the festival one of the best and most interesting performances. [ Listen ] Performance: 10th May - The Hope - 20:30 AlunaGeorge With an EP coming soon on the illustrious Tri-Angle records, and with an arsenal of future pop hits to hand, now is the time to see AlunaGeorge before they make it huge. Every song they've released so far is dredged in a fantastic drape of smooth and sexy vocals with rich synthy backing, and their near-midnight show at Coalition on the Friday is shaping up to be one of the best of the festival. [ Listen ] Performance: 11th May - Coalition - 23:30 Seams While Seams will be playing the sounds at his Corn exchange, the real reason anyone will be going is to see his fringe jumping excitedly on stage. We've loved him from the word go (especially his remarkable Tourist EP, a piece of work focused and composed from sounds heard in Berlin, the city he's now based in) and by all reports his live show is just as great as his recordings (mainly because of his fringe...). [ Listen ] Performance: 12th May - Corn Exchange - 21:30 Micachu & The Shapes Along with many others we've eagerly awaited the next move from Micachu and The Shapes . After a few interesting diversions (most notably their chopped and screwed mixtape performance piece with the London Sinfonietta Orchestra) they've finally got a sequel to 2009's Jewellery in the pipeline and, with any luck, we'll hear something new from the makers of one of the last decade's most fascinating albums. [ Listen ] Performance: 12th May - The Haunt - 21:45 ***** Alt-J Editors Picks: Wil Cook (Music Editor): As they prepare to drop one of the albums of the year, Alt-J are the band to be excited about. Engaging, melodic songs full of depth, songs that linger on longer than you expect. Remnants appear in your head for days after and they are welcome. I cannot wait to see this band play live. [ Listen ] Blind Tiger Friday 21:15 Jonquil I have been screaming from the rooftops about Jonquil since 2006 when I caught them playing in a horrible little bar in Ipswich. It's been fascinating to watch them evolve from a folk band who evidently had a bit of a crush on Boards of Canada into this massive summery behemoth of a band. I love this band more than I could ever put into words for you, which says a lot, because I love to talk. [ Listen ] Prince Albert Thursday 22:15 Green Door Store Friday 14:00 Cloud Nothings Since releasing the wonderfully nihilistic Attack on Memory earlier in the year Cloud Nothings have been on my "must see" list. It's a crunching punk rock pop fix that simultaneously restores my faith in my ability to feel alive and reverts me back to a mindset where I wanted to die. Basically, they are the hipster Nirvana. I just hope they are as ramshackle and urgent in the flesh as they are on this record. [ Listen ] Above Audio Thursday 21:45 Perfume Genius I'm not who St. Mary is, but she doesn't half know how to book a gig, last year she hosted Dustin O Halloran and Richter">Max Richter for one of the shows of the festival. This year it's the turn of Perfume Genius who plays after Loney, Dear making one of the sexiest double bills of the three days. The chance to see songs like Hood and Dirge performed in the beautifully intimate surroundings of the church is not something that you should pass up. [ Listen ] St. Mary's Church 21:15 Tall Ships One of my favourite memories from last year was the mass sing-along during Vessels, mid afternoon in the Pav Tav, it placed in my mind an idea that has been reaffirmed several times since, Tall Ships have it. They have whatever it is that every band is trying to achieve when they write songs, that feeling. Y'know that feeling when your hairs prickle up with your skin bumps as you realise that you are lucky to be alive and in a world full of potential. Yes, that is quite a bold statement, but have you seen Tall Ships play? If you haven't, then you really need to catch them soon, this years Great escape is the place. [ Listen ] Pav Tav Friday 1am The Hope Saturday 22:15 ***** Editors Picks: Tim Boddy (Photography Editor): Gang Colours The 405 have been following Will Ozanne's Gang Colours closely since the release of the violently monikered EP, In Your Gut Like A Knife , last summer. Recently the chap from Southampton released full-length debut album The Keychain Collection on Brownswood Recordings, to positive appraise. It's the kind of album that rewards enormously on repeated listens, the reflective soundscapes burying deep into the skin, and cut-up homages to garage swirl smoothy through the bloodstream. The result is rather Beautiful stuff, like if Mount Kimbie went into ballad territory - but with a very definite Gang Colours personal grace to proceedings. [ Listen ] Swords">Forest Swords Oh Swords">Forest Swords , where have you been? The solo project from Liverpool-based Matthew Barnes has been quiet of recent, following the release of 2010's gorgeous and beguiling LP Dagger Paths . Beguiling in that a myriad of differing styles are sewn into each other; Barnes' passion and knowledge ...

Filed under: News , New Music Barry Brecheisen, WireImage After more than a decade away, No Doubt are getting ready to skank and pogo back into the public eye. The California ska-punk band has been working for some time on a new album , and now said collection has a release date : Sept. 25. In the announcement video below, posted today on the quintet's website, singer Gwen Stefani goofs up the big reveal, initially telling fans the record will arrive on Sept. 26. "Nope," says bassist Tony Kanal, prompting the sometime solo artist and fashion maven to correct herself.

Australian remix artist Nick Bertke uses sounds from movies and TV shows as his raw material.

Pogo is an Australian VJ and producer who has exploded on Youtube for remixing, editing and sampling Disney movies, his most famous being his Alice in Wonderland remix. I remember first seeing this masterpiece and being mezmerized by the smooth beat layered upon recognizable yet simple sounds from the...

Pogo is an Australian VJ and producer who has exploded on Youtube for remixing, editing and sampling Disney movies, his most famous being his Alice in Wonderland remix. I remember first seeing this masterpiece and being mezmerized by the smooth beat layered upon recognizable yet simple sounds from the...

Aussie VJ and producer Pogo has built up a name for himself with his remixes of sequences from films, such as Disney’s ‘Alice In Wonderland’, which has received millions of hits. ‘Boo Bass’ is an inspired reworking of Monsters, Inc., one of the biggest kids’ films from Pixar. With the combination of childish yet surreal [...]

VIRAL VIDEO SELECTION MIA's Paper Planes brought to life on the Banjo. Viral Video is a periodic series we run celebrating music and moving images. We find today's subject clip from the stylish New York roots and rock duo of Bree Sharp and Rocket del Fuego, otherwise known as Small Machines">Beautiful Small Machines . The pair are making some noise on the web this week with their new video for "Paper Planes" (MIA) by NY filmmaker Tyson Kaup REINVENTING THE WHEEL with BANJO - One of the things I like so very much about great covers like this one ...

Being the seasoned blog vet that I am, some of you may find it very surprising that I had never heard a Pogo remix until last night. Needless to say [...]

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Growing up I adored the band, The Groovie Ghoulies! They had so much energy and were super, super fun! Their bouncy pop punk was infectious and made me want to dance (and visit the Island of Pogo Pogo!). I’ve also been a great fan of frontman Kepi’s art. Back in the late 90s I wrote [...]

I just finished a review of Michael Schenker Group’s Rockpalast show and what MSG has in common with PiL is that both bands are led by mercurial leaders who change lineups as often as they change shoes. This particular Public Image Limited show was filmed Halloween night in 1983 with the short-lived “cabaret band” lineup. To put some context around this, bassist Pete Jones had left the band in early 1983 and guitarist Keith Levine had left (or was fired, depending on whose story you believe) prior to the band’s Japanese tour. As such, drummer Martin Atkins and ...