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November 29, 2008

Guess What Wesley is Dressed as! Plus: Superb Saturday Mix!

Filed under: Dieter Schöön,Graig Markel,jared fumari,Jens Lekman,snow,Snowden,Snowfight in the city centre,the banshee,the lk,The Octopus Project,The Russian Futurists,the stills,Wesley the robot — AZLTRON @ 8:52 am

This is it! The last Wesley the Robot Cartoon of the year! I decided to take a hiatus from the squid battle and do something more festive and cute. Who would have ever thought that “Cute” would be the word to describe this emotionally impaired automoton? Stay tuned for more on Wesley’s meteoric rise to fame.

In the meantime, enjoy this cold, snowy, winter-y mix.

AZLTRON – Snowday (By Me!)

Snowfight in the City Centre – No Light Left

Graig Markel – Figures in the Snow

The LK – The Private Life of a Cat

Snowden – Anti Anti (Treasure Fingers Remix) <-- Highly Recommended!

The Stills – Snow in California

Dieter Schöön – The Harbour’s Cold

Jared Fumari – Snow

The Octopus Project – Exploding Snowhorse

The Banshee – Colder

Moby – When It’s Cold I’d Like to Die

Jens Lekman – The Cold Swedish Winter

The Russian Futurists – It’s not really Cold when it Snows

Au Revoir Simone – Fallen Snow

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November 15, 2008

Wesley the Robot and A Superb Saturday Mix♦

Filed under: Jens Lekman,longwave,Mason Proper,Red Light Company,the banshee,the faint,The Killers,The Secret Machines,the stills — AZLTRON @ 1:57 pm

Upon his way to investigating the reason that the power is out across the city, Wesley has a “Human moment”. Maple leaves huh?

The Secret Machines – Underneath the Concrete

Bloc Party – Zephyrus

Mason Proper – Shiny

Longwave – The Devil & The Liar

The Stills – Being Here

The Killers – Human (Armin Van Buuren Remix)

Red Light Company – Scheme Eugene (James Yuill omega 3 Remix)

The Banshee – Colder

The Faint – Mirror Error

The Kills – U.R.A. Fever

The Notwist – Boneless

Walter Meego – Forever

Jens Lekman – Maple Leaves

The Secret Machines – The Leaves Are Gone

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October 26, 2008

The Banshee’s "Your Nice Habits" is akin to a Grad Student with Intravenous Caffiene. In a good way.

Filed under: Clor,Gary Numan,New Order,shit disco,Talking Heads,the banshee,the wombats,xtc,your nice habits — AZLTRON @ 10:13 am

The Banshee are an electro/punk band from Genova Italy. Their post punk stylings call to mind the likes of Gary Numan, XTC, wire, Talking Heads and many others. Their music is rife with angled jagged riffs and huge grooves with gooey bass filling.

Their debut album Your Nice Habits features production from former Clor member Luke Smith, who has also produced such bands as Shit Disco, frYars,
Theoretical Girl and he’s now working on the new Depeche Mode album. His influence can be felt on the twitchy rhythms and loud quiet tensions that can be found on many of the songs.

For all of their intelligence and desire to be a unique quirky bunch of skinny white boys from Europe, their music doesn’t always sound a lot different. They have a lot of nearly impossibly complicated all over the place plunked melodies and rhythms similar to that of Clor or Shit Disco that are incredibly catchy, but sometimes it’s a bit much. While they don’t bring much new to the table in the terms of their format as an indie electro punk band, they execute their ideas flawlessly, and they show incredible potential when they poke some air holes in their grooves on closing tracks “People Around” and “Colder”.

At it’s core, Your Nice Habits, is like a college student at 4am with a quart of caffeine circulating his veins and ADD thoughts flashing in his mind of partying, papers, and prudent action in our day and times.

The Banshee – Cut Me Clear

The Banshee – Colder

The Banshee Myspace

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