Music: Thieves Like Us, Xinobi, Crystal Castles & Viola

I have found lot's of great music lately:

Thieves Like Us


Song
Theives Like Us - Fass

- This song is amazing, I first heard it on a music blog. This song is incredibly catchy and wonderful. They take their name from the New Order song, "Thieves Like Us"? perhaps. New Order elements can definately be heard in their songs.

MySpace Artist Description
Thieves Like Us met each other in Berlin in 2002. We met in Mauer Park. Two of us are from Sweden. One is from the United States. We were friends hanging out in a vast foreign city. We struggled with the language and the culture. We we hadn't registered our residencies at the local city hall so we couldn't even get memberships at a videotek. We were fans of rock and pop music and would try to find places to go out drinking and dancing, but all we would hear is techno and electro. The women didn't seem to like us at all. We started deejaying ourselves. We would play old krautrock (nobody recognized it), italo disco, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Factory Records stuff, and even new hip-hop. Later on we discovered French filter house and added this to our repertoire. Our cross over dj sets really seemed to bother the Berliners. Maybe it was the inconsistency in bpms. In Berlin, we heard and saw enough electronic music we didn't like. We thought we could do it better so we started our own band. Unable to gain a label or following in Berlin, we have temporarily relocated to New York City. Thieves Like Us will soon be seeking asylum in France.

Thieves Like Us - MySpace


Xinobi


I found Xinobi off a person's MySpace who added me. Amazing music from Portugal. I cannot find any of his music online, apart from this mix which was on his MySpace and the songs which stream on his MySpace. If you know of where to get/buy his music, please let me know. I must of played each of his MySpace songs a total of say 3 times. Oh and he likes Turbonegro! He even has a song on his MySpace called "Turbonegro's Lesson" which samples bits of spoken Turbonegro dialogue from Turbonegro tracks over a good beat.

Xinobi - MySpace

Last.fm Artist Description
Shinobi, o popular jogo de Arcade dos anos 80, foi dos primeiros vícios digitais de Bruno Cardoso que, com Xinobi, lhe presta como que uma homenagem através da música também ela produzida em suporte digital. É o seu alter-ego para o que não cabe nos The Vicious Five, onde milita como guitarrista, e com os quais gosta de fazer dançar.

Descobriu, em meados de 90, a então emergente música electrónica francesa, e não mais a largou.

Xinobi Mix
Hit Parade 3 Mix by Xinobi - 39.7Mb

Mix Playlist:
ROBBIE WILLIAMS - Lovelight (Soulwax Ravelight Dub)
DIGITALISM - Zdarlight
EURYTHMICS - Sweet Dreams (Steve Angello rmx)
THE JUAN MACLEAN - Give Everything that you Got (Cajmere mix)
MYLO vs MIAMI SOUND MACHINE - Doctor Pressure (Dirty CLub Mix)
MBG & SDS - New Jack (Steve Angello rmx)
DAFT PUNK - Burnin'
TOMBOY - I Kill Guitar
ALL SAINTS - Rockstedy (Mstrkrft rmx)
MADONNA - Sorry (Man With Guitar mix)
HOT CHIP - And I Was a Boy From School
MOULINEX - Down and Out


Crystal Castles


Their myspace lists their genre as thrash. Fantastic 16-bit electronic sounds from Toronto, Canada.

Crystal Castles - MySpace

Last.fm Artist Description
They are Crystal Castles.
They are 1 boy and 1 girl.
They are named after She-Ra's home.
They play rough.
They are from Toronto.
They sample sounds from the old skool video game of the same name.

Songs
Air Wax
Crystal Castles vs HEALTH - Crimewave
HEALTH - Crimewave (Original)


Viola


I heard Viola today whilst playing a last.fm user's (who had visited my page) playlist. Her playlist was full of great sweet melodic pop songs, Viola stood out the most. Viola remind me of Mew, they are from Finland.

Last.fm Artist Description
Viola is a indie rock finnish band that have been playing their dramatic, melancholic and bittersweet, yet hopeful pop music since the turn of the millennium

Official Website

Songs:
Since Forever Now
I Don't Know How To Party
Sad Eyed Disco Dancers
Lovelights

more songs available from their Last.fm


That's all for now. I do not know how long these links will be active for so get them while they're hot. :) <-- Where is the correct position to place the full stop? Before or after the smiley? or the use of smiley eliminates the need for a full stop?

Posted by Nathan Kowald @ 1:56 PM