New Year, New Music :-)

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For anyone whos not stopped drinking since Christmas drinkig, firstly well done you get first prize - a three week memory blank, but secondly its now 2010. Not much has changed really; we're now only two years from not dieing at the end of 2012, the news is still depressing but on a happy end of the news style note mother natures put the country through trial by snow. A fun experience where kids are off school, the streets have become highly drunk unfriendly and anyone wanting to get anywhere can't.

Based on this unless you live in Bangor, the most snow proof place in the world?, then your probably not going to leave your house for twenty hundred years, according to no actual weather guessers. So your going to need several new toys to pipe lovely new music into your world. The first new toy which will save hundreds of hours of snowflake counting is Spotify. Ok, so its not really new, but will give you access to a whole world of music old and new without you having to go outside and risk the public shame of falling on your arse. This blog has a link to get it without an invite, also I forget to mention - aside from the barrells of pride your going to save its also free. What more could you want?!

The second, frankly amazing source, is a website by the name of The Hype Machine. This has a host of random remixes, free tracks and can put you in touch with a many many music blogs. Kind of like this one, except better and with more shiny pictures. Lots of music goodness has also occurred so far however. Some of these are from 2009 and some 2010 but they're all cracking tunes!

The first of these audio delights is quite amazing. I'm fairly certain that if it were a physical thing (preferdly made from pastry and apples) I'd eat it very quickly. It is the Death to the Throne remix of The xx's Shelter, available here (right click and save) it is an electro remix of the band. The first I've found, and I'vr had hours of essay writing time in which to look. I can't decide if its a genius electro re-imagining for the band for a slighlty tedious thing music snobs will come to react to with sentiments such as 'I don't like change'. Either way it deserves atleast a little of your delectation (I heard this word no less than twice on tele during the winter period, therefore it must be good?).

Another promising act for this year is Hadouken! - not only is it a video game finishing move, but also apparently a noise emitting group of people which some people like to call bands. Look at their first release Music For An Accelerated Culture with tracks like this to hear what they're all about

Like that? listen to they're latest release For The Masses, an album mini mix is available here and love it, hate it or express an unsual desire imitate through the art of beatboxing you'll remember it - and with any luck it will stick in your head like pigeon shit to car.

The final track in this blog is probably quite old - but more genius than Brad Pitts itailian accent in Inglorious Basterds. Its a mash-up by of Justice's D.A.N.C.E and Santogolds Les Artists. A mesmerising combination of songs and production work, check it out here (right click and save). Awesome times.

That'll do it I think, theres three very cool tracks. Talking of cool things Isle of Wight festival is shaping up to be something special minus Jay-Z, atleast I hope so as I now possess three tickets. Time to sleep now. Nos da.