BLONDES - True Panther Showcase

Amazing videographer Ray Concepcion recently shot a performance by TSR faves Blondes, as well as Lemonade and Tanlines at Monster Island in Brooklyn. This is what we're all about right now. Enjoy...

Review:TANLINES - Settings ep83%

Tanlines’ new ep Settings showcases the band’s unique fusion of percussive island music with a modern electronic sensibility. The six-track disc impressively demonstrates the Brooklyn duo’s eccentric pop aesthetic, while keeping the music grounded firmly in its fuck-me pumps on the dance floor.

Opening track “Reinfo” is an insular, instrumental track that perfectly guides you into the realm of the sound at work here.
This is followed by the lead off single “Real Life”, a sensational introduction to the group’s hooky sound, as the vocals croon, “It was a past life thing, it was a past life thing, it wasn’t anything at all…for a minute I was lost, I looked away; I was looking for a home…my destination was unknown”. This is danceable music with an intellectual slant.

Tanlines are part of a percussion-based disco explosion emanating in Brooklyn right now, joining bands like Lemonade, Javelin, and Brahms in the movement. Frequent collaborator Glasser, an equally thrilling new artist, is featured on the closing track “Z”, a contemplative dance gem that finishes the ep on an ethereal high note.

Tanlines are currently playing select dates with The XX and Memory Tapes. Don’t hesitate if you have the chance to catch these guys live!

Originally published at kevchino.com.

RUDE DUDES - Oui Be Jammin' mixtape

Our new friend Jay sent over this mix from The Rude Dudes and it's crazy good! Featuring tracks from The B-52's, Tanlines, The Slits, Mika Miko, Teengirl Fantasy and much more, this mix chronicles nearly every period of my everchanging love for music. Download link and tracklist below.

Rude Dudes - Oui Be Jammin' (mixtape) [link 46mb]

Oui Be Jammin' tracklist:

UGK feat Outkast - International Player's Anthem
Jason Derulo - Watcha Say
Mika Miko - Business Cats
B-52's - Dance This Mess Around
Cat Stevens - Here Comes My Baby
Ace Frehley - Back In The New York Groove
Notorious BIG - Party and Bullshit (In The USA remix)
Teengirl Fantasy - Hoop Dreams
Miami Sound Machine - Bad Boy
Bobby Brown - On Our Own
Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules Theme
M - Pop Musik
Dr. Hook - When Your In Love With a Beautiful Woman
The Bar-Kays - Soul Finger
Razzy - I Hate Hate
Tanlines - Bejan
The Slits - I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Grass Roots - Sooner or Later

New TANLINES - Real Life

A new track has surfaced from Brooklyn's Tanlines. "Real Life" is taken from the Settings ep, due 3/9 on True Panther. You can get the track digitally now on iTunes, along with remixes by Memory Tapes and Basic Needs.

Real Life by truepanther

New TANLINES Remix of SOLID GOLD

Loving this new Tanlines remix of Solid Gold's "Matter of Time".

"Separately, on January 12th 2010, Solid Gold release their brand new five song Synchronize EP which will be available exclusively via iTunes. The EP features the single "Synchronize" from their 2008 album Bodies of Water, two new tracks, a cover of Kenny Loggins' Top Gun classic "Danger Zone," and a remix of "Synchronize" by Morgan Kibby of M83 fame (aka White Sea)."

Solid Gold - Matter of Time (Tanlines remix) [mp3] (via P4k/GreenLabelSound)