Slow Songs For Fast Hearts

Yo Majesty are about to release their debut album

Yo Majesty - debut album out soon!

Fans of electro rap should check out Yo Majesty if you haven’t already! After dropping singles Club Action and Kryptonite Pussy they’ve got a whole bunch of new songs and are about to release their first album. I’m loving the lead single, Booty Klap! So catchy!

Here’s an interview in Nylon magazine and their MySpace.

Listen to the track here!

Posted 50 days ago | By Katie | Comment [3]
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LADYHAWKE

Ladyhawke

Okay I haven’t posted on here in ages, but it’s been because I haven’t had anything interesting to write about (okay I did go see the Breeders…)

Now I’m back, and want everyone to listen to this! It’s the MEGAMIX from Ladyhawke’s upcoming album. Seriously, it is so good! I even told my mum to listen to it!

I remember listening to Back Of The Van years ago and loving it – now there is a whole album! Out September 22nd – details on her MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/ladyhawkerock.

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So it turns out I like Indie Pop

Melissa came over for dinner the other night and pointed out that I like Indie Pop music…

(You Tube wouldn’t let me embed the first version which is here)

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Um, yeah.

It’s been a while since either of us have posted anything on here. I’ve been super busy with work (two part time jobs and doing a heap of freelance design means pretty much all I do is work and sleep!) so haven’t had a chance to even think about what I’d like to write about. But I want to say that Macromantics is a genius. I mean, she rhymes Susan Faludi with booty!

So yes, I’m still listening to Macromantics heaps! My iTunes says I’ve played the album 84 times, and I’m always playing the CD and listening to it on my iPod so I’m surprised I’m not totally sick of it yet!

I haven’t had a chance to check out anything new for a while, but lately I’ve also been listening to Public Warning by Lady Sovereign, Standing in the Way of Control by The Gossip and Version by Mark Ronson.

If you’ve been reading Slow Songs For Fast Hearts regularly, you’ll know that I am a fan of (good!) cover versions of songs. And Versions is just that — an entire album of cover versions! If you too are a fan, you should check it out. Ronson produces the songs, and has a different artist sing each one. It has a focus on British music, with the original songs primarily being by British bands and artists and I think all of the singers on the album are British. It’s definitely not something I’d have listened to if it wasn’t for the cover versions, and now that I think about it I wouldn’t really listen to the original versions either! Apart from this I don’t think I listen to anything by the singers on Version as they’re not really what I’m into (and I have to admit I don’t think I’ve heard of half of them) but where else can you hear a band (or guy?) called Triggers doing a cover of Toxic by Britney Spears that samples Ol Dirty Bastard from the Wu-Tang Clan?!

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Dear Joan Jett

You are a rockstar. You used to be my favourite rockstar. But not any more. I forgave you when you went to Afghanistan and played for the American troops. I thought that you were there to support the guys who accidentally ended up fighting in the war, not because you supported the war itself. But today I walked past a massive billboard with you on it. For Converse. I don’t know. I know I’m not perfect and that I’m a hypocrite, but being paid to be in an ad for Nike, wearing shoes made in sweat shops with child labour? And on that note, what is it with all these female musicians and their Nikes? Melissa and I were talking about it the other day, is it some joke we don’t get? Then again, male rockstars sell out all the time. Maybe it’s time the girls got paid.

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