birthday party

We're having a special ATOMIQUE @ Eleven tonight because we are celebrating the one and only Miss Modernage's birthday! Miss M. and i go way back, so it makes sense that i throw her the best birthday party ever. Tunes will be provided by the great Nick Catchdubs who is our guest DJ for the night. Tonight, we're also hosting SOFT's afterparty, so if you're going to see them at the Mercury lounge (and you should), come by afterwards. We'd really love everyone to come out for the occasion!
There is NO COVER, the party starts at 10pm, beers and well drinks 1/2 off for the first 2 hours and we'll have some Blue Light Specials as well. Note that the party will be held in the bigger room upstairs instead of the usual Tony Montana room downstairs. The bigger, the better! Eleven is located at 152 Orchard St. between Stanton and Rivington St.

romantic rights

Apparently i'm a mega music nerd, and my parents have no idea! I hide it well. Take the music nerd test (from Maxime), it's long but fun.

LCD Soundsystem's self-titled debut album is out next week, and is so very recommended by the Melody Nelson computer, stereo system, and ipod. Those three devices have been playing the double CD non-stop. I'll add that Tribulations in particular is one brilliant track. Check out this LCD Soundsystem player if you want to stream and pre-order the album.

I love good remixes of good songs, especially those that fall in the "rock" category. I often prefer spinning the remixes rather than the original versions, simply because they're usually more "club/dance" oriented and much better and easier to mix in a set. Almost any 80's new wave 12" have remixes of singles that can go from decent to really good. I'm thinking of The Cure and Depeche Mode right now, cause these two bands always seem to have a ton of remixed singles from back in the day. I really like that new bands are getting into having their songs remixed. Some current favorite remixes of mine are Bloc Party's Banquet [Disco Phones Edit], Franz Ferdinand's This Fire [Playgroup remix] (thanks to Gerald for the tip on this one) and Mommy and Daddy's Confection Remix. I also found a really good (old-er) vocal mix of The Smashing Pumpkins' 1979, that has a nice low-fi dance beat. There are so many more good ones i could think of...
Although i found a new favorite one when i recently came across a sick remix of DFA1979's Romantic Nights by Erol Alkan (of Trash in London). I guess this was an easy one for me since i love the original song. I actually got an mp3 of it to share with everyone. So here it is, remix junkies like myself, enjoy!

Death From Above 1979 :: Romantic Rights (Erol Alkan's Love From Below Re-Edit) [mp3]

Also feel free to share your favorite rock remixes with me, so i can go hunting for more.

this fire

I have a really great show lined up tonight at Rothko with some bands that you may not have heard of yet, but i guarantee you'll enjoy them all. Check out the Vicious site to read about the bands. Show details...

Tuesday February 8th :: $8 :: 21+
Rothko :: 116 Suffolk St. Between Rivington and Delancey St.

11pm - The Picture
10pm - Dentista Dentista (formerly Nimbus)
9pm - Mancino
8pm - Gliss
With guest DJ Fludd!

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MisShapes was a lot fun, i spun right before Jarvis and Steve and tried to get the crowd dancing before the Pulp lads took over. Jarvis and Steve really did an amazing job on the decks! I remember them playing Kasabian, The Fever, DFA1979, Bloc Party, and a lot more good stuff.