This is WHACK!

...and I'm not talking about the image above.

I don't understand how they did this, it blows my mind. But, somehow you can control what you see in this video by clicking and dragging the camera to the angle you want. Check it out and be mesmerized!..

360 Degree Festival Experience

Kids Of 88 - Just A Little Bit

Kids Of 88 have a new single and it's just a little bit sexy, a little bit clever, and a whole lot amazing. 'Just A Little Bit' deviates ever so slightly from unashamed pop hit 'My House' and swings the door ajar for Kids Of 88 to pursue different avenues both musically and stylistically. McCarthy's vocal delivery and melody work exerts the quirky confidence of a Karen-O meets Justin Timberlake indie-pop hit making machine - moody, clever, and catchy as hell. Electronic programming and production has also improved sounding as slick as a multi-million dollar Gaga record rather than a bedroom D.I.Y affair. Already at #13 on the NZ Charts, 'Just A Little Bit' looks set to propel Kids Of 88 to the top with even more swagger and swoon than before.

Kids Of 88 - Just A Little Bit

Grind Your Bones To Make My Beats

I made my first mini-mix this week, and thought I'd share it here. It doesn't feature anything overly 'new' or 'exclusive' - it's just ten tracks that I've been digging lately. 

Track List:

1. Crookers feat. Soulwax & Mixhell - We Love Animals

2. Noob & Brodinski - Peanuts Club (BeatauCue Remix)

3. D.I.M & TAI - Lyposuct (Original Mix)

4. Diplo feat. Afrojack - How I Like It / Pon De Floor (Laidback Luke vs. Auri Ps)

5. Congorock & Crookers - Sbombers (Original Mix)

6. Djedjotronic - Gum Attack (Original Mix)

7. Sound Of Stereo - Zipper (Original Mix)

8. Wolfgang Gartner - Undertaker (Original Mix)

9. Afrojack & The Partysquad - Check Die Beat (Original Mix)

10. Gorillaz - Stylo (Alex Metric Remix)

Grind Your Bones To Make My Beats  by  killmecurious

Kollektiv Turmstrasse

Kollectiv Turmstrasse is Nico Plagemann and Christian Hilscher - a German electronic duo producing mind-altering minimal tech-house, accompanied by equally mind-altering animated music videos. 

All I can say is... If your mind is already 'altered' for one reason or another, this music could potentially lead you down one demented rabbit hole. 

Kollectiv Turmstrasse - Tristesse

Kollectiv Turmstrasse - Holunderbaum (Rumpel Mix)

Jonathan Boulet - A Community Service Announcement

Jonathan Boulet is the latest member of the 'Modular' family - an Australian skate-rat turned indie-pop dream kid. Boulet wrote, recorded and played almost every instrument on his self-titled debut album in his pokey little garage studio, and has managed to create a refreshing sound of feel-good folk-infused pop. His first single 'A Community Service Announcement' is just that, and you can check out the video below. 

Jonathan Boulet - A Community Service Announcement

Cheryl Cole - 3 Words

I caught this song on C4 the other day and was drawn into the avant-garde video and its musical and dynamic qualities - a rare discovery on mainstream networks. Cheryl Cole is an English pop-star who rose to fame via one of those cringe-worthy 'let's make a pop band' reality TV series. However, she teams up with pop genius Will.I.Am for '3 Words', and I have to admit I am mildly impressed.

Cheryl Cole feat. Will.I.Am - 3 Words

Boy Crisis

Boy Crisis, from Brooklyn, New York, are a 'weird pop' band in the same vein as MGMT and Empire Of The Sun. Initially their music didn't strike me as anything remarkable, it was different... quite fun, but came across as though they were trying too hard to be 'alternative'. However, upon reading their bio I became a convert (oh... it's supposed to be alllll about the music?) - Cut them some slack, the music is good, it just takes a little crafty convincing to realise it. 

"Boy Crisis are one part funk, two parts electro funk and ten parts electrosexfunk... Here to make sure all your parts feel like grooving, whether they want to or not... Each song is a 3-minute ritual to the Gods of Pop".  

Read the bio in its elaborate entirety here

Boy Crisis - The Fountain Of Youth

Boy Crisis - Dressed To Digress