She Wants Revenge: March Tour Dates

03/17/11 - Beauty Bar Austin , TX
03/21/11 - Bluebird Theater Denver , CO
03/22/11 - Bar Deluxe - Salt Lake City , UT
03/24/11 - El Corazon Seattle , WA
03/25/11 - Dante’s Portland , OR
03/26/11 - The Alley Sparks , NV
03/27/11 - The Blank Club San Jose , CA
03/28/11 - The Independent San Francisco , CA
03/30/11 - The Boardwalk Orangevale , CA
03/31/11 - Glasshouse Pomona , CA
04/01/11 - SoHo Santa Barbara , CA
04/02/11 - Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach , CA <----San Diego County
04/17/11 - Coachella Valley Music and Arts Indio CA

Picture is from their Facebook page.

What A Takedown Notice Looks Like

"Blogger has been notified, according to the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), that certain content in your blog is alleged to infringe upon the copyrights of others. As a result, we have reset the post(s) to "draft" status. (If we did not do so, we would be subject to a claim of copyright infringement, regardless of its merits. The URL(s) of the allegedly infringing post(s) may be found at the end of this message.) This means your post - and any images, links or other content - is not gone. You may edit the post to remove the offending content and republish, at which point the post in question will be visible to your readers again.

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Affected URLs:

http://djtalbotlikesugar.blogspot.com/2011/02/glasvegas-euphoria-take-my-hand-vid.html

This Post Has No Glasvegas Links. None, Zero, Nada.

As I predicted, I received a bu11sh*t "DMCA Takedown Notice" for posting a video of Glasvegas. I guarantee you, the record label requests the takedown without reading or examining the content. I read about this happening with any blog that mentioned the band when their first album came out.
So, sorry Glasvegas, you get no exposure to new listeners from me. I can't see how posting a video that your record company posted legally under the username "glasvegasVEVO's Channel" is a bad thing for you in any way. The embedding option was not disabled at the time I reposted the video. As I type this, the share option is still providing code for Blogger.
In the end, I understand that Blogger is a free service and I make the choice to use it. Sony needs to look at the intent and the content!

News From Ulrich Schnauss

Ulrich Schnauss has posted a new blog entry on his Myspace page. I really like his "Home Stereo Favorites" section. He's got links to all the videos for his selections, so you can listen straight away.

Electro Isn't Dead

Robots With Rayguns offers this tidy mix via Soundcloud.

Electro Isn't Dead by Robots With Rayguns

Grats to Mogwai

The new Mogwai "Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will" went in to the UK album charts today (Feb 20th) at number 25.
I have been listening to this one everyday and I seriously recommend it. It's a layered sound and I hear new sounds on each play. To their credit, this is an album I can listen to all by itself, all the way through. I don't get bored or feel like it's too heavy. Why are so many Scottish bands so brilliant?

Also of note: I added my last two podcasts to the server, so you can now download them directly, with no hassle. The right-side column of this blog has the links.

Cut Copy - "Need You Now" Video is out

Cut Copy - Need You Now from Cut Copy on Vimeo.

A Keith Schofield directed video.

Cut Copy Releases Mixtape

"A Tale of Two Journeys". There's no tracklist. If you can figure out the tracklisting perfectly and are one of the first five to e-mail info@punkdafunk.com, you'll receive a physical copy of the mix.
A Tale of Two Journeys (Mixtape) by cutcopymusic

Trashcan Sinatras new "Prisons" video

Brand new video for That Legendary Scottish Band... Trashcan Sinatras "Prisons"!


Follow them on Twitter: @TheTrashcans

A New Synthpop Track from Kid Kasio

Kid Kasio has posted a brilliant new and very catchy synthpop track! Listen to "The Reason" below or on his myspace page. I played his song "Not For Turning" on my new podcast. Get it here.

The Reason by kidkasio

The Ice Choir: Demos

The Ice Choir: 80's synthpop project by Kurt Feldman (The Depreciation Guild, Pains of Being Pure at Heart). Lyrics and an alternate sight for listening at bandcamp.

DEMOS by theicechoir

My Latest Podcast is Available

You can stream or download the mp3 (70.3 MB, 61 minutes) for free from zshare here.
I mixed this differently for this one. Instead of clumping genres in mini-sets, I spread the music-categories throughout the hour. So, for example: synthpop is heard at the beginning and then more post-punk bits and then back to some synthpop. I sacrifice any sort of mood-building, but I think arrangement will hold people's interest.

If you like at all, please leave me a comment. A simple hello keep me going at this. Alternatively, I can be reached at: djtalbotlikesugar@gmail.com.

Track-list:

Like Sugar 36 - DJ Talbot

01 - De/ Vision - Easy T0 Love Me
02 - C ut C0py - Blink And Y0u'll Miss A Rev0luti0n
03 - V i0lens - Acid Reign
04 - K id Kasi0 - Not F0r Turning
05 - M urder Mystery - Change My Mind
06 - C hapel Club - Surfacing
07 - T he Cure - T0 The Sky
08 - A ll0, Darlin' - Dreaming
09 - G lasvegas - The W0rld Is Y0urs
10 - T he Veils - The Letter
11 - T win Shad0w - For N0w
12 - H 00verph0nic - N0rwegian Stars
13 - P hant0gram - When I'm Small
14 - C hristian Kjellvander and Lise Westzynthius - Hand In Gl0ve

Eux Autres: new video "You're Alight"

I have followed this band (two members are brother and sister) since I saw them open-up for some act here in San Diego. I just adore everything they produce and have high hopes for their success. This track is particularly good, and a very nice introduction to their sound for new listeners. When I saw them live, Heather was singing and playing drums at the same time... that was impressive.


Eux Autres on Twitter

Det Vackra Livet - New Band on Sweden's Labrador (free .mp3)

I was going to save this for tomorrow, but I loved the song after one play... so I must post this now. Here's the blurb from Labrador Records: "We're very proud to announce that Det Vackra Livet - the best new band we've heard in ages - is now on Labrador! Yes, it's in Swedish, but don't let that scare you...
The duo consists of brothers Philip and Henrik Ekström who you might recognise from the band The Mary Onettes. Inspired by their grandmothers memoires and Swedish/Finnish poet Claes Andersson singer Philip wrote fifteen songs in a two months-creative outburst in the fall of 2010. The first single "Viljan" is out on iTunes now - you can of course download it for free from us. Enjoy!"

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart "Belong"

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart "Belong" by Slumberland Records

"They've enlisted the help of producer Flood (Smashing Pumpkins, U2, PJ Harvey) and ace mixer Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Arctic Monkeys). The result is "Belong," a massive sounding album, sonically ambitious but still grounded in the peerless song-craft that The Pains are known for." Release date: March 15, 2011.

Lola Dutronic's Rising Career

A new track from Lola Dutronic titled "The Best Years Of Our Lives" is out. You can download it on iTunes. Their recent release, Musique ep, on Red Star Digital Music has been widely acclaimed and listed on numerous Top 10 Best of 2010.

Best of Ladytron: 00-10 Coming Soon

From the Ladytron Blog on Myspace: "The Best of Ladytron: 00-10 will be released on March 29th in the US through Nettwerk Records (March 28th in UK). The collection reflects on a decade highlighted by 604 (2001), Light & Magic (2002), Witching Hour (2005) and Velocifero (2008) plus two new tracks; "Ace Of Hz" and "Little Black Angel." A two-disc deluxe version, featuring an additional 16 tracks & 80-page photo booklet, will also be available on March 29th."

Ladytron - Best Of 00-10 by nettwerkmusicgroup