alan braxe + palermo disko machine.
today we have a very special feature. considered one of the big bosses of the french sound, and responsible for inspiring a generation of people like me, alan braxe is a name we're proud to present.i got the chance to ask alan a few questions, as if to get inside his head and understand what changed from stardust till now. well, to start, alan is a papa now. a father of two, he cannot stay up all at night slaving in the studio anymore. early morning

yeah yeah yeahs + a-trak.
there are tracks that get so many hype in advance that basically there's no introduction needed at all. the a-trak remix of 'heads will roll' by yeah yeah yeahs is one of them. in early october, annie mac played the banging remix on her radio show and ever since requests have been popping up everywhere on forums all over and radio rips have been floating around to as a substitute for the real thing.while the remix is getting an official release, it's o

annie.
after appreciating little boots and la roux for months, it is finally time for the original blog pop queen to take over again: annie is finally going to release her album "don't stop" which has constantly been pushed back and reworked and redone and what not. and if this new track "i don't like your band" taken from the album is any indicator, it might just be the album we were dying to hear!

florence and the machine + the xx.
the xx give us their take on florence and the machine's already super good cover of candi staton's legendary 'you got the love'. this remix might not be one of those totally replacing the original, since the original is just too catchy itself, but it's dangerously close. maybe it's even better, you decide!florence and the machine

french fries.
with rapid advancements in technology across the board, little kids are showing up the big kids beating them at their own game. i first noticed this phenomenon when i saw little 8-year-old kids doing skateboarding tricks and beating guys three times their own age in the x-games. i figured that they studied skate videos for hours and just thought these tricks were normal.seems as though the same pattern is happening with music production. french fries just turned seventeen and is already churning out some major contenders. legend has it that he s