Hipster Overkill

DIM MAK TICKET GIVE AWAY CONTEST

Dominic — Fri, 28 May 2010 00:06:00 GMT

HIPSTER OVERKILL
DIM MAK RECORDS AND THE ROXY
WANT TO GIVE YOU A PAIR OF TICKETS
TO SEE

DAN BLACK
THURSDAY JUNE 3rd, 2010

IN HOLLYWOOD, CA
@ THE ROXY
9009 Sunset Blvd.

HOW TO WIN:

Follow www.HipsterOverkill.com on TWITTER (@HipsterOverkill) and between Friday, May 28 - Tuesday, June 1, 2010 we will send out a question about Dan Black. The first 2 people to tweet back with the correct answer will win a pair of tickets for the the show on Thursday, June 3rd courtesy of Dim Mak Records, The Roxy, and www.HipsterOverkill.com!

THIS SHOW IS ALL AGES!

[click the flier for show details]

www.DIMMAK.com

www.TheRoxyOnSunset.com

CHECK OUT OUR RECENT
PODCAST INTERVIEW
WITH DAN BLACK

Morel Remix Series: "Shoegazer Disco" + tour dates

Dominic — Thu, 27 May 2010 05:12:00 GMT

RICHARD MOREL RELEASES REMIX SERIES
AND HITS THE ROAD WITH BLOW OFF

Walking the line between Dance, Indie Rock and even Hip-Hop seems old hat these days but at the early stages of the new millennium it was a fresh idea that won critics over and left audiences baffled. One of the innovators of this genre crossing that has become commonplace (see Hot Chip, Kid Cudi, and too many others to mention) is Richard Morel aka Morel aka Pink Noise. The Boston native is mostly known for his releases on his own Outsider Records, collaborations with Deep Dish, and remixes for The Killers, Depeche Mode, and even Mariah Carey! Currently he is releasing a series of remixes of tracks off his The Death Of A Paper Boy album. First up is "Shoegazer Disco", an Indie influenced dance tune in the tradition of 90's classics like Chemical Brothers "Star Guitar". The single has been flipped into Deep and Progressive remixes by Linus Love, Roberto Rodriguez, and Mono Fuzz.

Download the Roberto Rodriquez remix below and be on the look out for future releases in the remix series. For more info visit www.MorelWorld.com.

- D. Painter

Morel-Shoegazer Disco Remix EP by outsider music

Download "Shoegazer Disco" (Roberto Rodriquez Remix)

RICHARD MOREL and BOB MOULD
"BLOW OFF" Tour Dates

Sat May 29- Chicago IL - Metro (IML / BearPride)

Sat Jun 12 - Washington DC - 9:30 Club (Capital Pride)

Fri Jun 25 - New York NY - Canal Room (Heritage Of Pride)

Sat Jun 26 - San Francisco CA - Slim's (40th Anniversary Pride)

Tue Jul 13 - Provincetown MA - Boatslip

Featuring esteemed indie rocker Bob Mould and renowned remix artist Richard Morel DJing, the Blowoff gay dance parties attract a wide cross-section of people from all walks of life,providing a rare meeting ground for everyone from music-loving hipsters, to beer-drinking men's men, to dance music enthusiasts, to leather daddies, to the muscle men featured in Blowoff's signature artwork

Stuart Price cuts a Scissor Sisters album

Dominic — Thu, 27 May 2010 04:04:00 GMT

SCISSOR SISTERS DROP NEW ALBUM
WITH HELP OF THIN WHITE DUKE

The Scissor Sisters have been a surprise success story. You may hate them but their devoted fans are going to keep them here whether you like it or not. On that note, get prepared for their 3rd collection of Disco Glam Dance anthems, Night Work, coming out June 29th. For the first time, they have enlisted an outside producer to broaden their sound. To make this happen they brought in Stuart Price, possibly the most successfull producer of vocal driven dance music, at least in the last decade. Also known as the Thin White Duke (a moniker he borrowed from David Bowie), Price earned a major status boost when he produced Madonna's Confessions On A Dancefloor which (if you were in a cave and have no idea) spawned the mega hits "Sorry", "Jump", "Get Together", and "Hung Up". Millions of record sales later, the Duke has been at the helm of projects for high end clients including New Order, Seal, and The Killers. Those who've felt the Sisters past work had too much of a novelty feel can drop the cynicism once they hear the refined material the new collaboration has produced. The lead single "Fire With Fire" is an 80's New Wave throw back bringing Human League and Erasure to mind. You can check out the video for the track plus stream "Invisible Light" below. Look for Night Work on sale June 29th.

- D. Painter

Invisible Light (stream Embed)

Fire With Fire (stream embed)

Diplo & Tiesto vs Notorious B.I.G. [DOWNLOAD]

Dominic — Thu, 13 May 2010 19:39:00 GMT

DIPLO & TIESTO "C'MON"

GET'S A HIP-HOP MAKEOVER

Thanks to a tweet from none other than Diplo himself, Dave Wrangler is getting some serious attention. The Houston DJ/Producer mashed up Diplo & Tiesto's recent single "C'mon" with the classic Notorious B.I.G. track "Going Back To Cali" and has received the Mad Decent impresario's personal stamp of approval. Expect to hear this at a lot of clubs in the coming months.

- D. Painter

*SORRY, THEY MADE US TAKE THIS TRACK DOWN
BUT YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT HERE
soundcloud.com/davewrangler

HARDCORE REVIVAL: Electro Goes Punk (M.I.A., Rifoki, Nadastrom)

Dominic — Wed, 05 May 2010 05:28:00 GMT

ELECTRO GOES PUNK

New Mixes And Singles Show Love To The 80's Hardcore Scene

- The Big Ragu

The U.K. gets the glory but Punk was born in the U.S. Depending on who you ask, it was created by The New York Dolls, Iggy & The Stooges, MC5, Television, or the Velvet Underground. As the 70's came to a close the influence of all the before mentioned groups impacted the disaffected youth of LA, DC, Boston and beyond and gave way to a more aggressive and high energy brand called Hardcore. From 1980 to 1985 a tight nit community was formed by bands scraping to build a scene along with the kids bubbling with frustration, waiting for anything to disrupt the Reagan era. DC had Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Henry Rollins, and Fugazi. Boston had SS Decontrol, Jerry's Kids, D.Y.S., and Negative FX. California had Black Flag, The Circle Jerks, Agent Orange, Dead Kennedy's, and Suicidal Tendencies to name just a few. Pressing their own vinyl and touring from city to city playing dive bars and community center rec rooms succeeded in creating an underground movement that burned bright in a flash and burned out just as fast. Although Hardcore has continued, many of the legendary bands quit due to lack of money and industry support, after only a short 5 year career in most cases. When you think about it, the U.K. Punk scene really only lasted from 1975 to 1980 before being replaced by Post Punk (New Order, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Cure, etc.) and New Wave. The Exception being The Clash who successfully lasted 10 years thanks to the infusion of Reggae, Disco and Hip-Hop within their later albums. Who's to gauge how long it really takes to have a successful revolution.

Rifoki ablum cover, Nadastrom and Stereo Faith
RIFOKI "ZOMBIE ATTACK" video in our VIRAL VIDEOS section [VIEW HERE]

Just as the first Hardcore bands were influenced by Iggy, The Ramones, and the early Punk Pioneers, many of those who grew up in the 80's who later became the stars of the current Electro House scene were raised on Hardcore. In late April Steve Aoki and Bob Rifo (the brain behind The Bloody Beetroots) indulged in their childhood love of all that was Hardcore by debuting their Rifoki side project. Their album, Sperm Donar, is an ode to all the greats and features the single "Zombie Attack", an intense and pure Southern California style mosh pit anthem that borrows the erie theme to the film 28 Days Later. Almost as if it were planned, Diplo's Mad Decent label just released a mix CD of American Hardcore Classics titled Salad Days, mixed by DC (arguably the capitol of Hardcore) natives Nadastrom and Stereo Faith. Again, as if the Electro Gods met for a round table discussion about the next move, M.I.A. leaks her latest single "Born Free" that is, surprise surprise, a Hardcore song. With the political content many of the early 80's groups infused in their songs, it's not unrealistic that M.I.A. would have moved in this direction as Electro music became harder in response to the Black Eyed Peas and LMFAO's co-opting of the culture. At The Bloody Beetroots recent 2 night sold out appearance at The Palladium in Los Angeles they jolted fans by following their biggest hit, "Warp", with a 5 minute sample of Rifoki's new material. Although some were prepared and happy to receive, many of the "e" rolling ravers on scene damn near inhaled their pacifiers in shock. Who knows where this current romanticism will lead but hopefully a new generation of youth can be turned onto some true American History.

M.I.A. "BORN FREE" [Download]

CATCH UP ON YOUR HARDCORE HISTORY WITH THIS MIX:

[CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD]

Recommended Viewing:
American Hardcore (Sony Picture Classics, 2006)