My highlights from the two festivals below.

I didn’t get to go to a festival in the refurbished Aotea Square – Auckland Laneway, while having some kiwi bands who would have been good to see, didn’t have Bear in Heaven or Les Savy Fav and i was hanging out to see them both so I crossed the ditch to stay and go to the festival with my brother.
It was super cool. Split over 4 stages at an Arts University Campus in Central-West Sydney. The bands who stood out were the two …

I went and saw the Fela film (well technically a recording of a stage play but… ) and have afro breath as a result and you’d think a nice 18 minute opus to the man this week would be high on my agenda and I admit it was until I happened upon this delightful blog (http://puttingoutfire.posterous.com/) and spied this gem…
Nothing to do with afro beat, Fela Kuti or movies… but by god its grand

Whilst I adore Children’s Hour normally I’d post any song but this – as imo its their ‘hit’ so normally Id opt for something less known.. but having seen the band yesterday at Laneways in Auckland I couldn’t resist Looking For The Sun for they played a blinding version of this – the rest of the set was patchy at best… and bloody cool!
Post punk at its finest. Get the EP (mick did) it so rocks!
 

I’ve been meaning to post up some favourite releases of last year for a while now.
Favourite album:
Mount Kimbie – Crooks and Lovers
BMP favourite and the best post dubstep related release for me last year, although the Four Tet album ‘There is Love in You’ was also a firm favourite. These two kids from London have nailed this album. I really like the way the LP slowly builds up to songs like ‘Before i Move’ and ‘Blind Night Errand’ and dissolves away again into shorter more fragmented pieces.

Favourite compilation:
Mark E – …

I’ve been hammering this song for the past couple of weeks, discovered whilst I researched what bands I wanted to see at the Big Day Out which has just gone… Must admit I’m totally hooked on this infectious little number, big time.
On the day (BDO) I went and watched said band… stnading in the rain surrounded mainly by silly dancing hippies… which mad me angry (why must they prance around ALWAYS where you are standing – out of the way)…  anyway the band were ppants… the song good… I got …

It was a long hard week of nothingness last week, being the fist week back at work post summer break was quite sobering to say the least…
Thankfully I had this song on the pod which not only put a bounce in me step on my daily commute but it cheered me up no end putting me in a good frame of mnd for the day ahead.
In short, it’s fab!

Two things I love house music and trains
If that makes me sad so be it
choo choo

Bernard Badie Feat. Dajae - Train (original mix)
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Many years ago I worked for a record company and this was the Chrsitmas card we sent out on video to all our suppliers one year.
It perplexed a few of the house music labels I dealt with…
Merry Christmas and all that jazz

Dead sexy straight up house.. looking forward to Friday!

is silence