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Got a juicy little post for you guys today, been on a bit of a rampage the past few days so please feel free to place your mouths upon my music-teat my young ones!

vietNam: (wikipedia) VietNam is a rock, soul and blues band from Brooklyn, New York on Kemado Records.
The rest of the wikipedia article was edited by the band themselves haha. Sadly they released only one album in 2004 and then split up. If you're a fan of The Jesus and Mary Chain, then these guys are definitely living on the same street. Think Automatic but with a higher dosage of rhythm and blues. Even the vocalist sounds similar to Jim Reid.

Links:

• Summer in the City: This one's great, a lovely rhythm and story, an ode to summer. Sadly the only youtube video I could find is this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y3MnQPR5KU, it's the full song but the video is some guy's summer holiday.
• Welcome to my Room: This track's on fire, a tiny pinch of Kings of Leon, a splash of Status Quo, sprinklings of JAMC with all the momentum of BRMC's Heart and Soul. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIT9p7QdWpo

Next up, a Facebook exclusive!!

Homegrown Malaysian talent Nick Chia aka Ganjaguru (1/2 of BassAgents) released his Discotech mix yesterday:

here's the link http://www.mediafire.com/?zzhjym5mtjk

And here's the playlist:

DISCOTECH MIXED BY GURUGURU [1:17:28]

1. Coldplay - Viva La Vida [DiscoTech Remix]

2. Deadmau5 vs Salt n Pepa - Ghosts N' Stuff Pushing it

3. Metallica - Enter Sandman [Dirty Funker Dirty Dub Hole]

4. Hi Tack - Silence [DaBruck & Klien Remix]

5. Marc O Tool - The Musics Got Me [Frank Eikam Remix]

6. Lowrider - Cool [Ozi Remix]

7. Aquabeat - Cocaine, Pills and Extasy [Club Mix]

8. MC Mario Vs. Datdude - You Spin Me 'Round [Paul Random Disoriented Remix]

9. Lady Gaga - Just Dance [OUTsiders Remix 2009]

10. Guru Josh & Klass & Pink - Infinity so What?

11. Coldplay - Nobody Said it was Easy [Nils Van Zandt vs Tom Beyer Extended Mix]

12. Cumfiesta - SexyGuy [DJ Solovey Electro Remix]

13. David Guetta & Chris Willis - Tomorrow Can Wait [Tocadisco Evilmix]

14. The Prodigy - Thunder

15. Ganjaguru - Housefucker

16. Lady Gaga - Poker Face [Dave Aude Club Mix]

17. Kid Cudi Vs. Crookers - Day 'N' Nite [Mobin Master Remix]

18. Pam Pero - Supadisco [Supa Mix]

19. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - By the Way [Ben Schmuel Remix]

20. Katy Perry - Hot N Cold [Innerpartysystem Remix]

21. Darude - Sandstorm [Ganjaguru's Electro-gressive Remix]

22. The Prodigy - Omen

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NEXT, another local artist, our favourite quirky and colourful dynamic duo, LapSap, has released their first single, and it's a double CD: Mangosteen and Durian and they're dropping a 4 hour set at barsonic@zouk this Saturday the 18th.

Here's the Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=156717020482&ref=mf

Go on! Give Blink and Xu a hug, before the party starts sweating.

Now; everyone knows and loves the Dandy Warhols, every teen movie/series from the late 90s and early 00s had Bohemian Like You playing during the party scene and on the soundtrack. And they are one of the best bands to get drunk to with your mates, so here's a few more tunes for you to peruse:

• Not if you were the last Junkie on Earth: "I never thought you'd be a junkie because heroin is so passe..." need I say more? Poppy guitars and synths makes this a good contender on one of your mixtapes.
• Sleep: One of the most mellow and relaxing and maybe even thought-provoking tunes to come out of an alternative band this side of the universal hourglass.
• Nietzsche: NOW, this tune's fucking brilliant. Philosophically and musically mind blowing, Nietzsche was infamous for being misquoted as saying "God is dead." So this track pays homage to him (I think the hammer sounds you hear 28 seconds in the song is a reference to his work "Twilight of the Idols: Or How to Philosophize with a Hammer") Anyway this isn't a philosophical lesson, if you want to learn more just search it up on the ole InterFishingNets. The song itself has a strong and powerful wall of sound, with a "Nazi" vibe emanating from it, which doesn't make it bad, y'know, far from it. If you've got a joint rolled up, play this one after Sleep and then load up Pink Floyd's DSOTM :) When I was a kid learning guitar I used to love the main riff and hook, and played it over and over again whilst watching TV, but it just didn't sound the same on an acoustic.
• Plan A: Great light, poppy tune!

Lastly, but not leastly [ :) ] click here for my photo album for the Oasis concert!!!

And click here for my Oasis video! It's only Part 1, the rest should be up when I'm bothered :)

Words can't describe the immensity or the monumentality (yes those are real words) of the concert..... so all I'll say is:

They did 5 encores - Noel did Live Forever acoustically, which made every girl cry.

Finished it off with I am the Walrus. (Which they haven't done since WTSMG or BHN tours I think)

Liam's twitter said the gig reminded him of the 90s and he'll be back in July, Oasis' twitter said it was the most stand-out gig of the South East Asian leg, and Noel's Myspace blog said "That gig in Seoul was truly amazing. The stand-out gig of the whole tour so far. Who'd have thought it? Not me, that's for sure. God bless them South Korean kids. " Little did he know that most of the noise was made by me.. haha

Speaking of Oasis that reminds me to go to their myspace and check out the Prodigy version of Falling Down as well as the Twiggy/Sardy mix.. unbelievable. There's also an equally impressive Chemical Brother's version floating around the internet somewhere, if you want any of the tracks I posted on here today, just contact me and we'll arrange something.

Peace and Love,

P.O.K