Top Of The Box

Trentemøller – Moan, live at P3 Guld in Denmark, 2006
Anders Trentemoller is from Copenhagen, Denmark and is one of my favourite electronica artists.
Last year he released his debut studio album, Last Resort. He has also released a second album, Chronicles – a double album featuring remixes of his own songs on one CD, and [...]

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MGMT – Time To Pretend Live on Later…Jools Holland

If you haven’t heard the name MGMT you may be familiar with their single, Time To Pretend, as it has been used on television throughout the year.
Every now and then a true classic pop song is released, one in which I contniue to play for years after.  [...]

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The Kooks – Acoustic cover version of Kids by MGMT
Here’s a clip of The Kooks playing an acoustic version of MGMT’s great track, Kids.
The clip shows The Kooks being interviewed in a local radio station studio amidst their current US tour.
Allegedly, The Kooks learnt to play the song as it was being played and then [...]

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Roddy Frame / Aztec Camera – Down The Dip
As a teenager I played guitar and sang in various local post-punk groups.  My lack of ability was overshadowed by my ideas and burning desire to be a musician; and the one saving grace I had was that all the guitarists that influenced me were older than [...]

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Tubeway Army – Are Friends’ Electric? / Gary Numan – Cars, Top Of The Pops 1979
After the success of Are Friends Electric? as Tubeway Army, Gary Numan decided to ditch the band and embark on a solo career.  A career that started with the all-time synth pop classic, Cars.
Here are Top Of The Pops appaearances [...]

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