19.11.06

The Electroluvs



The Electroluvs luv electro pop and northern soul, and in bringing the two together make music we luv, if you follow. Happy, poppy, fun tunes to run around and clap your hands to. Today we played the title track from their second album, "Bubblewrapped", a kind of bluegrassy-punky-electro thing, and First Rush, another uptempo in yer face offering. Probably better to just go to their myspace right away and listen for yourself, eh?

http://www.myspace.com/electroluvs

And if you REALLY like them, do them a favour - they're nominated for a French music award, so go and vote for them

There, doesn't that feel great?

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29.10.06

The Janets.

Show us your map of tassie.

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Yuksek. I'm not entirely sure how Yuksek appeared on the D!Y Chart Show Radar. But I'm guessing it has something to do with him being ace.

He's from France and sounds like a Justice remix of an Indie band, but without the hassle of finding an indie band to remix.

We're sold on his brand of noisy hiphoptechno electro. great stuff.

check our more here

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24.9.06

WE ARE WOLVES




These guys rock. So much so, they name rock as the fourth member of the band. NOt much info on them excpet they're from Toronto, they have an album, Non-Stop Je Te Plie en Deux, and yeah, they rock.

Today we played Little Birds. which sounds like a sweet and twee title, doesnt i kids (it's NOT), and Non-Stop, a track that seems to kick your door down, scream at your gran, kick you in the head and bone your dog.

I really like it.

Find out what little more there is to know here:

http://www.wearewolves.net/waw/index.php

But wear some body armour.

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GRANTURA




Having spent the week loving this band, i was surprised to learn they're from London, 2006. I very much doubt I'm the first to say it, but it sounds like these guys are BIG Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young fans. But whats wrong with that when they make songs this good?

At the moment they're unsigned, but it's surely not long before they get snapped up. If you're in London, you might want to check them out.

Details of gigs and 4 tracks are at:

http://www.myspace.com/grantura

Get 'em while they're hot!

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20.8.06




MSTRKRFT have been making a name for themselves this year with a mulitude of remixes, but this duo from Ontario are also making music of their own. Ther debut album, The Looks, was released in July, and they're planning to follow up with something a bit more dark and dirty very soon....watch this space.

We played a couple of remixes today - Wolfmother's "Woman" and The Gossip's "Listen Up!" - let's hope they keep up the good work!

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23.7.06

DVA

They are from Hradec Kralove. They are Two. He and She. They make music. And it's something really special.

We hope to bring you more information about these two in the upcoming weeks, but for now there's not a great deal of info out there. check out their myspace for tracks and basic information. That's how we got to hear about them, they spammed our myspace. Thankfully.

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12.7.06



North Shore Pony Club

This week's featured artist was New Zealand's North Shore Pony Club. I recently heard them disparagingly dismissed as cheesy stadium electro..... which made me really want to check them out.

They are Matt Lofe and Aaron Clapton and have described themselves as "bastard disco" and we can't find it in ourselves to disagree. There's something extremely familiar about their songs, whether it's hint of Erasure or a Smidgeon of Berlin or a Smattering of Yazoo, but at the same time it's fresh and new sounding and we are sure they are going to be dancefloor destroyers. Infact we know they are...




Check out the tracks Computer Games and The Sequel from Headphone Sex

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28.5.06

The Chalets





In a DIYChartshow FIRST, this week we played THREE songs from our featured artists. Why? Well, partly because the Chalets specialise in sub 3-minute power-pop, and partly because they're just so bloody good we couldn't pick two songs to play...

Basically, whatever i say about them is said with much more wit and fun on their own site...so here's the cold hard facts:

They're from Ireland.
They're gigging (a lot) around Europe at the moment.
They released an album last year called Check In.
They're bloody amazing.

Find out more on their website. No really, do. you won't regret it (although you might never be the same again).

http://www.thechalets.com

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