pampelmoose Dave Allen of Gang of Four’s Music and Media Blog

The Reckoner mixes just keep on coming…here’s DJ Earworm’s mash of Kanye West’s Love Lockdown and Radiohead’s Reckoner…
Kanye West vs Radiohead - Reckoner Lockdown
And then Diplo turns around and says “hey that first Reckoner remix was shitty so here’s a new one”…and yes it’s improved, but not that much improved…I’m still digging Nosaj Thing’s mix [...]

I had a lot of fun last night playing with Boy Eats Drum Machine at the Wonder Ballroom, my first bass outing in a while. Dat’r, The Xploding Boys and Caves were the other bands on the bill reinterpreting classic songs from The Cure and Talking Heads. Dat’r re-imagining music from Talking Heads’ Remain In [...]

Bonde Do Role
My pal in L.A. the producer known as Troublemaker [surely in 2008 that should be TRBLMKR, no?] has dropped a new track in the Moose inbox. Brazilian outfit, Bonde Do Role originally produced by Diplo, have their song rapped over and remixed by The 87 Stick Up Kids and Micah James and then [...]

I’ve been sliding on the music discovery angle lately. I’ve been busy writing lengthy posts on the human condition and social media on the Nemo blog, Social Cache, so forgive me. Anyway enjoy.
Booka Shade - Solo City
Matthew Dear - Sound & Vision [Bowie Cover]
Mogwai - Sun Smells Too Loud
Bodies Of Water - Gold Tan Peach [...]

Santogold is in stores today. One of the few artists that I’ve actually been waiting for a full-length album from.
Santogold - Shove It feat Spank Rock (Switch remix)