La.Ga.Sta. Top 15: February 2011

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February 28th, 2011 CATEGORIES:
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La.Ga.Sta.’s most downloaded tracks of February 2011. Fill it up!

01. Lykke Li: “I Follow Rivers [The Magician Remix]“
02. Classixx: “Fortunate Star”
03. Hurts: “Better Than Love [Marsheaux Remix]“
04. Tyson: “Die On The Dancefloor [Mickey Remix]“
05. Munk: “Keep My Secret [Jacques Renault Remix]“
06. K.BHTA: “Funky Beep [Photogenic Mix]“
07. Bat For Lashes: ‘Strangelove [Depeche Mode cover]“
08. Headman: “Voices [Hannulelauri Dub]“
09. Teddiedrum: “Miami”
10. The Human League: “Never Let Me Go [Aeroplane Remix]“
11. Social Disco Club: “Peaceful Warrior [Pharao Black Magic Remix]“
12. Yeasayer: “I Remember [Villa remix]“
13. Nicolas Jaar: “Keep Me There”
14. In Flagranti: “Hallow Discourse”
15. Win Win: “Interleave [feat. Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor]“

 

Top 15: January 2011.

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Marsheaux x Mirrors

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February 1st, 2011 CATEGORIES:
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We love Marsheaux. Our favorite electro girl-duo shares with us their new tasty remix of Brighton’s pop-noirists Mirrors latest single ‘Into The Heart’ (watch the video here). Download their remix exclusively on La.Ga.Sta. Yes, Greek girls are not easy…

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Mirrors: ‘Into The Heart’ [Greek Girls Are Not Easy Extended Mix] [mp3]

As a bonus, check out Marsheaux’s unreleased remix of Hurts’ ‘Better Than Love’:

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Hurts: ‘Better Than Love’ [Marsheaux Remix] [mp3]

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Gas Around The Web #14

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December 6th, 2010 CATEGORIES:
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La.Ga.Sta.’s ride all over the internet.

 

Photographer Jamie-James Medina travelled with The xx for 6 weeks through The States and Japan, shooting candids of the band. The result is a limited edition book called ‘The Tourist Issue 1 – The xx: Looking in From the Dark ‘. Buy your copy here.

Matador reissuing the debut album ‘Learning’ from Seattle’s Perfume Genius, aka Mike Hadreas, with three new tracks. You can download the new song ‘Dreeem’ for free here.

In case you missed it, watch the interactive music video for Au Revoir Simone’s song ‘Knight of Wands’ here. Pretty cool. Directed by Eli Stonberg.

Teen Daze just released a new 4-track EP called ‘Beach Dreams’ and it’s free. You can grab it here.

Dancing Queen Robyn recently played a “secret show” for MySpace. You can watch the entire hour-long set here.

Just in time for the holidays, Mustang did a new Mixtape with lots of ace tunes. Download it here.

Girl Talk’s new album ‘All Day’, featuring close to 400 samples, gets an impressive visual breakdown, created by Benjamin Rahn. Check it out here.

Jonathan Boulet returns with a new single, ‘You’re A Animal’, ahead of his as-yet-untitled 2nd album, out soon on Modular. Grab it here.

Discodeine’s debut album will be relased on February 14th. Until then, here’s the amazing artwork.

Listen to PJ Harvey’s new track ‘Written On The Forehead’ here. It’s the first taste from her new album, ‘Let England Shake’, out February 14 on Island. We like it!

As an early Christmas gift from Hurts, you can now watch the video to ‘All I Want For Christmas is New Year’s Day’ right here.

Soulwaxmas Eindhoven: ‘Our video, not your video’. Looks pretty damn hot. Watch it below:

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Events: November 2010

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November 3rd, 2010 CATEGORIES:
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Hurts in Athens/June 2010/Photo: Konstantinos Panapakidis

Lagasta’s recommended events of November in Athens/Thessaloniki:

BOTTIN
Partizan, Thessaloniki, Nov 5
Η ομάδα ‘Can You Relate?’ καλεί Bottin. Δεν έχουμε καλύτερο!

ΑEROPLANE
Galaxy Bar, Hilton, Nov 6 / Shark Club, Thessaloniki, Nov 7
Mετά από τόσες πτήσεις έχουμε πλέον βγάλει φτερά!

ΗURTS
Fuzz, Athens, Nov 12 / Block 33, Thessaloniki, Nov 13
Αν πας (που θα πας) φέρε μου την τσατσάρα του Theo…

ELI ESCOBAR
Swing Club, Athens, Nov 12 – Free Entrance
Tα λέμε λίγο μετά τις 12…Ξέρεις εσύ…

THE GLIMMERS
Bios, Athens, Nov 12
Όλα στις 12 του μήνα; Mα, δεν μας λυπάται κανείς; Para nada!

TELONIUS + THE KDMS
Six D.O.G.S., Athens, Nov 13
Hit Me! Hit Me! Hit Me! Aπό την ομάδα ‘Mirage’.

ANNIE
Fantaseed, Athens, Nov 18 / Partizan, Thessaloniki, Nov 19
Έρχεται για πρώτη φορά για DJ set. Την επόμενη φορά θέλουμε live…

CARTE BLANCHE
Bios, Athens, Nov 19
Riton και DJ Mehdi μαζί στο νέο event του Κορμοράνου. Δεν το χάνεις με τίποτα.

REX THE DOG
Philipp Champagne Bar, Athens, Nov 20 – Free Entrance
Tο νέο event της ομάδας BeDazzler δαγκώνει. Πας με τον σκύλο σου…

HORSE MEAT DISCO
Art House, Thessaloniki, Nov 26
Can You Relate? Αν δεν έχεις μουστάκι, να βάλεις. Καγκελωτό!

LEO ZERO
Skull Bar, Athens, Nov 27 – Free Entrance
Yes it does!! Sure it does!!: Αυτό τα λέει όλα. More than…Zero!

 

NEXT: Plissken Festival, La Roux (DJ set), Mighty Mouse, Tape To Tape, Chromatics…

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Gas Around The Web #10

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October 1st, 2010 CATEGORIES:
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La.Ga.Sta.’s weekly ride all over the internet. ¡Vamos!

Moullinex made a great bittersweet mixtape to enter Autumn. With brand new tracks from him (as Moullinex and as COUNT JACKULA), along with new unreleased/super fresh gems from Glimmers, Lorenz Rhode, Black Van, Tensnake and more. So, here’s ‘Club Lonely’. To love and hate, cry and laugh. Listen/download here.

Listen: Penguin Prison’s new amazing single, ‘Golden Train’, (out 22/11) here.

A Swedish Love Story: Lo-Fi-Fnk remixes The Radio Dept. Grab the remix of ‘Heaven’s On Fire’ here.

Crystal Fighters’ debut album, ‘Star Of Love’ is available for streaming here until the end of the week. Take a listen!

It’s a wonderful life: Kylie cover Hurts. Watch it here.

WhoMadeWho are giving away the new “charity”-song called “Left Hand of the Boxer”. The song is written and recorded with Burma group Generation Wave. Video is by Me and Anton. Watch/download here.

Melbourne’s Crayon Fields are offering the 4-track EP, ‘Make Peace With Love’, as a FREE download. The EP includes ‘How Loved You Are’ (a b-side from the ‘Mirror Ball’ single), a live version of ‘Graceless’, the brilliant Dan Block remix of ‘All The Pleasures of the World’, and a Roxette cover! Download it here.

To celebrate their release of ‘The Rawkers’ EP on Ed Banger, Cassius are giving away a minimix called ‘Boombassindeehouse’. Get it here here. <3 U SO!

Nightdrive with Anoraak. Download his nice mixtape for Brain Magazine here.

DFA will reissue the long out-of-print 12” single from Justine and the Victorian Punks on November 9th (vinyl/digital). The twelve-inch, orginally released in 1979, includes two tracks, ‘Beautiful Dreamer’ and ‘Still You’. More here.

The Making of the 3rd Cut Copy Album: Here’s the first full instalment of the film by Krozm documenting the making of Cut Copy’s third album, due out in January 2011. Watch it below:

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We All Get Hurt By Love

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August 25th, 2010 CATEGORIES:
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[Photo: Hedi Slimane]

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Hurts: ‘Confide in Me’ [Kylie cover] [mp3]

Hurts pay tribute to Kylie Minogue.
Kylie herself has recorded vocals for the Hurts song ‘Devotion’.
You can watch the performance for The Sun’s ‘Biz Sessions’ here

> HURTS live in Greece: 12/11 @ Kyttaro, Athens, 13/11 @ Block 33, Thessaloniki. [via]

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Happiness

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August 18th, 2010 CATEGORIES:
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[Photo: Hedi Slimane]

Hurts share their ‘Happiness’ with you, the title track from their forthcoming debut album. We are happy…

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Hurts: ‘Happiness’

Grab it here

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‘Wonderful Life’ Video

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July 25th, 2010 CATEGORIES:
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Hurts’ new video is a tribute to the missing dancer. Nice!

In case you missed it, grab the Mantronix remix here

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We Love Box

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July 22nd, 2010 CATEGORIES:
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We parked our yellow car at Lovebox Festival for the weekend (17-18/7) and here’s what we saw in Victoria Park…

Grace Jones: Simply AMAZING!!!
Hot Chip: Always ready for the floor. Seeing them for the 3rd time this year, still a live to remember…
Peaches: Break a leg! Even with a broken leg still dirty, wild and… transgender!
Mark Ronson: Thank you Simon and Nick!
Roxy Music: Brilliant!
Midnight Juggernauts: They took us out into their galaxy.
Yeasayer: Big Surprise.
Empire Of The Sun: Extravaganza in blue!
Fenech-Soler: Sounds like the next big thing! Nice outfit…
Silver Columns: Great disco set, sadly not many around to appreciate it – wrong time.
O. Children: The dark side of the summer. Greeks will love them..
We Have Band: I’m still dancing!
Holy Ghost! (Live): Something good has started…
Cut Copy: Dancefloor on fire! At last we saw them live…
Hurts: THEO-S. Wonderful live.
Chromeo: From now on you can call us Chromettes!
New Young Pony Club: It’s Tahita’s club!
Hercules & Love Affair: Love affair? Not quite…
Horse Meat Disco: I saw Agrado with a mustache…

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Gas Around The Web

DATE:
July 21st, 2010 CATEGORIES:
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Chromeo unveils “Business Casual” cover art. You Like?

Download ‘Bombay’ from El Guincho’s upcoming album ‘Pop Negro’ here

Rory Phillips updated his website which now includes every track he ever released. Available to stream here

Hard Summer: Download Erol Alkan’s new 60 minute live Mix here

Hurts revealed the cover of their debut album ‘Happiness’ and the tracklisting. Check it out here. Also, the duo recorded a live version of ‘Wonderful Life’ for a German radio station. Watch it here

Hang with Robyn. You can listen her new single ‘Hang With Me’ from her next album, ‘Body talk pt. 2′, (out September 6th) here

New band Guards are giving away their 7-track debut EP, featuring Cults & Caroline Polachek from Chairlift. Download it here

Arcade Fire’s second MSG concert will be streamed live on YouTube on August 5th. Watch the trailer and preview their new song ‘Rococo’ below:

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