“The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom...for we never know what is enough until we know what is more than enough.” - William Blake
“Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.” - Voltaire
Hype is a very subjective thing, seeing a group of previously unknowns splashed across the face of every monthly magazine from Artrocker to Q. instills a sense of pessemism in my mind, and in a world dominated by multinational media conglomerates pushing their artists, on their record labels, through their magazines, their radio stations and their TV channels you can see why, for every Bloc Party there are ten Biffy Clyros.
These two things may seem completely unrelated, well for the past few weeks I've been courting 'Time To Pretend' by MGMT. Blogged relentlessly, these NME and HMV darlings produce perfect psychadelic synthpop in the vein of Arcade Fire on acid.
The lyrical content contemplates the age old cliché of rock & roll excess with a satirical tone screaming Marilyn Monroe, Jimi Hendrix, Sid Vicious, have we learned nothing? Whilst expressing the conditioning by popular culture to admire this licentious yet luxurious lifestyle. This time the product is more than deserved of the publicity hysteria.
MGMT - Time To Pretend [Mediafire Link]
Continuing the debauched theme is the latest offering from Munk, a burning mid-tempo piano driven number featuring the sultry vocals of italian temptress Asia Argento. Releasing on the consistently fabulous Gomma, suggested to be the german DFA, here we feature the remix by their very own Juan Maclean. Continuing the fine form they found on their recent latin-piano laden beauty 'Happy House', the Juan Maclean inject the track with an epic spaced-out breakdown reminiscent of Cut Copy's Hearts On Fire.
Munk - Live Fast, Die Old (The Juan Maclean Remix) [Mediafire Link]
Photography by Melissa Rose // melissa.rose@hotmail.co.uk
The hype surrounding Manchester's club Clique reached an emphatic climax last september when it was voted Mixmag club of the month for the whole of the UK! Having moved from its original home at Joshua Brooks to the slightly bigger and more lavish Mint Lounge, some may have worried that Clique may have lost the intimate and friendly atmosphere that made it so alluring. Having visited his last weekend, disco's revenge can allay such unsubstantiated fears, friday night is still the glamourous melting pot of personalities, sexualities and digital dance-pop delights we have come to expect without a hint of pretentiousness, but with a brimming crowd and an even more splendidly stocked bar. A night worth visiting Manchester for in itself, so dress up and join us in dancing at their next event, the unmissable Glass Candy.
I leave you with a highlight from friday
Cut Copy - Far Away [Mediafire Link]
Much Love,
D.
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