bestuvoate: MSTRKRFT + Bloody Beetroots

Move over lightweights, its time for the big boys to play. I had the pleasure of seeing both MSTRKRT and The Bloody Beetroots twice this year (once even at the same effin’ time). Both have such incredible stage presence, and play with the kind of tenacity that gets the entire crowd literally bouncing in unison. […]

bestuvoate: Grum + Le Castle Vania

I read a quote on another blog somewhere about GRUM, “Its not about quantity, its about quality”… does that ever hold true for this Leeds, UK native. GRUM is one distortion-electro artist that is just on the verge… his own remix contest feat “Woah”, a stable of top tier remixes (Revolte, Armand Van Helden, Anoraak), […]

bestuvoate: B52s + Saint Pauli

That’s right… the B-mutha-flippin-52’s. Who knew the band was even still together making songs that weren’t named Love Shack? When I first got this remix it wasn’t until a month later that I noticed it was of their NEW single. Maybe the B52’s are a bit more relevant in Europe? Either way, Saint Pauli noticed, […]

bestuvoate: M.I.A. + Cold Blank

Most of us that read the daily blogosphere heard “Paper Planes” more than a year ago, but in case you were hiding under a rock for most of 07-08, the Pineapple Express trailer ensured the rest of the populous had heard M.I.A’s ace introduction as well. And with popularity comes remixes, and holy hell did […]

Mad Tech HOuse…

The title says it best of what to expect at Sonotheque this Friday night as Acid Girls leads the night’s bill backed with Chicago’s own Bearries and Gloomington, Indiana’s Figure (sorry Fig, I’m a Boilermaker mate). The techiest of techsters hit the bubble in what might be the most genre-confused night remaining this year. As […]