Daily Post #19 (Concert alerts)

Concerts = awesome, I will list some in this post. If you're not interested to even look at them (shame) scroll down for today's music.

So. Starscape aside, there are many many sick concerts going on this summer in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area that I would highly recommend going to if you're a fan of electo/dub. Here is a list:

5/30 - Dub Nation Hartford w/Borgore @ WebsterGet Tickets

6/01 - Dub Nation Philly Feat. FEED ME @ The TLA 

6/04 - Starscape Festival 2011 - SOLD OUT

6/05 - Dub Nation Mass feat. Skrillex w/ Paper Diamond & J. Rabbit @ The Palladium in Worcester SOLD OUT

6/06 - 

Dub Nation Hartford feat. Skrillex w/ Paper Diamond & J. Rabbit @ Webster Theater in Hartford- SOLD OUT

6/09 - Dub Nation PHX w/Flux & Doctor P - Buy Tickets

6/14 - AEG Live & Dub Nation Present Borgore w/Special Guest Bare @ The Trocadero in Philadelphia - Buy Tickets

6/16 - Dub Nation Norfolk feat FLUX & DOCTOR P @ The Norva - Get Tickets

6/17 - MEGA @ IBIZA featuring FLUX PAVILION, DOCTOR P, PORTER ROBINSON, DJ ICEY AND MORE - WWW.DCMEGA.COM - 

6/23 - Dub Nation PHX feat Skrillex @ The Venue of Scottsdale - Buy Tickets

7/01 - MSTRKRFT @ The Norva - Get Tickets

7/02 - SUMMER MASSIVE: THE MELTDOWN@ Bourbon Street www.Summer-Massive.com 

7/03 - Dub Nation FTL @ Revolution Live 

7/07 - DUB NATION DC feat Mt Eden @ Uhall - Get Tickets

7/16 - Dub Nation RVA ft. Figure, Liquid Stranger, & DZ @ The National - Get Tickets

7/23 - Conspirator @ Bourbon Street - Get Tickets 

7/29 - Drop It Hard feat. ENDYMION w/Special Guest Milo @ Bourbon Street - On Sale June 2nd

7/30 - Drop It Hard feat. ENDYMION w/Special Guest S-Factor @ Starlight Ballroom - On Sale June 2nd

8/04 - Flux & Doctor P @ The Trocadero - Get Tickets

8/17 - Hard Summer Tour feat. DIGITALISM (live), CASPA, SWITCH, DESTRUCTO, & DILLON FRANCIS @ Bourbon Street - Get Tickets

8/19 - Hard Summer Tour feat. DIGITALISM (live), CASPA, SWITCH, DESTRUCTO, & DILLON FRANCIS @ 9:30 Club - Get Tickets

The White Panda is also performing in Baltimore on the 23rd of July, and Ellie Goulding is performing at the 9:30 club in DC on the 25th of July. Something you guys may want to check out.

Now, music.

I have invited a good friend Russell to also start posting on here; he has excellent music taste and I'm positive that you'll enjoy the style of music that he puts up. But for a sneak peak, I found a couple of songs that are very Russell-esque so you can get an idea of the joys that are to come. If you've had a rough day and just want to relax, there's nothing better than this to mellow you out.

Air - La Femme D'Argent
Skream - Summer Dreams

Daily Post #18

1,000 VIEWS WOOOT WOOT

Thanks to Matt for covering my daily post yesterday. He did a much better job than I usually do, so maybe I'll have to "be really really busy" more often.

The thing about music is that there is an insane amount of it, and there are many good artists/songs out there that, unless you pull in information from others, you will never have the pleasure to hear. AS SUCH if you have any songs that you really like, please email me at cdfrantzis@gmail.com and we will share it with the world. Between me Kyle and Matt we listen to a fair bit of music but by no means all of it.


That said, I was recently, uh, collaborating, I guess, with a friend and she reminded me of a song that I had listened to long ago. It's the kind of a song that you listen to and immediately start craving the dance floor; so basically, it's awesome. Also, it's by Steve Aoki, another artist that will be featured at Starscape. If you haven't gotten tickets for Starscape yet, and wanna go.... well you're boned. Tickets are sold out, sorry. Heh.

Kid Cudi - Pursuit of Happiness (Steve Aoki Dance Remix)


I realize that a lot of the music that I've been posting has been electro/dub etc. It's NOT all that I listen to, we actually have a quite diverse taste in music, as Kyle and Matt have shown.

On that note, I have a rock song for you! Coming out of Kentucky, but moving to London with their first record deal, they have a very lovely, distinct rasp to their songs that I love. It's a sad song, so be prepared, but I think you'll enjoy it.

Cage The Elephant - Shake Me Down

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Here's an indie song that I recently stumbled across that I get more and more addicted to each time I hear it. In typical indie fashion it deals with what I believe is two kids who have an unplanned pregnancy, and the deep emotional repercussions. Hey, someone has to do a little of the indie thing.

The Antlers - Bear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YESdx5AHyJc&hd=1


Here is a more upbeat song that I found recently, I loved it instantly because it reminded me of a few Muse songs. It's epic, ethereal, and moving. Meet Klaxons.

Klaxons - Echoes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJgOLu5iAFs

And after I got bored of that, Designer Drugs went and remixed the song in a way that blew my mind. A lot of the remixes that I see are just drums or some extra bass / electro added to a song, or a remix that completely destroy's the songs intended purpose. This remix does what every remix should strive to do, that is keep the aim of the song the same, yet while adding a new take.

Klaxons - Echoes (Designer Drugs Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPpTSOGmXQA&hd=1

Daily Post #17

Hey everyone, I'm taking over the daily post this evening, and so I thought I'd come up with a few songs for that time of night when we're either falling asleep or should be falling asleep.

First up, for the lonely hearts, we have a song by The Gaslight Anthem, a punk rock group out of New Jersey, called "Here's Looking At You Kid". Not the most upbeat song, but man does it get in my head.

The Gaslight Anthem - Here's Looking At You Kid

Next is a much more heartwarming song called "First Day Of My Life" by Bright Eyes. My life plan is actually centered around learning this on guitar and winning over the heart of an heiress.

I've had worse plans.

Bright Eyes - First Day Of My Life

And lastly, one of my all time favorite songs, "Falling Slowly" by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, with a little help from Hansard's band The Frames. This song was written for the film Once which starred Hansard and Irglova.

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly

Oh, by the way, this won an Oscar.

And with that, goodnight.

Daily Post #15 & #16

I know, I know, it's late. I'm trying though. So I'll just make this a double post to catch up.

As always, turn up the youtube quality as much as possible for the best sound quality.

Been in a bit of a music slump the past couple of days, I haven't been able to find anything that appealing to me. Luckily, I've had so much good music in the past that I can just take some off from that bank.

This song is featured in my Sexstep playlist, but because I like it so much I decided to give it a bit of limelight as well. Very upbeat and dirty at the same time, Tinie comes through for us again. Remixed by TC for that extra bass-kick.

Tinie Tempah - Frisky (TC Remix)


Next up, some sweet dubstep / electro house from Mord Fustang.

Mord Fustang - Lick The Rainbow


Finally, some Starscape thrown in (at least partly); this next song is interesting because it's house with some drum'n'bass. Then, the remix by Flux Pavilion and Doctor P (appearing at Starscape June 4th) for some dubstep added as well. I don't have a preference to either, so I'm putting them both out there and you decide which you like better.

DJ Fresh - Louder (Ft Sian Evans)
DJ Fresh - Louder (Flux Pavilion & Doctor P Remix)