- Unite. For an Effin’ good night… set to be a good one!

Head to 176 tomorrow night for some tuuunes. I checked this night out last month and wasn’t disappointed. The drinks were flowing and the music was doing some good vibrating. With two sets; one up, one down.. you really can’t go wrong. Head upstairs to stand around a’chattin’ and downstairs to hit the floor. Either or, the place is comfortably atmospheric and seems to me like a good old 176 revival, if ever there was one. Byebye Consort on a tuesday; hello ON&ON every last friday.

SHAB RUFFCUT (Jack Union / Warehouse Records)
+ VERY Special Guest DJ!!

Support From:
CHARLIE LANG
DAN ORCHARD
SWIRLY THE NERD
HARRY BIRD
MATT G
SAM KING

Get there, I will be.

- Luu

Ok ok, so this is an absouletly random mix of tunes, but who cares.. I went a bit retro with the first two… they are from a few different time scales, but enjoy.. And don’t question what I was thinking in posting these.

This could have almost been out yesterday, haha:
MP3: Boys Don’t Cry - I Wanna Be A Cowboy

This next ones for all those Phil Collins lovers. Myself included.. I watched Disney’s Tarzan over and over just for this song:
MP3: Phil Collins - You’ll Be In My Heart

Katy Perry this, Katy Perry that.. I feel people are neglecting one of her most genius songs:
MP3: Katy Perry - You’re So Gay

Also, just a quicky, because I know this will be a hit in the UK very soon and I just can’t get it out of my head, It’s MIA…
MP3: MIA - Paper Planes 

Sorry this was a short one!

- Luu

Hey guys, sorry for missing last week but hopefully this week makes up for it!

To be honest, I’ve been a little hard-pressed lately to find American bands I’m really digging. They all seem to be Canadian, dammit.

So after much prodding and poking around, I’ve settled on Ima Robot from Los Angeles, who not only have a catchy name, but have catchy music. Despite the fact that Ima Robot’s music competes well with the “best” of indie dance rock like Hot Hot Heat and Louis XIV, for some reason, those bands caught on but Ima Robot never really did. Their upcoming album, still untitled and slated to be self-released, boasts their new single, “Sail With Me,” which features calm xylophone-esque rhythms and energetic hooting and hollering that have long been staples of Ima Robot. In “Gangster,” the band begins sounding more like Louis XIV backed with retro instrumentation. Their vocalist Alex Ebert is charismatic and erratic in his delivery when he is least hampered by convention, and the band manages time and again to make distinctive music.

To throw it back a little, their 2003 self-titled release is also constantly on rotation in my CD player, five years later. “Philosophofee” and “Dirty Life” (especially “Dirty Life”) are ever at the top of the list. So if their MySpace doesn’t impress you, don’t write them off just yet and get yourself some of their back catalog.

Listen to some new tracks on their MySpace page.

- Vivian

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We are having a few minor issues with the MP3’s of late, some of the links aren’t working for some people… we think we are going to have to switch hosts.. but rest assure we are busy working on it.. thanks for all the emails!

- Luu