Tonight: Ladytron + Datarock

Quick and dirty post since I am way too busy today.



Don't miss Ladytron laying on the floor with candelabras and Datarock doing hooded bicycle headstands tonight at Firestone. Early show - doors are at 8!!

Tonight: Bonde de Role (sans Marina) + Villains + Wii Bowling + The Dude

The new (and improved?) Bonde do Role will be playing tonight at Firestone, but the real question is: will they be any good without frontwoman Marina? Without the hyper-mega-crazy lady in the group, can they still rock out like they did before?



Watch these videos of the *new* BDR performing at Coachella and judge for yourself.

I've pretty much always been on the fence with them, but I do love this Radioclit remix of 'Gasolina.'

Bonde Do Role - Gasolina (Radioclit remix).mp3

And just for fun, here's a Switch remix of Radioclit!

Radioclit - Divine Gosa (Switch Remix).mp3

Villains, the DJ/Producer group from LA who have been tearing up dance floors with their Michael Jackson (Thriller) and Daft Punk (Around the World) remixes, will also be throwing down a special DJ set after the show.



Check out their DJ and production skills below:

Bloc Party - Hunting for Witches (Villains Electro-Banger Remix).mp3

Villains - Vol 1. Mix.mp3 (via Zshare)

If big clubs playing heavy electro music aren't your scene, you may want to check out The Peacock Room instead. This evening kicks off their first Wii bowling league night, where you can get drunk and bowl without really bowling. The night is hosted by J-Rod, who has hosted past events such as Guitar Hero and Matchbox Car Races.



And since we're on the topic of bowling, I feel the need to mention that BackBooth is hosting Movie Night, where they'll be showing the Coen Brothers cult classic The Big Lebowski. Nobody fucks with the Jesus.

Pauly Crush VS. Firestone

It appears that the folks at Firestone got into a little tiff with Pauly Crush this past week and things don't look promising for Saturday Thursday. In addition to PC, everyone who used to be on the roster has officially severed ties with the night -- Miss Fit, Justin Scott, Kittybat, Diddles, and Y-Not -- all gone. Taking their place are a bunch of kids I have never heard of -- DJ Marcos, South Rakkas Crew***, DJ Deville and DJ Elementz -- and Firestone seems desperate to keep the crowd coming by lifting the cover and offering free drinks until 1 AM. It's rumored that Pauly will be starting a new night at a different venue to compete with ST but I guess we will have to wait and see. His crew is definitely loyal to him and there's no doubt that he helped make the night what it is (was) today. It will be interesting to see what happens with ST going forward, but there's a good chance it will fizzle out before too long.



***EDIT: Ummm... the South Rakkas Crew??? Ummmm.... they're like, freaking everywhere now... Urb Next 100??? They are all up in the scene, way more than li'l ol' me. So, I was super mega wrong on that one -- I can admit it. Still haven't heard of the other guys, though. Hopefully I won't have to follow up with another edit, eh??? :)

If you're in the mood for a weird French film about robots...

The closest Orlando will ever come to this:
Is this:

Photos from Justice and DJ Medhi

Photos are up! Unless noted otherwise, all photos are by Kevin Collier, of KCollDesigns. Check the full set - they are dope (as are all of his photos)!!!

The visual effects of the show were amazing -- no other DJs are doing what Justice is. True Rockstar Status.

Photo by Jennyhearts

It was mobbed and sweaty, so I was upstairs with the older kids. My view:



DJ Medhi:


Xavier:




FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you, Myspace Music Tour :)

Toxic Avenger and Franki Chan in Orlando

Melvin was a 90lb. weakling until nuclear waste transformed him into... The Toxic Avenger!!! Oh wait, wrong one.


The French are completely going off, as usual, and luckily the nice Saturday Thursday folks are making sure Orlando doesn't miss out by bringing the Toxic Avenger to our fair city. Anyone who classifies his music as "Emotronic / Christian Rap / Thrash" must know what he's doing. The mysterious masked man will be in effect this Thursday at Firestone along with Mr. IHEARTCOMIX himself, Franki Chan.

Check out the Christian Rap influence in his remixes:

John Bourke - What is Love (The Toxic Avenger Remix).mp3

Le Castle Vania - Tigertron (Toxic Avenger Remix).mp3

Dragonette - Take It Like A Man (The Toxic Avenger Remix).mp3

Them Jeans -- the second time around*

According to Shalamar, the second time around is supposedly better than the first. Hopefully that's true in Orlando tonight when Them Jeans returns to Saturday Thursday*, this time joined by Desert Eagles. Although I missed him the first time, I heard good things about his set and anyone who puts out a remix of The Final Countdown by Europe gets a gold star in my book of awesomeness (even if I prefer the original to the edit). Fuck yeah:

Europe - The Final Countdown (Antimc/Them Jeans remix).mp3

I also came across a pretty decent remix he did of Yelle, aka the French doppelganger of Uffie - a comparison I'm sure they both hate. The buzz on the interwebs is that Yelle's lyrics are even more horrible than Uffie's, though I'm not sure how that is possible, and her most well-known track, Je Veux Te Voir, is ripping off the lyrics in Short Dick Man.

Really??? But it sounds so dope, especially the TEPR mix that Guns'n'Bombs plays on their Mixtape #2 mix. I wonder if Uffie's dumb lyrics about shining like a princess in the middle of thugs sound amazing to people who don't speak English - that would explain a lot.

Oops, I got off topic! Here is the Them Jeans edit of Ce Jue (great, what the hell does that stand for???) from Palms Out Sounds:

Yelle - Ce Jue (Them Jeans edit).mp3

And finally, in honor of the upcoming Kavinsky show at BackBooth on Monday night and to further support the belief that Them Jeans must have a good sense of humor, I will leave you with a mashup up that invokes images of sports cars and oral sex. Yowza:

Them Jeans - My Testarossa and My Crack.mp3

*Edit: I just realized this is the third time Them Jeans has played here - D'oh!