Bandcamp

There is no doubt Myspace has helped bands and musicians promote themselves in a huge way. It's a quick and easy way to set up a website. But there is one problem with it... it is a horrible "website". It's slow, messy and their music player just downright sucks. This is why I love Bandcamp. Bandcamp let's you create a free, clean, very custom mini-site without all the ads and extra junk. Among many other features Bandcamp allows you to upload your music, set a cost and sell your music at different bit rates, see statistics on who is linking and listening to your music and much more. Viewers can also quickly share a track on Facebook, Myspace or blog. Making it very easy for others to promote your music for you. If it sounds simple, well, it is. It's the perfect quick solution for promoting your music. Check out the screencast for more info.

Le Castle Vania - The Messiah

As you know I am a big fan of Le Castle Vania. As I have said before he is consistently putting out good track after good track. His latest collaboration with Computer Club is a rework of the Drum N Bass anthem called "The Messiah" by Konflict. I applaud them for stepping out on a limb and trying a new sound for what makes a great dance floor banger.

MP3 :: Le Castle Vania + Computer Club - The Messiah (Radio Edit)

Quality of Content VS Amount of Content

I have a quick question for you readers out there. I have been questioning the format of this blog and would like your input. Would you prefer more posts per day, with less written content and links to info? Or do you like the format now where there are one to two posts per day with a semi-in-depth writeup on the topic of the post?

Please vote for which format you would prefer. Thanks for reading, your help and input.

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Remix Rush :: Hey Girl, Hey Boy

Soulwax is making quite the buzz lately. Blog readers everywhere were nearly peeing their pants with anticipation for the release of the Soulwax remix of MGMT's "Kids". This is really nothing new though. Remixes of The Gossip's "Standing in the Way of Control" and Klaxon's "Gravity's Rainbow" will go down as some of my favorite remixes of all time. Now they have released the remix of Chemical Brothers' track "Hey Boy, Hey Girl that is just amazing. The gritty baseline in this remix is enough to make the hairs on the back on your neck stand up. I can only imagine what it would be like to see Soulwax live and listen to them perform these remixes they are putting out.

MP3 :: Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy, Hey Girl (Soulwax Remix)
(Bonus) MP3 :: MGMT - Kids (Soulwax Remix)

PleaseDressMe

Despite the overly bubbly/cutesy logo, the concept behind PleaseDressMe is a great one. PleaseDressMe is a search engine designed specifically for t-shirts. The site allows you to search different tees according to color, price, keywords, tags and will also select random tees if you'd like. They have also developed a Firefox plug-in so you can easily access their search. It's a really good concept, I hope the quality of their results improves and grows. At the moment you get a lot of "College Humor" type results, but I think this will quickly change.

Blood is the New Black

When it comes to graphic tees I am all about simplicity. I really like the combination of simple shapes and good colors. Blood is the New Black has a bunch of designs by a bunch of different designers that fall into this category. I am also always down to support a small company that prices their product at a reasonable cost. Many of the shirts over at Blood is the New Black are under $25, and they are having a sale right now! I am excited to see future work from featured artists at this label.

Simplify Media

Simplify Media is a free, and legal service that makes it possible for you to stream your music library over a private network of people. Just download the Simplify Media application and follow a small setup wizard. Invite friends to your limited network and they are then able to view and listen to your music library. This is also very handy if you are away from your home library, say at work, and you want access to all of your music. The service is available for Mac and Windows, and they even have an iPhone/iPod Touch app.

Viva Radio

Sometimes listening to my iTunes playlists or library just isn't doesn't do it for me. I enjoy the surprise of not knowing what track is coming up next, which is why I listen to Last.fm, or the recently "rediscovered" Viva-Radio. I say "rediscovered" because I first found this website a couple years ago, and found it again after I heard it playing at an American Apparel store. Viva-Radio plays an eclectic mix of music and feature various contributors who's mixes you can listen to on demand. They also offer a stand alone player that you can download and and play from your desktop.

Popdeck Stores

Awhile back I posted about a website called Bountee, Popdeck is a very similar site only it's for skateboards. Basically Popdeck allows you to setup an online store using their website, upload your graphics to be printed on skate decks and then sold through the store you setup with them. You are able to set your own pricing for your skate decks, and any decks sold over $30 is split 50/50 with Popdeck. You can also print and sell your own wheels, and soon they promise to have trucks and other products as well. Chuck Anderson of Nopattern even has a store.