A good friend of mine could be considered a futurist, he believes than in less than a few decades, the human race will achieve singularity. He defines that as a point where the human race no face bodily ailments, with the help of nano-bots constantly repairing and improving our bodies. In a conversation (not involving alcohol surprisingly) I proposed that if the human race will no longer needs to worry about STD's and has the option, through the use of these nano-bots, for body modifications you get, in my words, 'loads of pretty people doing it all the time'. Similar 'dawning of the age of Aquarius' in the early 60's without the big hair.

Not quite the utopian society everybody is interested in, but quite intrigueing no the less.

Well that's the theme for today. Mine personal futuristic take on things will come next week.

Friendly Fires - Skeleton Boy (Grum Remix)

Alex Metric - Shirley You Can't Be Serious

Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dancefloor (DIGIRAATII OUT2KILL REM!XX)

Blog Bonus
U2 - Magnificent (Fred Falke Remix)

Dub Side of the Moon by the Easy Star All-Stars is exactly what it sounds like and SOOOOO much more. It's a damn roller-coaster ride of dub, electronica, reggae and loads of other genres.

The track order is exactly the same as Dark Side of the Moon and each track lazily drifts into one another in the original manner.

The main difference is the experience itself. It's just so much damn fun, especially when you dig into "Time" and "The Great Gig in the sky (incidental my all-time favourite Pink Floyd track) the vocals in the latter seem to be picked from the original, sprinkled with some soul and plunked right back it there.

And if you're still craving some more darkness make sure to check out Coverville Episode 190

Aiya! Well folks after a brief hiatus I'm back and this week I'm bringing the funk! Hailing from Nashville, TN The Dynamites with front man Charles Walker are at the center of the funk/soul revival that's been brewing since 2007 and with their second album being prepped for release now is the perfect time to join the party. Off their debut album, this weeks pick Killin' It is a blast of 60's James Brown with a peppering of that classic Memphis sound thrown in for good measure. Guaranteed to make you want to get up off that thing and shake it like you just don't care!

Honorable Mentions:

William DeVaughn - Be Thankful for what You've Got
The Delta 72 - Rich Girls Like to Steal
Joseph Henry - Who's the King?

Got a bit of 'nerd-core' this week so enjoy!

(Song of the week!)
Jonathan Coulton - Make You Cry
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Jonathan Coulton is artist who got off to a surprising start; with a baby (babby) he left a job he hated and started a blog called thing a week in which he produced one free song a week for a year. Now he's got enough fans to necessitate a world tour. Most of JoCo's songs are light, airy, and silly, this is one of the few that's isn't, but I think everybody has felt this way once or twice.

Honourable mentions.
mc chris - Older Crowd
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Getting his name/voice out there as 'hesh' on Aqua Teen Hunger Force, mc reached new heights from his song Fette's Vette and tempered that success by putting his first album online completely free. This song is from the newest record, not quite the same style, but equally innovative.

The Last of the Shadow Puppets - In My Room
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A very bond sounding track with an indie/cinematic type feel.

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That's it! Have a great memorial day. And state-side it's still sorta the weekend so I didn't miss it WHOOO!

I do this thing on my last.fm account, if I find an album that's too good to take just one song from I'll post it as my album of the moment. I figured it couldn't hurt to do that here as well seeing as how so many people I know don't follow last.fm. And seeing as how you can't listen to samples here like you can there I figured I'd pick one of the tracks to post just to give you an example...

Anywho, my current album of the moment is Stick'em up! by Pistol Valve a new kind of j-pop, almost j-ska band, but that's not quite right either. For now I'm calling them a j-Fusion band. Pistol Valve is an all girl Japanese band formed in 2005. What's more it's not your run of the mill 3, 4 or even 5 piece band, it's a 10 piece all girl Japanese band with saxiphones, trumpets, violins, even a french horn! And though the girls are young (the average age is 20) they're all professionals in their fields, trained in some of the best schools in Japan.

Known throughout Japan as the act to see and renowned for their random street performances scattered about Tokyo, Pistol Valve is quickly becoming a staple in the Japanese mainstream media. Fusing a smattering of punk, rock, ska, funk, soul, blues, classical, jazz, be-bop and bubble gum rock Pistol Valve creates a sound as unique as they are and with two full albums already under their belts they don't show any sign of slowing down. Hopefully we'll see a lot more of these girls in the years to come.

As promised here is a small taste, it's the first track off the album and the title track. It also happens to be the only instrumental track, but it's short, sweet and a whole lot of fun! So listen up and I hope you enjoy it.

As always boys and girls, share and share alike.
Matt

Just shut-up, close your eyes and listen.