Generationals’ third studio album is due to release next month. They released this single off the album recently and it’s a promising taste from a band that never disappoints. Light hearted and slightly old fashion, they’ve really crafted an unmistakeable and irresistible sound. They’re sophomore album of 2011 was a step forward from their debut. This song, however, sounds a lot like their older stuff. I can’t argue with it though.

The sultan of sultry, Aeroplane, just released his Not So Monthly Mix for March 2013. From start to finish it challenges you to stay still – don’t fight it.

LA Residents, catch him with Cassian and Tiger+Woods on March 15 at LURE in Hollywood. Tickets this cheap for a show this stacked shouldn’t be anywhere but in your pocket.

KAVINSKY | Buy Outrun

Kavinsky’s Outrun opens with narration: “The year was 1986. He was a teenager like any other, dreaming of his heroes and in love with a girl.”  Outrun throws us back to a 1980s movie soundtrack of sounds with arpeggios, 8 and 16 bit sounds, and a lead synthesizer on songs that sounds like a hybrid of sax and guitar. Kavinsky thanks Ed Banger label-mate SebastiAn for helping him lay out a vision and plan for this album. SebastiAn was also given co-producing credits of “Outrun,” so his involvement cannot be understated. “Nightcall,” the biggest single, was released in 2010 and was produced with Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel De Homen-Christo. The back up and people involved with Kavinsky are enough to make this guy credible.

“Prelude” opens and tells us how after crashing his Ferrari Testarossa in 1986, Kavinsky reappeared as a zombie in 2006 to make his own electronic music. “Blizzard” centers around a guitar riff and a palm muting and sounds reminscent of something Justice would’ve put on Audio, Video, Disco. “Protovision” follows and has a very distinct guitar driving the song with strong electronic chords providing a very lush sonic foundation. After being featured in the hit film Drive, “Nightcall” will be the most familiar to new listeners. Unfortunately “Suburbia” feels a little out of place on the album, it is an electronic hip hop song with artist Havoc rapping over the beat. I just can’t help but feel that this song would have been much better as an instrumental.

Outrun is definitely one that needs to be checked out by people of all musical backgrounds. It features such an assortment of styles all melded into a coherent sound. Kavinsky took nearly seven years before releasing his debut LP. Kavinsky shows us that just like the other French producers mentioned in this article, Daft Punk, Justice and SebastiAn, it is about the quality not quantity. Check some tracks after the jump.

Kavinsky will be playing to a SOLD OUT crowd at LOT 613 in Los Angeles Saturday March 9th. We’ll definitely be there to see what Kavinsky brings to his only west coast show. Let’s go LA!

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There are few things in life I get more excited about than music. There are fewer things in life that I get more excited about than Hockey. The band. (The sport is cool too but we’re not talking about that.) They released their debut album Mind Chaos in 2009 and it was, to say the very least, a thing of beauty. Seriously if you don’t have it, go get it. Now. After three and a half years of minimal communication from the band, they’ve FINALLY given word of their upcoming followup. The album is due out at the beginning of May (and I actually can’t wait). They’ve released two singles thus far, “Calling Back” and “Defeat On the Double Bass Line.” It’s a different direction for them, but that is certainly not a bad thing. It will be exciting to see what happens with the album.

Defeat On the Double Bass Line
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Calling Back
[audio:https://controlaltdelight.com/2013/HOCKEY/Calling%20Back.mp3]

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Work (Live at Wendyhouse)
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Starfucker | Buy Miracle Mile | Original Photos | Our Interview

One of the best parts about running a blog like this is keeping up with artists coming in and going out of their scene. Some continue a slow and steady rise to their deserved spot on a headlining stage. Others get their five minutes of fame, and then they are gone faster than they got in. Not only is it cool to see artists do well that deserve it, it’s inspirational. It makes it that much more real that if you truck through the harder times, stay persistent, and don’t give up, it WILL pay off. Starfucker is one such story that continues to surprise me every time I see them.

Starfucker – Atlantis
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BUY RELATIVITY 3 HERE

It’s safe to say that I have never heard any band or musician that can produce such prodigious music consistently like Lemaitre. Their new EP, although brief, pushes every musical standard, whether it be production, singing or style. The new EP only features 4 tracks: Continuum, Fiction, Iron Pyrite, and Cut to Black, but you know what they say.. quality over quantity.

I’m already foaming at the mouth for Relativity 4.

Lemaitre – Continuum
[Audio: https://controlaltdelight.com/Music/relativity3/01%20Continuum.mp3]
Lemaitre – Pyrite
[Audio: https://controlaltdelight.com/Music/relativity3/02%20Iron%20Pyrite.mp3]
Lemaitre – Fiction
[Audio: https://controlaltdelight.com/Music/relativity3/03%20Fiction.mp3]
Lemaitre – Cut To Black
[Audio: https://controlaltdelight.com/Music/relativity3/04%20Cut%20to%20Black.mp3]

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to check out the experience that is Sound Tribe Sector 9. I’d heard tales of its glory, but had never made too much of an effort to go out of my way to see what the fuss was about. My brief time spent with their soundcloud didn’t have that kind of impact. I suspected before, but now can confirm that laptop speakers or a song of theirs coming up on shuffle is a disservice. Hit the jump for more + a couple videos. (more…)