We’re Going To SXSW!!!!
Incredible news people – The Mahogany Blog will be at SXSW!!!
It’s been a dream to go there and dream is now a reality.
Beer, tacos, steaks and most of all music will be on the agenda during the week and the line-up never ceases to amaze us. We’ll be providing coverage over to week so stay tuned for more!
We’ve had a quick look so far and this is what we’re going to be seeing but there are no doubt thousands more.
Wednesday
- Fenech-Soler
- The Middle East
- Nas & Damian Marley
- Miike Snow
- The Invisible
- Dam-Funk
Thursday
- Harper Simon
- Reflection Eternal
- Midlake
- She & Him
- Steve Aoki
- Local Natives
- Laurel Collective
- Sliimy
- People Under The Stairs
- Marina & The Diamonds
- The Temper Trap
- Classixx
- Holy Ghost!
- The xx
- Think About Life
- Slum Village
Friday
- Wolfgang Gartner
- Smokey Robinson
- Solid Gold
- Theophilus London
- Chiddy Bang
- The Golden Filter
- Broken Bells
- Citizen Cope
- Smif N Wessun
- 9th Wonder
- Skyzoo
- Pharoahe Monch
- Saturday
- Plastician
- Jack Beats
- Balkan Beat Box
- Major Lazer
- Xzibit
- Kurupt
- Casiokids
- Black Sheep
- Souls of Mischief
- The Hood Internet
- DJ Yoda
- Macy Gray
- Jon Kennedy
- Scissor Sisters
Listen to Plastic Beach in its entirety
The Guardian have the highly anticipated new album exclusively to stream from start to finish (link at the bottom of the post).
We’ve had a listen and it’s a very interesting record – something that needs to be listened to a few times to really get a grasp of it but heavy sounds throughout.
Definite keeper.
1. Orchestral Intro
2. Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach (feat. Snoop Dogg and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
3. White Flag (feat. Kano & Bashy)
4. Rhinestone Eyes
5. Stylo (feat. Bobby Womack and Mos Def)
6. Superfast Jellyfish (feat. Gruff Rhys and De La Soul)
7. Empire Ants (feat. Little Dragon)
8. Glitter Freeze (feat. Mark E Smith)
9. Some Kind Of Nature (feat. Lou Reed)
10. On Melancholy Hill
11. Broken
12. Sweepstakes (feat. Mos Def & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
13. Plastic Beach (feat. Mick Jones & Paul Simonon)
14. To Binge (feat. Little Dragon)
15. Cloud Of Unknowing (feat. Bobby Womack)
16. Pirate Jet
Listen to Plastic Beach before it’s released.
Magistrates Decide To Call It A Day
I really liked the few tracks that Magistrates put out over the past 18 months -- Make This Work and Heartbreak were modern day beauties and after signing to XL Recordings, you would have thought that things couldn’t have gotten any better.
Well that’s not the case unfortunately as it seems Christmas shopping, mince pies and the thought of mainstream success has gotten all but too much for the five piece from essex.
Their MySpace message read…
The End
Magistrates is over, thanks for everything, we will all be working on other musical projects, we’ll let you know more news in the new year. I’m sure we will meet again.
xxx
Too bad eh.
Magistrates -- Make This Work
Magistrates -- Heartbreak
SOME night – Sound Of Musical Evolution
Wednesday is limbo day – you’re halfway through the week and you’re not entirely sure what to do with yourself – for some of us, the weekend begins then.
A new night called SOME night in conjunction with our dear friends at SlyFly Records is in full swing every Wednesday at The Den (formerly The End) and so far they’ve been amazing and so now your Wednesdays can be fulfilled!
The launch night saw A1 Bassline, Cameo and Stenchmen (just to name a few) take to the decks in attempt to bring down the foundations of the building. The Mahogany Blog was down there in full swing and it was a night not to forget.
Last week, dubstep producer Silkie, Lee Mortimer and special guest Benga delivered filthy sets for the hundreds of ravers.
This wednesday (14th Oct) sees DJ Edjotronic of Boys Noize, N-Type, Bar9 and Klose One take on the huge crowd that descend on the Holborn hotspot. SlyFly’s very own Mike Kruger will be laying down his new mix which is going to be unmissable.
Room 2 will sound a little something like this.
N-Type – Dark Matter – download
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Bar9 – Murda Sound – download
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Whereas Room 1 will sound a little something like this.
Mike Kruger – Mix 2008 - download
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More details are available on their Facebook page. For £3 guestlist just email your details to somenite@gmail.com.
Cougar Microbes are marching in like army ants
If The Mahogany Blog were to thank anyone it would be Cougar Microbes.
The London based Blog helped us get set up and the advice was invaluable.
Running since 2008 – the wide array of music posts ranging from a fantastic Duffy cover by Third Degree to an incredible Beastie Boys remix, Cougar Microbes was one of the earliest to pick up on She & Him.
There’s also a fantastic photo blog with some photographs you’d expect to see in the Ikea pictures section.
The image above is by far my favourite – I want it on my wall!
Check out the site, delve deep and delve long into the many many posts that this blog has to offer.
Blog of the Month on Hype Machine!!!!!
Almost exactly 6 months ago was the birth of The Mahogany Blog and since then it’s been an incredible time.
A lot of credit for our growing fanbase is the Hype Machine and what a better way to celebrate our 6 month anniversary by being featured on their website.
Hypem have almost 1500 chosen blogs and for July and much of August – we’ll be one of the five blogs featured.
There’s a radio show that features music chosen by the selected bloggers and interviews as well so have a listen to what I have to say about Florence & The Machine!
Here’s the link – listen to the entire show or flick to 31 minutes to hear The Mahogany Blog.
