1. Manitoba (now known as Caribou) - Paul's Birthday
2. Architecture in Helsinki - Do the Whirlwind
3. Tosca - John Lee Huber
4. The Golden Virgins - Light in her Window
5. Andrei - The Silent Blue Room
6. Spoon - Was it you
7. Trespassers William - Lie in the Sound
8. Calexico - Love Will Tear Us Apart
   

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Bjork
Robert SmithI stumbled upon this mashup a few weeks ago. Bjork facing off against the Cure in 'A Hidden Forest'. You can download it HERE.

MC HawkingNot content with just being Lucasian Professon of Mathematics,  MC Hawking has released another single - 'What we need more of is science' with a good dose of bling bling and gangsta rap attitude. Forget about 50 cent, MC Hawking is now the real thing. Check out the video HERE and the MC Hawking CD featuring such notable titles as:

• The Hawkman Cometh
• The Dozens
• Big Bizang
• Entropy
• The Mighty Stephen Hawking
• Crazy as Fuck
• Bitchslap
• Fuck the Creationists
• E=mc Hawking
• All My Shootings Be Drivebys
• UFT for the MC
• What We Need More of is Science
• GTA3

Perhaps not.....You know the score. You turn up at a friend's party and you hear the same shit on the jukebox, that you hear everywhere else. Michael Jackson, The Village People, ABBA, Pearl Jam, you name it. But what tracks haven't been played to death? Are there any you could actually put on and still make people happy? Sure, putting on the latest Autechre will ensure that everyone will ask you what it is, but they will happily bundle you off into a white van afterwards. Here's a thread discussing what you SHOULD be putting on.

What's going on with that left ear?As most of you have heard by now, the world has a new Pope. However, it looks like this one won't be a 'funky pope' as Bono recently described the late John Paul II. Mr Ratzinger in his own words:

"Rock"... is the expression of the elemental passions, and at rock festivals it assumes a sometimes cultic character, a form of worship, in fact, in opposition to Christian worship.

So there's been a lot speculation around the songs that would be stored on Benedict XVI's iPod if he ever had one. Some notable suggestions so far have been 'Munich Machine - Get on the Funk Train', 'Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same' and 'Human League - Don't You Want Me'. You can follow the thread HERE.

Too good to be true? I'm not sure. It all seems legit but the downloads aren't working at the moment. There are some FANTASTIC free tracks available from some very ecclectic artists so it's worth keeping an eye on this list (if it ever works). I hope they're not thinking of pulling it down. Watch this space.....

Those little white things...you know?Following in the footsteps of EDM, the Playlist club night in London and Philadelphia allows you to bring in your own iPod and spin some tunes on the electronic wheels of steel. Submit the details of your own 15 minute set beforehand via e-mail and then turn up on the night to play it to the crowds. Some notably ecclectic sets have been played in the past and I'm definitely going to turn up to one of these very soon.

Arrrr.....!I grew up in West Auckland, the heavy metal capital of New Zealand. Constant exposure to G 'n R, Megadeth and Pantera coming from my neighbours windows provided me with an unintentional heavy metal education (although you won't see it played on NYUB), not to mention some shocking mullets that still trigger nightmares to this day (Duncan - you know who I'm talking about).

Metal rules recently tallied up the results of their 'Top 100 Metal Albums of All Time'. Feel free to laugh or cry.

For the love of mankind, please stick to athletics!Celebrities quite often think of themselves as brands. Unfortunately a few of them take the marketing term 'brand extension' a little too far by venturing into mainstream music, and mainstream radio, being the bunch of idiots they are, will happilly play this tripe. It seems Carl Lewis made an attempt in the late 80's and here you can see how truly awful this man's attempt at music really was. There's no point wishing that this won't happen again because you know it will.

      

1. Tiga - Louder than a bomb
2. Spektrum - Kinda new (Tiefschwarz Vocal Mix)
3. Panthers - Thank me with your hands (MSTRKRFT Remix)
4. Eels - Old shit / new shit
5. Stephen Malkmus - Pencil Rot
6. Calla - Televise
7. Pilotdrift - Rings of Symbols
8. The Blue Van - New Slough
9. Battle - Tendency
10. Back Bone Shiver - Nothing
11. Culture Club - Starman (David Bowie Cover)
    

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E.L.O
PinkBootleg mash-ups are getting pretty big these days so I've decided to create a new NYUB mash-up series with the first one being Electric Light Orchestra  vs Pink in 'Don't Start Me Down' by DJ Booty Von Dralle. If you want more then I recommend you check out the Radio Clash podcast.

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Carlos and Paul spot a cloud that looks like Ian CurtisProbably one of my favourite acts to emerge from NYC over the last few years decided to once again tour London. The first time being a support slot for Japanese electronic experimentalists Cornelius way back in 2002 which I attended. I didn't have a clue who Interpol were at the time and they certainly left no impression on myself or my friends who attended. The sound was weak and the gentleman in the black suits, white shirts and skinny black ties seemed very unassured of themselves. A few months later 'Turn on the Bright Lights' was released when I was still in bondage at HMV Bond Street, running the electronic music section. One of my colleagues decided to throw 'NYC' on the DAT and I quickly purchased the album the following day.

Fast forward 3 years and the same gentlemen have hit the big time. 'Turn on the Bright Light's ended up selling 2,000,000 units and 'Antics' isn't in bad shape either. We trundled into the Brixton fairly early on in the evening, wary of the shooting that had occured there 3 weeks prior (the bullets are still in the ceiling apparently). Nevertheless, that didn't stop me from successfully attempting to smuggle in half a bottle of Jack Daniel's to keep us company during the evening. Overall, the songs were tight and fast and there was no mucking about. Paul's not one for much banter and most of the dialogue consisted of 'thankyou',  'thankyou very much', and ' thankyou to M83 for playing support' which was consistent with the brief conversation I had with him at Glastonbury 2003 outside the main dance tent when he was teetering on the edge of a narcotics induced collapse. Seriously, the man was not in good shape. I guess it didn't help that he was still wearing his black suit in 30 degree heat. The sound quality overall was the best I've heard for any act playing that venue and it reinforces my belief that a lot of support acts just get a bum deal with the crap equipment they can afford or are given for their support slots. It was still very strange to see hundreds of people mouthing the words ' Stella I love you'. Anyways, a great gig, particularly after some of the average acts I've been to recently.

• Drowned in Sound Review of the Friday night performance
• 101 things to which you can compare Interpol besides Joy Division
• Purchase 'Turn on the Bright Lights'
• Purchase 'Antics'

I have a fondness for the kitsch, and when I stumbed upon this I just had to post it. I'm not a big fan of black metal / death metal / satanic metal not because these men supposedly eat babies alive but because I just can't take this lot seriously. You won't either when you see this collection.

• Top 10 Most Ridiculous Black Metal Photos

Give me some hardcore!The New York Times has a priceless article on Dubya's new iPod Mini and what he's got stored on it (don't have an NY Times account? Then visit Bugmenot to ease the pain). It appears Dubya likes to listen to The Knack's 'My Sharona', 'You're so square baby, I don't care' by Joni Mitchell amongst others to raise his heart rate during his hour and a half bike rides on his ranch. But don't be fooled by what seems to be an unorthodox play list. The NYT assures us and the bible belt that his iPod contains mostly traditional country fare such as George Jones, Alan Jackson and Kenny Chesney.

Apparently the President 'has a little bit of taste for hard-core' and doesn't mind listening to artists who oppose his political views so I've created a playlist which he won't object to and is sure to raise his heart-rate during his workout.

1. Public Enemy - 911 is a joke
2. Ice-T - Cop Killer
3. Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire
4. Atari Teenage Riot - Into The Death
5. The Dead Kennedy's - Kill The Poor
6. People's Song's Chorus - The Ballad of F.D.R
7. The Smiths - This Charmless Man
8. Joe Glazer - The Giveaway Boys in Washington
9. John Handcox - There is mean things happening in this land
10. R.E.M - Its the End of the World as We Know It
11. Manhattan Chorus - Write Out My Union Card 
12. Almanac Singers - Dear Mr. President
13. Tom Glazer - When The Country is Broke
14. Morry Goodson &  Sonny Vale - Elephant and the Ass
15. Billy Bragg - Making the World Safe for Capitalism
    
16. The George W Bush Singers - Food On Your Family

What else do you think Dubya should be listening to on his iPod Mini? Let us all know by leaving a comment below.....

You gotta be in to win
NYUB will be offering a competition in NYUB Podcast #10. Download the show and correctly identify the artist and track title of the awful mainstream radio song I play right at the beginning before I scratch it off the turntable and win an iTunes gift voucher to the value of $US10 or equivalent foreign currency (depending on iTunes store availability in your country). The competition will kick off in NYUB #10 and entries should be sent via the 'email me'  section on NYUB.