Saturday, May 24, 2008

#26: Keeping It Low...

As we warmed up for Sunday's Eurocultured festival set today (details below), it became very apparent that the DJ Kue remix of War's classic 'Lowrider' is a f*cking incredible tune.

It will most certainly get played tomorrow as Shoplifters hit Eurocultured from 1pm. We're playing the Revolution bar on Oxford Rd from 1pm - 3pm which means two things:

1) We'll be drinking bison vodka cocktails by 1:05pm
2) We'll be ignoring the early start time and rolling out the beats from the get go.

Tickets are a tenner from the box office on Oxford Rd and for your money you'll see hundreds of DJs, bands, breakdancers, graffiti artists and loads more.

Come see.

MP3 War - Low Rider (DJ Kue Remix)

Sunday, May 11, 2008

#25: Recent Decents

Right the sun's out in Manchester, and hopefully where you're ready this as well. Here's a quick round up of some goodies rocking the Shoplifters stereo - some old, mostly new, all well worth your attention.

Let us know which you love and hate. It's good to talk...

First up it's the Stevie-Nicks-reincarnate greatness of Ladyhawke. Watched the Camden Crawl wet themselves over her last month and this Van She remix takes things to another level. Quality.

MP3 Ladyhawke - Back Of The Van (Van She Tech Turbo Fire Engine Remix)

Also on the XX chromosome theme, there's a tasty Kylie remix of 'Heart Beat Rock' doing the rounds featuring a fruity insert from Spank Rock. Good beat, but sounds familiar. Anyone?

MP3 Kylie feat. Spank Rock - Heart Beat Rock (Benny Blanco Remix)

And, despite posting about this tune before, this week it's more than likely to top the pop charts today in the UK and, crucially, it's not a pile of shit. An achievement I'm sure you'll agree... The Burns remix of Wiley's smash smooths things out with some nice Parisian synth work.

MP3 Wiley - Wearin My Rolex (Burns Remix)

The hugely underrated Infadels return with a new LP 'Universe In Reverse' two years after their debut. The second single from the album is going to be 'Free Things For Poor People' (June 23, Wall Of Sound) and there's some great remixes including this one from Alex Metric. Designed to be played loud.

MP3 Infadels - Free Things For Poor People (Alex Metric Remix)

And finally one of the godfathers of shameless guilty pleasure bootlegging, Go Home Productions, releases an album 'Spliced Krispies' this month. In his own words, "This album was conceived and created during April 2008. It basically came about after I needed a break from writing / recording original tracks for the 'Kamikaze Runway' album...

"Must admit that I had a lot of fun putting this together. No limitations or pandering to artists / record labels desires, just went headfirst into screwing around with some favourite songs and seeing what turned up."


MP3 Go Home Productions - Grandstand Supreme

Download the whole album for free here

Hold steady
JC

Sunday, May 4, 2008

#24: Tonight's The Night...

As the news of Bloggerpalooza sweeps the globe, from 6pm today you should click here to listen and see (yikes!) Shoplifters and friends in the mix.

Tune in from 6pm to hear live sets from the cream of Manchester's MP3 bloggers including Blackcountrygrammar, Yer Mam!, Best Foot Forward, Cosmic Disco, The Indie Credential and, of course, us.

That's enough of the big sell for now, tune in or come down to the Contact Theatre (Oxford Rd, Manchester) from 6pm.

Hold steady
JC