Tag Archives: dance music

The English version of 1987’s XXX is still a favorite.

Kick off your weekend with this eclectic electro mix from NYC’s DJ Dave Huge. Setlist. Facebook. Website. Twitter. Upcoming gigs: Collider, First Saturdays at Stonewall Inn. Body Rock, January 21st at Rockbar. Bassment, January 26th at Monster. Union, January 27th at Monster. NOTE: With this post we revive the JMG Weekend Mix series in which we highlight major national and …

Courtesy of the promoters, today’s Swag Tuesday prize is two tickets to Trippin’ On The Moon, the next installment of the reunion of the members and performers of NYC’s legendary Saint disco. The party takes place on Sunday, January 22nd at Cielo in the Meatpacking District. Starring DJs Robbie Leslie and Mark Thomas, the evening will feature a special performance …

New Music Express weighs in: Whatever you were expecting from Scissor Sisters in 2012, this isn’t it. For a start, it’s got Jake Shears rapping his peachy little ass off about drink, drugs and “this bitch I met out in Boston”. Apparently “she gon’ vote for Obama and she likes to dance to Madonna Whoever she is, she sounds like …

Below are my personal favorites out of the hundreds of music clips posted here on JMG in 2011. They’re a mix of obvious and obscure and are in no particular order save my #1 – Beth Ditto’s I Wrote The Book, which my laptop claims I’ve played a couple of hundred times. Skip down to today’s open thread and tell …

Produced by LoverushUK and somewhat reminiscent of Adams’ tracks with trance king Chicane. This makes me want to go to San Francisco’s Pleasuredome. In 1998.

At least I know #10 from that Victoria’s Secret ad. NME’s best albums chart has some interesting entries, including PJ Harvey at the top.

Artists, titles, and a download link. [Photo credit] RELATED: Original and exclusive mix sets by new and nationally renowned DJs will return to JMG in early 2012!

As always with Jonny, possibly NSFW.

Reminds me of Saint Etienne.

NOTE: I’m pushing this clip back to the top of the blog because yesterday’s posting via Twitter Video had a short life for reasons unknown. But now it’s on YouTube.

A nifty electronic take on their classic, Istanbul.

Instrumental electronica from two titans of the genre. More here. Purchase. (Via – Allure Of Sound)

Courtesy of the Karpel Group, today’s Swag Tuesday prize is Kylie Minogue’s new concert DVD, Aphrodite Les Folies: Live In London, which is available online and at video/music retailers nationwide beginning today. The ultra theatrical tour that was devised with Kylie’s creative director William Baker, concluded on July 14th, 2011 in South Africa after performing a total of 77 spectacular …

A bit of a trip back to the late 90s. Makes me miss SF.

Two of my favorite musicians have collaborated for a new release. After 30 years working on their respective ongoing music projects, Vince Clarke (Erasure/Yazoo/Depeche Mode) and Martin L. Gore (Depeche Mode) come together for the first time since 1981 as VCMG to release a brand new album preceded by a series of EPs. VCMG is the fruit of initially tentative …

Former porn star Andrea True, who had a second act in the mid-70s as a minor disco star, has died at the age of 68. True referenced her porn career in her first international smash, More, More, More, which included the lyrics “Get the cameras rolling, get the action going.” That song, which peaked on Billboard’s pop chart at #4 …