STRANGEWAYS DJs @ RATS THIS SATURDAY!!

Catch your friends Strangeways DJs again this saturday night at Rats in the Colonial Hotel!

We're playing 2:30 til close, and as always name drop us for cheap entry :) :)

We're also playing next friday and saturday nights, so keep an ear out for more info! more deets coming soon...


'nuff 'said

Strangeways
:DJs

STRANGEWAYS DJs @ RATS (in Melbourne) Saturday 19th March!!!

Friends, Romans, Countrymen,

STRANGEWAYS DJs are proud to announce our debut gig at infamous Melbourne rodent-friendly club Rats! We're playing 2:15 'til close in the 'smoking room' alongside some of Melbourne's finest. Also including possibly the finest DJ name we've ever heard; "Chill Murray".
^_^

So for all your party-down needs of the musical, you know where to go next saturday...

Also we're playing at Transit in Canberra on Saturday the 2nd of April, more deets coming soon!

We'll see you ALLL in the not too distant future!

STRANGEWAYS

STRANGEWAYS DJs @ Trinity Friday 11 Jan

STRANGEWAYS DJs are proud to announce our triumphant return for the new year!

We'll be headlining next Friday night at Trinity with Department of Defiance, Cheese and Ashley Feraude.

Best of all, it's all free so you have no excuse for missing this epic night in the making.

See you all soon!

Strangeways :)

Strangeways DJs @ Puple Sneakers Melbourne New Year's Eve Party!

 

Friends,

STRANGEWAYS DJs are proud to announce we'll be playing hipster's haven Purple Sneakers Melbourne New Year's Eve House Party, alongside The Soft Pack, Kimbra and heaps of others.

Those of you who saw us play last year's event in Sydney will no doubt remember the bopping-indie madness of the infamous house parties, and best of all this year tickets are only $19 + booking fee!

So if anyone's in Melbourne on New Year's Eve, come down and party with us from 1-3am on the front stage.

Something abour Radar Detectors?

STRANGEWAYS
xx

p.s. what is a radar detector?

2010: An Album Retrospective

How can 2010 almost be over? Seems like this year has gone especially quickly. I know everyone always says that but this year more so than ever. Maybe something to do with graduating uni this year.

Anyways, got me thinking 2010 has been a pretty great year for new albums, and as such I have decided to launch the inaugural STRANGEWAYS 2010 ALBUM AWARDS. Very Prestigious Award, coveted by many, received by few. And here are the categories:

Best Albums

1. Foals - Total Life Forever 

 Amazing follow up to their explosive debut album Antidotes, Total Life Forever is distinctly different yet familiar. A million emotions all packaged up into one mesmerizing album. Couldn't have asked for more from these guys.

Track 'After Glow' is my personal pick, which is even more amazing when witnessed live. Jus' sayin'.

 2. Groove Armada - Black Light 


These guys never stop developing their sound and their latest is perhaps their best yet. Vibrant synth-pop at it's best.


While using such a heavy synth throughout would make it easy for this album to get bogged down and slow, Groove Armada seem to effortlessly travel through time and tempo.

Personal favourite is 'I Won't Kneel'.

 3. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening

After the mayhem that was Sound of Silver I suppose it was inevitable that Mr. Murphy would take a step back and assess, and the result is the matured sounds of This Is Happening.

Another live performance highlight from this year!

Listen to closing track 'Home' for a pick-me-up, and all your troubles will drift away in a tad under eight minutes.





4. Cloud Control - Bliss Release

The debut for Australian outfit Cloud Control saw them pick up a J-Award nomination for there efforts, and propelled them to tour our little neck of the woods (Canberra) not once but twice!

Their popularity speaks for itself, although I wish they didn't sound quite so similar to Fleet Foxes.

'Ghost Story' is the pick.

5. Chromeo - Business Casual

SEX ON FIRE! Hate to reference KoL, but if I had to use three words to describe this album they would be it.

Album cover says it all really...

'I'm Contagious' will boost your mojo by 100%.  guaranteed.

 6. Miami Horror - Illumination

Glorious, uninhibited synth-pop at it's best! Perhaps not the most original sound from these Aussie rockers, but I really can't fault the album much more than that.

Music snobs will disagree, but this album is fun. Pure and simple.

'Summersun' is perfect for the weeks ahead.

 7. Hot Chip - One Life Stand

I find it hard to believe it was this year, but there you go. One Life Stand is undeniably Hot Chip's most mature sounding album, for these now veterans of the indie-pop scene.




'I Feel Better' will make you feel better. Hahaha, get it?






8. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

While I wouldn't go as far as to award this album a perfect 10.0, as some fellow members of the Internet music community have done, I will agree that this is a superb effort from the ever controversial Mr. West. You get the feeling that he ignored all the hype and made something he wanted to. R35P3CT.

Can't decide between 'Runaway' and 'Lost In The World'.
Listen to Both.

9. Mark Ronson - Record Collection

And the prize for best album cover of the year goes to...
Mr Ronson, the eclectic British genius (anyone else picture him like a mad scientist in a lab?) truly delivered with Record Collection.

Crank this one up loud for summer!

Can't go past 'Somebody to Love Me'.





10. Aeroplane - We Can't Fly

I really wanted to put this one higher. I really did. I just felt there was something missing from the now one piece Belgian outfit Aeroplane.

Because I friggin' love Aeroplane like nothing else, and while this album does have many strong points, it also has a few seemingly pointless holes. Nonetheless, a solid effort.

'We Can't Fly' is the clear standout of the album, perhaps single of the year?

Notable Mentions

So close, yet so far. These albums were all on high rotation throughout my  year, but didn't quite make the cut for one reason or another.


Bag Raiders - Bag Raiders
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot & The Son of Chico Dusty
Caribou - Swim
Chiddy Bang - The Preview
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
El Guincho - Pop Negro
Girl Talk - All Day
Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do
The Holidays - Post Paradise
The John Steel Singers - Tangalooma
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
Vampire Weekend - Contra
Yeasayer - Odd Blood

Notable Misses

This section is dedicated to albums which I held a lot of hope for, yet ultimately failed to deliver. Most of the artists in this list had previous releases which I really liked. Some of them just sucked. Fail.

Born Ruffians - Say It
Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown
M.I.A. - Maya
MGMT - Congratulations
Ratatat - LP4
Sleigh Bells - Treats
Uffie - Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans


That's it folks, what did you guys think?
What does the future hold for 2011?

What are you gonna vote for in the Hottest 100?

We'll be back with more STRANGEWAYS goodness before you know it.

Peace

First STRANGEWAYS Mixtape!!

Friends,
the very first official STRANGEWAYS demo mixtape is now available for your listening pleasure! Exciting stuff! We had lots of fun making it, hopefully as much as you will listening to it.

As an added bonus, we have a competition running on our facebook if you think you can list all (or most!) of the samples we used.

Also, big thanks to our friends Party By Jake for already blogging it!

Get Busy!
Strangeways DJs x

   Strangeways "Restoring Credibility" Mix 2010 by Strangeways DJs

Strangeways DJs supporting NINA LAS VEGAS (Triple J) FREE this Thursday 9th December

Friends,

Strangeways DJs are proud to announce we'll be supporting Triple J's very own NINA LAS VEGAS, this time at Trinity on Thursday 9th December. And this time it's all FREE!

If, like us, you're still recovering from how amazing last time was, be sure to check her out again, this time with extra support from Offtapia, Sean Kelly, Hazan and Cha Cha Char.

As if you didn't need more incentives, the Mingle & Trinity crew are giving away free champagne if you rock up before 10.

EPIC!

Other 'tings coming soon too....


Big Ups
STRANGEWAYS