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Hey guys. We've been totally busy so haven't been able to update the blog too much of late. We have however thrown some tunes into a mixtape of our current faves. You can hear them over on muxtape.com. We'll keep changing the selection over the summer months.
http://heidiseeker.muxtape.com/
Muxtape.com is a music sharing site that lets you create virtual mix tapes. Switch between tracks with the left and right arrow keys, and use 'return' to pause and play. Muxtapes will advance from track to track in a loop by default.
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Heidi Seeker faves CSS have confirmed that their second album, Donkey, will be released in July. WooHoo! Head over to their website for more info and check out a track below.
Rat Is Dead (Rage) by CSS (click to download the mp3)
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Lassoo by The Duke Spirit (click to download the mp3)
We have been rawwwking out of late to The Duke Spirit, one of the most underrated female fronted bands around. Their second album Neptune is released on Monday and sounds as awesome as their first.
The Duke Spirit - Lassoo (Live on The Henry Rollins show)
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Time to Pretend by MGMT (click to download the mp3)
Electric Feel by MGMT (click to download the mp3)
MGMT (pronounced management) are a pretty new band hailing from the US who've been blowing up big time over there. They managed to impress enough to get Flaming Lips producer Dave Fridmann to produce their debut album, Oracular Spectacular. The influence of David Fridmann certainly shows in the production with a sound ranging from Satanic era Rolling Stones to Pink Floyd to Flaming Lips to Beck to Arcade Fire. Their mixture of synth styled pop and psych rock is AWESOME... oh and they wore capes for their performance on David Letterman a few weeks ago. KUDOS!
The video below is a screen capture of someone playing the interactive music video game for MGMT's new song "Electric Feel" (which sounds like Prince produced by Hot Chip). There are supposedly 625 to the 229th power different ways the video can turn out (who the hell figured that out?). You can download the interactive video at: whoismgmt.com/efvideo Do it, it's kickass!!!
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Little Bit by Lykke Li (click to download the mp3)
Great bit of Swedish indie lo-fi pop with a crazy video to boot.
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Gilt Complex by Sons and Daughters (click to download the mp3)
The first single to be taken from the bands new album, "This Gift" released on the 28th of January. It's an awesome tune full of pounding rhythm and rockin' guitar. Sons and Daughters hail from Glasgow and are now on their third album. Check out "Johnny Cash", "Fight" and "Blood" from their debut album "Love the Cup" and "Dance Me in" and "Monsters" from their second album "Repulsion Box" for more great songs.
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Hey Hey!
For our new jukebox selection of tunes we asked Heidi Seeker fan and US indie radio DJ Alisha to make her suggestions.
Alisha went to college in the UK and worked for Resonance FM hosting a show which played music you could only find online from underground bands all over the world.
Alisha is a huge music fan who now works for internet television station ManiaTV! producing the morning show "Wake the hell up" as well as a show devoted to indie music.
You can listen to her radio show via iTunes. You have to go to Radio 1190 and then you can listen by clicking iTunes. The show is broadcast on Wednesday's at 4-6pm MST (which is from 11pm-1am in the UK).
For those of you that have never used our jukebox before, all the pages on this site have a jukebox icon on the right hand side. Click on it to listen to all the tracks listed. It will open in a pop up window.
Over to you Alisha...
"People say that music is the soundtrack of your life, so here’s mine! Recommended if you like: making out, dance parties, lipgloss and the summertime!"
The Prayer by Bloc Party ← buy me on itunes
"The group’s lead singer Kele said this is his own version of “Sexy Back” and I couldn’t agree more… start smooching!"
Don't Stop by Brazilian Girls ← buy me on itunes
"I love pairing this song with the Junior Boys song below… they sound HOT HOT HOT together, do what the lyrics tell you to!"
In The Morning by Junior Boys ← buy me on itunes
"HOT HOT HOT, keep making out!"
No Surprises by Rockabye Baby ← buy the karaoke version on itunes
"This song hopefully comes on when your friends bust into your room at a party to find you with your crush cuddling on your bed and they join you!"
Solta O Fango by Bonde Do Role ← buy me on itunes
"Time for a dance party and this Brazilian group will get it started."
Heart It Races by Architecture In Helsinki ← buy me on itunes
"Fun song to jump on your bed to…"
Dr. Love by Bumblebeez ← buy me on itunes
"This is a fun song… for extra silliness, check out the music video and re-enact it!"
Atlantis to Interzone by Klaxons ← buy me on itunes
"Lip sync to this song while trying out your best air-keyboard and guitar… don’t forget to jump up and down!"
Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above by CSS ← buy me on itunes
"You might be getting a little danced out at this point… if you’re not, continue dancing to the song, if you are tired, just lay on the bed and talk about how awesome lead singer Lovefoxx is and sip lemonade!"
All My Friends by LCD Soundsystem ← buy me on itunes
"This is the perfect song to wrap up your perfect night with your closet friends and **hopefully** your #1 crush!"
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Awesome promo for the song Alcohol by CSS! Check it out! Drunk bunnies!
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Hey guys. Just thought I'd let you all know about the sad death of one of our favourite crooners over here at Seeker towers. Lee Hazlewood who died peacefully, aged 78, at his home outside Las Vegas was a songwriter, singer and producer of records over the past 50 years.
He is most well known for writing Nancy Sinatra's 1966 signature hit 'These Boots Are Made For Walkin'. He famously told her to sing it "like a 16-year old girl who screws truck drivers". The result established Nancy, daughter of Frank Sinatra, as one of pop's hottest mid-60s singers, with Hazlewood producing all her recordings and writing many of the hits.
Hazlewood and Sinatra also performed together under the name 'Nancy & Lee.' The recordings made at this time (all written by Hazlewood) are amongst the best cosy fireside music you'll ever hear.
Early in his career he also wrote many songs for Duane Eddy including one of our favourites 'Rebel Rouser'.
After retiring in the 1970's Hazlewood had just started to perform again with many more recent artists citing him as a strong influence on their music.
Of his cult status, Hazlewood remarked, "Thank God for kids that love obscure things! I never thought anyone would pay attention to those records, and it's a good feeling. It makes me feel like I really did get to do what I wanted to do."
Goodbye Lee... see you by the fireplace.
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If you guys haven't had the chance to check out one of our favourite bands CSS then check them them out in this kickin' live concert video!
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Woop Woop - Jukebox time. For those of you that have never used our jukebox before, all the pages on this site have a jukebox icon on the right hand side. Click on it to listen to all the tracks listed. It will open in a pop up window.
I Am Somebody by DJ Mehdi (feat. Chromeo) ← buy me on itunes
This Parisian cool cat and Daft Punk collaborator gets us in the mood to party with an absolute corker of a track.
Colour by Delta 5 ← buy me on itunes
From Paris to Leeds for a 27 year old slice of post punk politics that still rings true.
On Fire by Neon Plastix ← buy me on itunes
Crazy, sexy, cool track from these Doncaster based musical wonderkids.
Dare to Be Stupid by "Weird Al" Yankovic ← buy the karaoke version on itunes
A track from the original 1986 Transformers movie.
Fa-Fa-Fa by Datarock ← buy me on itunes
Next we go to Norway for a rockin' electro tune from this jumpsuit wearing duo.
Kick it by Peaches (feat. Iggy Pop) ← buy me on itunes
Musical legend Iggy Pop turned 60 recently not that you'd know it from this recent rockin' collaboration.
Rock Me Again and Again by Lyn Collins ← buy me on itunes
A wicked funk track from legendary soul singer Lyn Collins.
Kiss Kiss Kiss (Peaches Remix) by Yoko Ono ← buy me on itunes
Peaches is at it again... the little monkey. This time she's dallied with John Lennon's missus!
Cruel Summer by Bananarama ← buy me on itunes
Classic track from the only women that could make dungarees sexy.
Natural's Not In It by Gang Of Four ← buy me on itunes
Back to Leeds and Seeker jukebox regulars Gang of Four.
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Truly Awesome!!!
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Recently I have got a bit into Italo Disco, a lot of it is pretty cheesy but there are some super little ditties like this one from German group Fun Fun! This is possibly the most fabulous and god-awful video I have aver seen. I feel a tribute jumper coming on!
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It is rare in this world that you can fall in love multiple times in the space of five minutes. That is what happened to me on our recent photo shoot with the electrifying and super sexy Trash Fashion. If you have not already heard of them they are possibly the coolest band to grace the anti-genre of nu rave. They are also darlings of the delicious brochure of Day-Glo optimism that is SUPER SUPER magazine.
There is something about a man in leggings and eyeliner... If I were in charge of the world I would make it the law that all men had to dress in this manner. Appearances aside these guys rock and I mean ROCK! It has been a long time since I saw a really supercharged charismatic band. I read somewhere recently in the musings of a rather jaded rock music writer that rock & roll had died. Well Trash fashion are busy bringing it back to life with high voltage heart paddles and rave horns.
Unfortunately for the rather hammered Newcastle crowd their rock/rave wonder proved a little too much. Their performance made me think of that part in 'Back to the Future' where Marty Mcfly goes off on one with a genius guitar solo and proclaims, 'sorry you guys aren't ready for that yet' to his shocked and bemused 1950's audience.
Despite a bunch of idiotic townie girls trying to sabotage their performance at every turn and a wrecked new raver attacking them with silly string, they played like pros wowing the more receptive audience members with screaming witty vocals and dirty guitar riffs accompanied by 90's rave keyboards. They won a fair few converts that night. I was smitten and am hatching a plan to kidnap them and make them my personal band (creepy Stephen King 'Misery' style).
Anyway back to the shoot, I made the guys giant personalised nametag necklaces and personalised leggings. I also covered them in bags. Gemma our cool journo blog contributor styled them and Hatty our intern got dragged into the men’s loos to plait Jet's hair. Herod (AKA Gerry) and Sheriff, like the pros that they are, took some awesome photos. Gerry is responsible for some of the other photos on the site, soon to be appearing in Disorder magazine.
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So finally after what seems like forever! Our new updated site is here! We have hundreds of new products and an easier to navigate site! No one in Heidi Seeker land has slept for days so we are breathing a sigh of relief that it is done YEEEEHAAWWW! Now here are some things to know;
We will be adding new products WEEKLY and sometimes with no warning so keep checking back!
We no longer stock to shops so lots of our products will be exclusive to www.heidiseeker.com.
Because we no longer stock to shops many of our prices have been lowered permanently to make sure you are getting your swag at the best price possible.
Hope you like it! Sorry it has taken so long and you have had to stare at our pre-xmas site for a month! We want to say a very big thankyou to everyone who has put up with erratic order delivery times and missing emails whilst we got ourselves organised. Thankyou so much for being so understanding with us! We love you all!
New tunes on the jukebox!
Le Disko by Shiny Toy Guns ← buy me on itunes
LA rockers Shiny Toy Guns have gone all electro in this dirty dance-floor ditty.
Love is the Drug by Roxy Music ← buy me on itunes
Recently I met Brian Eno... I asked him, "if love wasn't the drug would it be Benilyn?"
Ice Cream by New Young Pony Club ← buy me on itunes
According to the music press these guys are as new rave as a bum bag covered in light sticks. We don't really care... we just dig them.
Say Say Say by Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
A collaboration between two musical geniuses produces something pretty middle of the road... but we love it more than Tunnocks teacakes!
Tenderoni by Chromeo
Bop Non Stop to this little piece of dance floor magic from Chromeo.
Pile of Gold by The Blow ← buy me on itunes
Super cool art bitch Khaela Maricich has created the audio equivalent of winning £1000 and not having to go in to work.
Run with Us by Lisa Lougheed
The theme tune to hit 80's kids TV show 'The Raccoons'.
Cherry Bomb by The Runaways
This song is one of our most played at the moment. We love it so much it has its own sweatshirt.
Backass by Karen O (feat. Peaches)
We can't support dwarves running into walls but this song, written for the Jackass 2 movie soundtrack is awesome!
Easy Love by MSTRKRFT
Member of Death From Above 1979 teams up with his old producer to become genius re-mixers. This is their first original single! Ace!
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Here's a new winter jukebox for y'all... Enjoy!
Fujiyama Mama by Wanda Jackson ← buy me on itunes
An absolute classic from the "Queen of Rockabilly"!
Romeo by Donna Summer
A great dance-floor filler from the soundtrack to the film "Flashdance"
Venus Fly Trap by Electrocute
Risque but fun song from these crazy Berlin scenesters.
Lucky Number by Lene Lovich ← buy me on itunes
Fantastic song from her 1978 debut album.
Music is My Hot, Hot Sex by CSS ← buy me on itunes
Another rockin' electro tune from this cult Brazilian! band. We're getting the chance to see them live soon. Whoopee!
Judy is a Punk by Ramones ← buy me on itunes
A jukebox classic!
Shake Shake by The Baby Shakes ← buy me on itunes
The first single from this soon to be cult New York garage band!
The Final Mistake by Beastellabeast
Too Cool for School! Musical genius.
Bucky Done Gun (Eye Of The Tamil Mix) by M.I.A. vs Cracker Farmboy
You've gotta love a good mashup. This is a classic in the making!
Jique by Brazilian Girls ← buy me on itunes
Seductive gritty beats from some multi-cultural maestros.
Don't Give Up by The Noisettes
Foot stomping raw riffs from our new favourite band!!!
Rich Girl by Hall & Oates ← buy me on itunes
This one goes out to all you princesses out there. Hall & Oates at their yacht rockin' best.
Wildcat (E*vax Remix) by Ratatat ← buy me on itunes
A dirty dancefloor ditty. Go on... you've got the moves.
(I'm Gonna Follow Your) Star Trail by The Duloks
These superstars rocked out at Heidi Seeker towers recently and blew the roof off! WooHoo! We love you Duloks!!!
Happy Trails!
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We all went to the Belgium music festival Pukkelpop in August thanks to our lovely friends the Pipettes! We had a brilliant time! Here is our festival experience in rather badly taken pictures...
The journey was like a trek to Mount Doom minus the Orks. We put our tent up in the p***ing rain and managed to yell at each other and at other people and at our bad tent instructions for a good half hour. Everything worked out fine in the end and I finished the day off eating a sandwich the size of a drainpipe! Yummy!
The first day involved a confusing reshuffle of the schedule, as it was the day naughty Pete Doherty decided to get arrested/ordered into rehab. So 'Babyshambles' couldn't play and were replaced on the main stage by 'Animal Alpha', which was a bit of a shock for the fellas, especially after just seeing the wonderfully melodic 'My Latest Novel'. 'Animal Alpha' were loud with a capital L and I had a hangover. I usually like incomprehensible screaming but it was 11 in the morning and we'd had 4 hours sleep, so we went in search of food to soak up the alcohol...
I was told I was not allowed a full Haribo pick and mix for lunch, which sent me into an irrational sulk. Jon had a horrendous looking taco from probably the seediest taco van I have ever seen. I bet that Taco never leaves his system, I swear it glowed in the dark!
Then we saw 'Morningwood' and I bought a 'Yeah Yeah Yeahs' t-shirt (always shopping!) 'Morningwood' were KICKASS! I have never really heard much about them, the lead singer is crazy! She was dressed in an ACE outfit that was kind of a cross between a nurse, 1940's naval officer and Debbie Harry. She looked like Dolly Parton's evil twin! I have never seen such a rockin' lady in all my life, she was mental! The best bit of their set involved her grabbing an unsuspecting audience member, climbing inside his tee-shirt ripping open the neck popping her head into the neck hole and snogging him, he seemed to quite enjoy it! Even if it was in front of 10,000 people. We also saw 'Be Your Own Pet' and they were SSSSSUUPPEEERR!! Yey!
Oh! and 'We are Scientists'! Phwoooargh! I joined a myriad of weak in the knees ladies drooling over cutie pie Keith Murray, yummy yum yum!!! (The music was good too!) I did take a picture but I was so overwhelmed with giddiness that poor Keith is just a blurred smudge : ( we were on the front row too! We camped out on my insistence and after my Haribo related sulk I think the lads would have done anything to shut me up.
The next day was 'The Pipettes'! They were awesome! I wore my polka dot tights and skirt especially! I don't think many people in Belgium had heard of them but the whole audience got their socks rocked big time! If you have not seen these Wonderwomen live yet then you outta get tickets for their September UK tour, you will not be disappointed.
After 'The Pipettes', we bopped to 'The Raconteurs'. They ROCKED! Jack White reiterated what a genius he is and I think Brendon Benson is ACE (he is also quite cute). After that we had a bit of a crazy skedaddle to see a packed timetable of bands from 'The Knife' a bizarre electro outfit and writers of the famous José Gonzales track, to Fear Factory? Don't ask... Rob used to be a bit of a Metaller back in the day! We then headed to Roni Size. I have a bit of an inbuilt weakness for drum and bass! We finished up with Beck who had a live thunderbird style puppet show going on behind him onstage. The music was wheeeeee! Amazing! I am a huge Beck fan anyway so I was in my element.
The final day highlight for me was 'The Spinto Band' who are possibly the happiest band in the world! The bass player was so happy he looked borderline insane! They played their little plaid socks off and turned me into a big pile of awe-ridden mush! Halfway through their set all the power went off so they spent 10 minutes doing bizarre robotic dancing and the conga to keep us guys occupied while it was being sorted out. Thanks Spinto Band, you made my day and if I could legally have lots of husbands then I would marry you all! We went to see the Arctic Monkeys in the pouring rain and Rob started a mosh pit much to the dismay of the rather conservative Belgians. Bad Robert and bad weird Portuguese men! You know who you all are! Shame on you!
After that we splatted to see the Yeah Yeah Yeahs through a muddy swamp. I love Karen O! I love her! I would walk through 10 miles of mud for you Karen with your infectious voice and your spangly leotard 'All hail Karen queen of all roooooock and roooooll! You rule!'
The end of the night was Belle and Sebastian tweetastic! It’s like being caught in a candyfloss machine but in a good way! By this point I was giddy and acting like a small child. By the time Daft Punk came on I was the happiest skippiest giddiest gal in all of Belgium! OMG! They were epic! What a light show! A great way to finish off a fantabulous few days. Yipppeeeee!
We set off for home very grubby and tired and a bit rocked out... I had a wizztastic time as did Rob and Jon. I hope all you lot that went to festivals had as good a time as we did! Thanks to everyone who has put up with our slightly erratic delivery schedule over the last few weeks (it's been a bit crazy here!) Things should be getting back to normal again now. I love you all, you gorgeous rocking ladies (and gents)!
Here's our Pukkelpop playlist in all its glory! Listen to it on our JUKEBOX!
New York Girls by Morningwood ← buy me on itunes
Lead singer Chantal Claret's amazing live performance was one of the highlights of our European jaunt this summer. These guys are ace!
Bicycle Race by Be Your Own Pet ← buy other songs on itunes
A garage rock version of this Queen classic, perfect for when I'm wizzing about on my BMX!
Nobody Move, Nobody Gets Hurt by We Are Scientists ← buy me on itunes
Heidi and Keith sittin' in a tree...
Pull Shapes by The Pipettes ← buy me on itunes
The princesses of bop!
Steady As She Goes by The Raconteurs ← buy me on itunes
The ultimate supergroup!
Heartbeats by The Knife ← buy me on itunes
Original and best! Amazing song from this Swedish masked duo.
Que' Onda Guero by Beck ← buy me on itunes
The best puppet show I've EVER seen and I've been to Sooty Land!
Did I Tell You by The Spinto Band ← buy me on itunes
A kickin' song from my new troupe of happy husbands.
Knock A Door Run by Arctic Monkeys ← buy other songs on itunes
A Monkeys' bootleg. No moshing now Robert.
Cheated Hearts by Yeah Yeah Yeahs ← buy me on itunes
Karen O we salute you.
The Blues Are Still Blue by Belle & Sebastian ← buy me on itunes
Twee-Twoo!
Bop-A-Lula Baby!
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Summers coming so I thought the jukebox could do with a freshen up!
Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me by The Pipettes ← buy me on itunes
Happy Go Lucky Me by The Bobbettes
Lady T by Crazy P ← buy me on itunes
Mind Your Own Business by Delta 5 ← buy me on itunes
Scandinavia by Fleeing New York ← buy me on itunes
Surfin' Bird by The Trashmen ← buy me on itunes
Video Game Heart by All Girl Summer Fun Band ← buy me on itunes
Today Without You by Samantha Jones
Heaven's in the Back Seat of My Cadillac by Stereo Total ← buy me on itunes
Massive Cure by Smoosh ← buy me on itunes
Love Giraffe by PINE*am
Let me know what you think!
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We have a new playlist on the Jukebox,
I Love Rock 'N' Roll by Queen of Japan
A great punk-rock cover!
Make Your Own Kind Of Music by Cass Elliot
Mellow 1969 solo hit by this former Mama.
You're Too Possessive by Joan Jett And The Blackhearts
Fantastic 1982 Joan Jett number.
Rosanna by Toto
A yacht rock classic inspired by the relationship between keyboard player Steve Porcaro and actress Rosanna Arquette.
Got To Give It Up by Marvin Gaye
A late 70s disco floorfiller.
Jackson by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood
The daughter of the American icon and one of the best voices that country music ever produced.
I Love A Man In A Uniform by Gang Of Four
A Heidi favourite to get her jumping and dancing round with imaginary service-men.
7am by Jacqueline Taïeb
Mod-freakbeat little monster.
Shoo Shoo by J Girls
Great 60's hammond tune.
We Built This City on Rock and Roll by Starship
Voted recently as the worst single ever recorded. They are so very wrong!
Hollywood Bowl by Fleeing New York
Boundless glam-stomping.
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