PAPER CRANE COLLECTIVE

The editor for the TsuruRadio blog nearly jacked it all in during a recent lull in motivation for music blogging. In a moment of inspiration during a crisis meeting with his writers, he discovered salvation. Rather than kill off what he had worked so hard to build, he thought it more rewarding to open up his site to the global community of music bloggers.

Several emails, Gchats and a batch of re-designs later, the Paper Crane Collective was born and we are pleased to announce that it launches today. We now have a base of 22 music bloggers, from all over the world, contributing to this new collective site. One of the main differences with this joint venture is that it’s not an aggregator, as we all have specific slots each week that we will be contributing original editorial for. The Recommender’s slot is initially listed as the 3rd Monday afternoon of each month, but will likely grow to more slots once things settle down.

We hope you enjoy digesting even more original editorial from The Recommender on there, as we hope to try and write about subjects that we wouldn’t naturally cover on here, such as album reviews and playlists. In the mean time you can find the full list of bloggers, the entire story behind PCC’s creation, the timetable of posts, plus all the links you need to hook up with The Paper Crane Collective right here.  (MB)

STEREO MCs – CONNECTED

COCKNBULLKID – HOLD ON TO YOUR MISERY (BLACK CHERRY REMIX)

Pushing the Cocknbullkid in front of our readers is like pointing out the heavens to a holy man, as we’ve awarded so much attention to Anita Blay and her wicked creations that there really shouldn’t be any readers left that remain unconverted.

Having been on the online radars for a few years, 2011 should be the year in which Cocknbullkid finally breaks through, as we run up to the release of her long-awaited debut album, Adulthood.

We have the latest remix in a gathering line of re-edits for her song, Hold On To Your Misery, this time by Black Cherry. It’s no wonder that Anita Blay is ripe for a rework, as she has lots of the correct ingredients, including melodic pop, a four-beat pace, lots of yummy hooks, massive choruses, but most of all, a clean and endearing voice.

You can compare a handful of the many available remixes for this track below, as well as the video for the original track. Cocknbullkid is armed with such a complete package, so it’s no wonder Janelle Monae recently commented on how much she adores Anita, before quickly snapping her up for the new UK tour. It’s great to finally watch all the signals slot into place, as Cocknbullkid sets out to own 2011.  (MB)

COCKNBULLKID – HOLD ON TO YOUR MISERY (BLACK CHERRY REMIX)

COCKNBULLKID – HOLD ON TO YOUR MISERY (LISSVIK REMIX V1)

COCKNBULLKID – HOLD ON TO YOUR MISERY (DREAMTRAK DIAMOND SOUND REMIX)

COCKNBULLKID – HOLD ON TO YOUR MISERY (BELLATRAX RADIO EDIT)

COCKNBULLKID – HOLD ON TO YOUR MISERY (HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR REMIX)