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Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:13:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/22/stream-mr-intl-give-it-to-me/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/22/stream-mr-intl-give-it-to-me/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:30:20 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=133740 Hercules and Love Affair frontman Andrew Butler and SF DJ/producer Jason Kendig are back with a new Mr. INTL track. “Give it to me” is an analog ode to the early ’90s confluence of techno … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/22/stream-mr-intl-give-it-to-me/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/18/the-irrepressibles-%e2%80%9cin-this-shirt-hercules-and-love-affair-remix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/18/the-irrepressibles-%e2%80%9cin-this-shirt-hercules-and-love-affair-remix-mp3/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:15:26 +0000 Jasmine Zhu http://www.thefader.com/?p=126517 Hercules and Love Affair puts a nu-disco spin on The Irrepressibles’ “In This Shirt,” from the group’s 2010 debut LP, Mirror Mirror. The somber, orchestral original gets revamped with sparkling synths and marimbas, reminiscent of … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/18/the-irrepressibles-%e2%80%9cin-this-shirt-hercules-and-love-affair-remix-mp3/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/12/video-hercules-and-love-affair-painted-eyes/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/12/video-hercules-and-love-affair-painted-eyes/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:30:27 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=125137 Oddly nostalgic and curious about one of her weirdest reinventions as a nu-hippie rave Earth Goddess, we watched Madonna’s “Ray of Light” and “Frozen” videos like 12 times this weekend. It shouldn’t have worked, but … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/12/video-hercules-and-love-affair-painted-eyes/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/10/stream-shaun-j-wright-forever-more/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/10/stream-shaun-j-wright-forever-more/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:00:30 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=119307 Shaun J. Wright is a Hercules and Love Affair sometimes-singer, releasing his first single on Mr. Intl, the label founded by the group’s leader Andy Butler. As a solo debut, “Forever More” suits Wright perfectly, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/10/stream-shaun-j-wright-forever-more/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/05/stream-hercules-and-love-affair-painted-eyes-in-flagranti-remix/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/05/stream-hercules-and-love-affair-painted-eyes-in-flagranti-remix/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:30:44 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=103425 Of the 30,000 remixes sprung from Hercules and Love Affair‘s latest album, In Flagranti‘s is the first make sweet pan flutes its calling card. Yet another way to imagine H&LA’s drama, this fantasy happily Mediterranean. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/05/stream-hercules-and-love-affair-painted-eyes-in-flagranti-remix/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/24/premiere-hercules-and-love-affair-painted-eyes-wolfram-remix/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/24/premiere-hercules-and-love-affair-painted-eyes-wolfram-remix/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:00:46 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=101505 The thing about Hercules and Love Affair is no matter how dramatic or club ready their albums are, they’re still always songs with fairly tight song structures, indebted to pop formulas as much as they … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/24/premiere-hercules-and-love-affair-painted-eyes-wolfram-remix/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/01/stream-hercules-and-love-affair-shelter-xx-cover/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/01/stream-hercules-and-love-affair-shelter-xx-cover/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:09:03 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=95948 The “Shelter” Romy, Oliver and Jamie made was a ballad between one woman’s voice, a guitar, and the vast and dull sound of wide open distance. Now our savior “nu-disco crew” Hercules and Love Affair … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/01/stream-hercules-and-love-affair-shelter-xx-cover/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/10/stream-hercules-and-love-affair-my-house-tensnake-remix/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/10/stream-hercules-and-love-affair-my-house-tensnake-remix/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:00:18 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=90582 Hercules and Love Affair straddles many lanes but are often most live when it’s, as the song says, straight house. This remix pushes it, would be great to hear at a club so hope it’s … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/10/stream-hercules-and-love-affair-my-house-tensnake-remix/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/07/the-streets-seizes-guardian-music-blog-releases-alleged-last-song-ever-close-the-book/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/07/the-streets-seizes-guardian-music-blog-releases-alleged-last-song-ever-close-the-book/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:30:47 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=89951 We already knew that the staff of the Guardian’s Music Blog have an excellent relationship with Hercules and Love Affair. Now we also know that they’ve also got a bigger conference room than us, and … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/07/the-streets-seizes-guardian-music-blog-releases-alleged-last-song-ever-close-the-book/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/04/video-wolfram-f-hercules-love-affair-fireworks/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/04/video-wolfram-f-hercules-love-affair-fireworks/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:30:01 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=89736 Facebook albums are a snoozefest, the internet version of your aunt showing you slideshows from her trip to Prague. We don’t care to see you having fun and drinking tall cans, not that interesting. One … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/04/video-wolfram-f-hercules-love-affair-fireworks/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/31/hercules-and-love-affairs-fact-mix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/31/hercules-and-love-affairs-fact-mix-mp3/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:30:47 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=88902 Hercules and Love Affair finally put out a FACT Mix, a sort of classic house reference sheet for their Blue Songs album, also out today. The mix closes with Andy Butler’s warehouse acid-weeper remix of … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/31/hercules-and-love-affairs-fact-mix-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/30/this-week-in-the-fader-january-30-2011-edition/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/30/this-week-in-the-fader-january-30-2011-edition/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:32:55 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=88846 ** Hercules and Love Affair’s new album Blue Songs has Enya pan flutes and more gay drama than Black Swan. ** Wiz Khalifa made his television debut and announced the release date of his new … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/30/this-week-in-the-fader-january-30-2011-edition/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/27/dollars-to-pounds-stopmakingme/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/27/dollars-to-pounds-stopmakingme/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:30:37 +0000 Scott Wright http://www.thefader.com/?p=88618 Back in 2008 I interviewed London DJ extraordinaire Erol Alkan for FADER 58. He told me one of the things he is most proud of is all of the bands and creative ventures that began … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/27/dollars-to-pounds-stopmakingme/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/27/kim-ann-foxmans-dont-stay-in-mix/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/27/kim-ann-foxmans-dont-stay-in-mix/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:00:48 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=88517 Kim Ann Foxman must be busy. Mixes, albums, videos, solo song “Creature” now out on iTunes, her and Hercules and Love Affair are turning into a dance assembly line, a conga train that never stops … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/27/kim-ann-foxmans-dont-stay-in-mix/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/24/hercules-and-love-affairs-new-album-has-more-gay-drama-than-black-swan/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/24/hercules-and-love-affairs-new-album-has-more-gay-drama-than-black-swan/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:00:56 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=87767 The start-your-engines opening pan flutes are a light Enya breeze, maybe, a warm welcome. But that’s over quick, and then, those very first violins on the very first song “Painted Eyes” have more gay drama … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/24/hercules-and-love-affairs-new-album-has-more-gay-drama-than-black-swan/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/14/stream-hercules-and-love-affair-my-house-hercules-and-love-affair-mix/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/14/stream-hercules-and-love-affair-my-house-hercules-and-love-affair-mix/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:00:29 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=86584 Why not remix your own song, like Hercules and Love Affair has done here? Dudes, it’s the internet, you could remix the sound of yourself sneezing for 3 minutes and put it out free, no … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/14/stream-hercules-and-love-affair-my-house-hercules-and-love-affair-mix/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/07/stream-hercules-and-love-affair-my-house-stopmakingme-remix/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/07/stream-hercules-and-love-affair-my-house-stopmakingme-remix/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:30:17 +0000 Peter Macia http://www.thefader.com/?p=85551 Hercules and Love Affair, whose new Blue Songs album on Moshi Moshi is due January 31st, charged Stopmakingme with remixing the group’s newest single. Daunting, considering that song is ridiculously great already. So Stopmakingme sampled … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/07/stream-hercules-and-love-affair-my-house-stopmakingme-remix/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/05/daily-inspiration-isaac-mizrahis-unzipped-catwalk/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/05/daily-inspiration-isaac-mizrahis-unzipped-catwalk/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:36:38 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=85260 Today we mentioned Parker Posey’s Party Girl while trying to blush and sashay through our screens toward you while talking about Hercules and Love Affair‘s new video for “My House.” That raw disco reminded us … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/05/daily-inspiration-isaac-mizrahis-unzipped-catwalk/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/05/video-hercules-and-love-affair-my-house/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/05/video-hercules-and-love-affair-my-house/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:00:57 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=85175 If you spent your childhood voluntarily estranged and inside, nose close to a thick television looping MTV Grind and wishing the (actually super live) party wasn’t made for sound stage but in your basement, that … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/05/video-hercules-and-love-affair-my-house/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/30/stream-hercules-and-love-affair-my-house/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/30/stream-hercules-and-love-affair-my-house/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:30:45 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=80460 One of the many reasons why people say house music is called what it is is because of a 1980s track by Chip E. called “It’s House”, possibly the first but definitely not last time … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/30/stream-hercules-and-love-affair-my-house/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/12/premiere-kim-ann-foxmans-fader-mix/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/12/premiere-kim-ann-foxmans-fader-mix/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:30:04 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=77895 Hercules and Love Affair diva Kim Ann Foxman‘s new mix for us sounds like the ideal New York weekend we always dreamed of having, even before we lived here. And since today is Friday, perhaps … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/12/premiere-kim-ann-foxmans-fader-mix/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/24/stream-new-music-from-andy-butler-aka-mr-intl-aka-hercules-and-love-affair/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/24/stream-new-music-from-andy-butler-aka-mr-intl-aka-hercules-and-love-affair/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:30:21 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=41344 Hello dance music 1988. Wow. To a T! Andy Butler, the mastermind behind the totally wonderful Hercules and Love Affair is zipping up his boots and going back to his roots. Though less those funky … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/24/stream-new-music-from-andy-butler-aka-mr-intl-aka-hercules-and-love-affair/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/24/nyc-moma-mixx-with-hercules-and-love-affair-and-mickalene-thomas/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/24/nyc-moma-mixx-with-hercules-and-love-affair-and-mickalene-thomas/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:33:02 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=16106 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/24/nyc-moma-mixx-with-hercules-and-love-affair-and-mickalene-thomas/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/02/video-stream-deep-red-fun-girl/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/02/video-stream-deep-red-fun-girl/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:15:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/02/video-stream-deep-red-fun-girl/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/18/la-legions-of-disco-2-with-andy-butler-and-pat-mahoney/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/18/la-legions-of-disco-2-with-andy-butler-and-pat-mahoney/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:38:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/18/la-legions-of-disco-2-with-andy-butler-and-pat-mahoney/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2008/09/03/fader-53-dfa-feature/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/09/03/fader-53-dfa-feature/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:45:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2008/09/03/fader-53-dfa-feature/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2008/06/18/video-hercules-and-love-affair-you-belong/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/06/18/video-hercules-and-love-affair-you-belong/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:30:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2008/06/18/video-hercules-and-love-affair-you-belong/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2008/06/16/live-tippy-toes-at-lucky-cat/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/06/16/live-tippy-toes-at-lucky-cat/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:15:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2008/06/16/live-tippy-toes-at-lucky-cat/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2008/05/19/live-hercules-and-love-affair-at-studio-b-in-brooklyn/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/05/19/live-hercules-and-love-affair-at-studio-b-in-brooklyn/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 18:00:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2008/05/19/live-hercules-and-love-affair-at-studio-b-in-brooklyn/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2008/04/24/video-hercules-and-love-affair-explains-it-all/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/04/24/video-hercules-and-love-affair-explains-it-all/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:18:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2008/04/24/video-hercules-and-love-affair-explains-it-all/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2008/01/28/video-hercules-love-affair-blind/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/01/28/video-hercules-love-affair-blind/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:52:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2008/01/28/video-hercules-love-affair-blind/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2007/12/03/freeload-hecules-and-love-affair-hercules-theme/ http://www.thefader.com/2007/12/03/freeload-hecules-and-love-affair-hercules-theme/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:09:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2007/12/03/freeload-hecules-and-love-affair-hercules-theme/feed/ 0