Sound of Young New York & Toronto

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Plant
• ASIN: B000A1ING2
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,084,634 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. These Bones – Toxic

2. Death From Above 1979 - Romantic Rights

3. Fever – Ladykillers

4. The Highway Stars feat. Nuutti - Fucky Funky Music

5. Itchy Revolutions - Models and Gangsters

6. Panthers - Thank Me With Your Hands (MSTRKRFT Mix)

7. Radio 4 - Party Crashers (Headman Vocal Mix)

8. Alister Doomington - Lovin’ The Fix

9. The Glass – Fourteen Again

10. Ratatat – Seventeen Years

11. Neurotic Drum Band – We Gonna Rock New York

12. The Voices - Street Commander

Editorial Reviews

The Sound of Young New York compilations have made quite an impact over the past two years. With reviews in all the major UK and US magazines a worldwide awareness has grown and each compilation is met with an enthusiastic audience. Installment number three is called The Sound of Young New York and Toronto.

Plant decided that it couldn’t hurt to add a few tracks from Toronto and the whole Vol 1, 2, 3 thing is a little lame. Again this compilation is delivered as a DJ mix on CD and unmixed on 2LP. It Showcases some new talent: These Bones, Alister Doomington (Stretch Armstrong’s new band), Neurotic Drum Band (John Selway and DJ Ulysses band) and some who are more familiar. Still trying to capture the energy of New York nightlife, the comp starts off pretty banging and punky and then gets a little more electronic and then chills out at the end. It is compiled by Dominique Keegan and mixed by The Glass (you may notice we always put one of their tracks on, why not?). The theme seems to lean more towards bands and also DJs who have now formed bands, it is vocal heavy and is guaranteed to rock any party and will, no doubt, be responsible for a few speeding tickets.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of great stuff, January 4, 2011

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This review is from: Sound of Young New York & Toronto (Audio CD)

I picked this up initially because I was curious about what's current in Canadian popular music. I am very impressed by what I've heard on this disc. It's served to introduce me to bands I had never heard of and am now huge fans of, such as Panthers and Radio 4. It's also the only disc I've found with anything by The Voices.

I'd call it dance-able punk if I had to come up with a label for it. It's certainly different from anything I've heard before.