Loading ...Reading four piece Damn Damn Patriots met at a local history club and they certainly don’t shy away from the aesthetic of their inspirations. Scuzzy, early 80s, very ‘live performance’ production techniques nudge at the New Wave records they likely hoard. Luckily, they also have a high understanding of how two minute pop bangers work out. In the case of the [..]
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January 31, 2012 – 3:46 pm
Vuvuvultures
80%Since forming in 2009, a trip to Australia and a few new live members later, Vuvuvultures are soon to release their ‘VVV’ EP, via Popular Recordings, London’s freshest start up label and live night. While regularly performing with nothing but a bit of duct tape over the front woman’s nipples, while also hosting ‘The Island’ club night with its stack [..]
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January 27, 2012 – 10:32 am
Courts
Straight out of Essex with their debut EP, Courts have the Friendly fires funk guitar lines with a bit of stoner laid back rock thrown for good measure… or most likely just because they’re stoned. The Foals ‘math rock’ sound went a bit out of date along with the sound, but on first impressions, Courts have the ability to do [..]
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January 19, 2012 – 3:24 pm
Gabriel Bruce
Impressing Fader, NME and The Guardian, the dark and broody Gabriel Bruce. Formerly of the incredibly powerfull Loverman, this is Gabriel’s new solo project. His debut single was released through Off Modern on December 5. This limited edition release is available exclusively in physical form – NO ITUNES! It comes with fifty pages of collected writings on the sensation of [..]
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January 12, 2012 – 1:10 pm
Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco’s upcoming album, What Side Are You On?, is her 17th studio album and her first in three years. ‘Life Boat’ opens the record and is a mellow acoustic number with a lot of heart, and in a world of alt folk artists galore there’s an authenticity to DiFranco’s performance which overshadows many of the current crop. You can pre-order her [..]
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January 5, 2012 – 1:01 pm
The Stepkids
WOW so funking funky, its got the hooks! East Coast psych-soul outfit The Stepkids who are on the fantastic Stones Throw fuse 70s soul, funk, punk, jazz, folk, West African rhythms and modern classical creating distinctive and timeless tracks. The Stepkids who take on psychedilia in the 21st century have perked the ears of BBC Radio 1 DJs Gilles Peterson [..]
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December 7, 2011 – 5:15 pm
Little Dragon
Little Dragon have been around for a while, since 1996 to be precise and it has been nearly 6 years since Off The Wall put out their first release which was a double A-side 7″. The band consists of Swedish-Japanese singer Yukimi Nagano (vocals, percussion) and her close high school friends Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrik Källgren Wallin (bass) and Håkan [..]
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December 1, 2011 – 2:51 pm
NME Cool No.1
Azealia Banks topped the NME Cool List 2011 this week. Since being seen in 2010 in the Nike 1Love video of Harlem, and alongside Thom Yorke and Buraka Som Sistema in Major Lazers’ “Lazers Never Die” the La Guardia trained 20 year old has caught the attention of a lot of industry types. She is now working on new tracks [..]
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November 24, 2011 – 11:58 am
Ado
The UK-based Ado has got a release on Fake Bloods label BLOOD MUSIC. Hailing from Scotland the young producer is taking the web by storm. As with Fake Blood and indeed the label, there is not much know about the chap. He has done recent remixes of Kissy Sell Out, Tom Starr and more expected soon. There also arent many [..]
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November 17, 2011 – 1:07 pm
Friends
I am a huge fan of the tv series and since the middle of 2004, I have been checking on the world wide web ever hour of every day to see if any comebacks were planned. To my enjoyment I was amazed to see that the characters had all got together to form a band. Fortunately this is not true, [..]
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November 9, 2011 – 4:40 pm
Combining deep 60s psychedelic grooves with the minimal looping work recently found within work by the likes of Walls and Caribou, Django Django come along and add a hint of spice to the sound. The glazed expression of the music perfectly fits the Beta Band electronic feel their going for; from the Beach Boys influenced ‘Life’s A Beach’ and ‘Silver [..]
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New disco does Stargate, Star Trek, Star Wars! Anything which touches the sky has touched the inspiration behind the latest video from this funky dance collective. The multiple universe theory goes hay-wire and the world turns into a massive disco stage.
Heineken have just launched the ‘Serenade your Date’ Facebook app which helps you record a song in order to ask the lady/gentleman of your Facebook dreams on a date. apps.facebook.com
May 04, 2012 Koko
The Camden Crawl is back an bigger and better than ever this year, and to celebrate they’re kicking things off this year with a special Friday event at the legendary Koko venue, headlined by Death in Vegas. Long time member Richard Fearless had this to say about [..]
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