Xodiak, My Soul To Take
Posted
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Hot New Stuff // Stacey, Worst Part
Posted
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Record Of The Week //
Stacey is from Toronto and Worst Part is the first single from her self titled EP. It's sultry, sombre, intimately stripped back and all kinds of wonderful.
Tinashe, Vulnerable ft Travi$ Scott
Posted
Friday, November 22, 2013
Record Of The Week //
From one of the most underrated singers out there, this Tinashe jam is dark, space age R&B with bass growling all over the place, twisting breathy vocals and a seedy guest verse from Yeezus collaborator Travi$ Scott. Filthy and awesome.
Lincoln Jesser, Something Right
Posted
Friday, November 22, 2013
LA's Lincoln Jesser makes rich soulful electronic beats, Something Right has just the right amount of synth growl, airy breeze and Roosevelt/Washed Out style haunting vocals. Very good.
Hot New Stuff // Lion Bark, Longhorns
Posted
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Brighton four piece Lion Bark met at music college, started this band then dropped out to make sweet, melodic indie pop with shades of Wild Beasts and Dan Croll. Longhorns is immediately infectious and between their songwriting and the distinctive (and pretty fantastic) vocal they're onto a winner.
Emily Underhill, Dreamcatcher
Posted
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Turn those lights down low gurrrl, Dreamcatcher is the sexiest silky chocolate R&B future pop you're getting this week. Well played Emily Underhill. Boss.
Bodhi Glitch on the remix too, daaaaamn son.
Will Lister Remix - Pedestrian, Hoyle Road
Posted
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Will Lister is a 16 producer from Dorset who's recently started making waves for his impressive remixes of first Jamie XX and more recently Pedestrian. Big talent.
Shout to DNNM.
Shout to DNNM.
Dustin Tebbutt, The Breach EP
Posted
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Australian singer Dustin Tebbutt retreated to Sweden for a couple of years to live, work and make music and the result is a chillingly glacial EP about that experience and his consequent gains and losses. Lead single The Breach has already had influential support from Zane Lowe and Triple J and the crisp freshness of his Scandinavian experience flows right through this four track EP. The Wolves will tear straight into the heart of Bon Iver's fans while the harmonious Where I Find You and closing track White Lines seem to draw influence from Sigur Ros' patient and atmospheric builds, swirling textures and an unfaltering gaze which you can't help but hold. Expect to see a lot more from this cat in 2014.
The Breach EP is out now in Australia through Eleven. Stream in full here.
The Breach EP is out now in Australia through Eleven. Stream in full here.
Rejjie Snow, Black Pancackes
Posted
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Is Rejjie Snow already Cork's biggest rap export? Really digging this, kind of like a relaxed and hushed, more subtly menacing Tyler.
Flume & Chet Faker, Drop The Game
Posted
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Flume and Chet Faker are definitely two of the better artists striding out of so-hot-right-now Australia so the fact that they're putting out more collaborative music with those beats and those vocals is a gift.
Drop The Game is the lead track from Lockjaw EP, available from 22nd November 2013 through Future Classic.
Sam Smith & Disclosure & Nile Rodgers & Jimmy Napes, Together
Posted
Monday, November 18, 2013
I have a long weekend out of the game and what happens? A crack team of talent springs out of the upper echelons of music and puts out a track with an artist tag as long as Miley's tongue. The title of this blog post will be a problem. Inconveniences aside though, great tune.
Breton, Envy
Posted
Monday, November 18, 2013
Breton channel the spirit of early Foals with this summery explosion of stabs, triplets, hooks and golden grooves. There's so much creativity in these guys and the build towards the end is just heaven.
Sega Bodega, Security
Posted
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Rushing for a flight so I'll keep this brief; Sega Bodega reworks Heartbroken and it's sweeeeeeeeeeeet (listen to it).
Barnaby, Bored
Posted
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Record Of The Week //
Behold; 4 minutes 29 seconds of silky, smokey, golden warmth from Southampton's main man in the R&B game, Barnaby.
Hot New Stuff // Saol Álainn, Nostroke
Posted
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Saol Álainn is based in Los Angeles. Nostroke suggests Vampire Weekend to begin with but gives way to some messed up glitching and forward thinking discomfort, pushing conventional boundaries and taking you down a 22nd century musical rabbit hole.
Nostroke is out now through No Recordings. Order the 7" here.
Nostroke is out now through No Recordings. Order the 7" here.
Hot New Stuff // Looks, Everest
Posted
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Looks come from London and they need more followers so like them here and follow them here. I don't say this in sympathy, I say it because it's what their Late Of The Pier x Friendly Fires blend of creative guitars and technology deserves.
Hat tip to Don't Need No Melody on another great call.
Battleships, Take Your Rest
Posted
Monday, November 11, 2013
FFS Australia, we get it, lots of good music over there, it's almost embarrassing blah blah… Well here's more Ausie gold, this time from Sydney four piece Battleships who rock the Panama/Local Natives vibe very well.
Solomon Grey, Firechild
Posted
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Elusive UK duo Solomon Grey score a huge electro/R&B/pop crossover win with Firechild, thanks to some relentless, driving, train track shuddering synths. Love this.
Firechild is released on 18th November 2013 through Black Butter Records. Pre-order here.
Firechild is released on 18th November 2013 through Black Butter Records. Pre-order here.
Sway Clarke II, I Don't Need Much
Posted
Sunday, November 10, 2013
An incredible introduction to Toronto via Berlin's Sway Clarke II, I Don't Need Much could have easily been sold to a major label artist but thankfully he kept it for himself to rival Frank Ocean's smart future soul.
Live // Nick Mulvey, Rhodes, Sam Fender - Manchester
Posted
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Friday 8th November
Nick Mulvey || Rhodes || Sam Fender
The Deaf Institute
Manchester
Manchester's historic Deaf Institute served as the perfect host to three of the UK's most promising singer songwriters on a dreary yet enthusiastic Manchester evening. Elevated stepped pew seating, exposed rafters and centuries old wood and stone offered the best acoustics you could demand for stripped back and rustic music. The talented trio were all lone rangers for the night with no hint of accompaniment for any of them. Just as well they were good then.
Sam Fender comes from the North East of England and isn't a name I've come across before and his songwriting was evocative of James Morrison's accessible and well constructed pop for the acoustic guitar romancers. His real strength though lies in his incredible voice which sits somewhere between Ben Howard and George Ezra, the raspy grit, emotion and power in those vocal chords is show stopping and he certainly made an impression tonight.
Rhodes appeared on staged dressed like he was in The xx and that in itself seems to indicate his place amongst singer songwriters. He's not from the usual mould; his songs are soulful and full, his voice gyrates between yearning tenderness and rip roaring intensity and most strikingly he plays the guitar with no band yet without sounding like a solo guitarist. The nights highlight was set closer Always which would have brought even the most hardened criminal bastard to his blubbering knees as the mood from his Raise Your Love EP was magnified and expanded live.
And so to our headliner, Nick Mulvey who received rapturous applause from an adoring full venue. I was curious to see how many of the turnout were there because of his recent Radio 1 playlisting but Nitrous was scarcely the best received song of the night and Mulvey's back catalogue was lapped up by an apparent hardcore of followers. His stripped down cover of Donna Summer's I Feel Love was unexpected and encapsulating and he delivered an hour long masterclass in being a guitar maestro. He expertly blends textures, swells and dips velocity and mood, flexes incredible control and coordination between vocal and guitar and did some transfixing, Spanish finger-fan strum thing to stunning effect. The set ending gratitude and audience photo opportunity was a nice touch too from a talent very much on the rise.
Nick Mulvey || Rhodes || Sam Fender
The Deaf Institute
Manchester
Manchester's historic Deaf Institute served as the perfect host to three of the UK's most promising singer songwriters on a dreary yet enthusiastic Manchester evening. Elevated stepped pew seating, exposed rafters and centuries old wood and stone offered the best acoustics you could demand for stripped back and rustic music. The talented trio were all lone rangers for the night with no hint of accompaniment for any of them. Just as well they were good then.
Sam Fender comes from the North East of England and isn't a name I've come across before and his songwriting was evocative of James Morrison's accessible and well constructed pop for the acoustic guitar romancers. His real strength though lies in his incredible voice which sits somewhere between Ben Howard and George Ezra, the raspy grit, emotion and power in those vocal chords is show stopping and he certainly made an impression tonight.
Rhodes appeared on staged dressed like he was in The xx and that in itself seems to indicate his place amongst singer songwriters. He's not from the usual mould; his songs are soulful and full, his voice gyrates between yearning tenderness and rip roaring intensity and most strikingly he plays the guitar with no band yet without sounding like a solo guitarist. The nights highlight was set closer Always which would have brought even the most hardened criminal bastard to his blubbering knees as the mood from his Raise Your Love EP was magnified and expanded live.
And so to our headliner, Nick Mulvey who received rapturous applause from an adoring full venue. I was curious to see how many of the turnout were there because of his recent Radio 1 playlisting but Nitrous was scarcely the best received song of the night and Mulvey's back catalogue was lapped up by an apparent hardcore of followers. His stripped down cover of Donna Summer's I Feel Love was unexpected and encapsulating and he delivered an hour long masterclass in being a guitar maestro. He expertly blends textures, swells and dips velocity and mood, flexes incredible control and coordination between vocal and guitar and did some transfixing, Spanish finger-fan strum thing to stunning effect. The set ending gratitude and audience photo opportunity was a nice touch too from a talent very much on the rise.
Kove, Lose You
Posted
Friday, November 08, 2013
Kove comes from London and makes great big beats. Lose You is shuddering the worlds bass bins for free, via the first lady of dance, Annie Mac.
Gorgon City ft MNEK, Ready For Your Love
Posted
Friday, November 08, 2013
Huge, H U G E tune, premiered as Zane Lowe's Hottest Record In The World, Gorgon City featuring MNEK. We're living in a golden age of dance music. (Huge)
ASTR Remix - Bel Heir, Kiss The Devil
Posted
Thursday, November 07, 2013
IYES, 'Til Infinity
Posted
Thursday, November 07, 2013
IYES are a delicious electro pop duo from Brighton with delicately sweet vocals and a big fitty of a chorus. This 'Til Infinity song is their best so far.
'Til Infinity is out now through Duly Noted Records.
'Til Infinity is out now through Duly Noted Records.
Hot New Stuff // Rosie Lowe, Right Thing
Posted
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Record Of The Week //
Somewhere between The xx, Portishead and Sade, Rosie Lowe's ambient future soul Right Thing is pretty special. It'll start burrowing into your skin as soon as it's finished playing and before you know it, oh, look it's on repeat.
Right Thing is taken from the EP of the same name, released on 2nd December 2013 through 37 Adventures.
Royal Blood, Come On Over
Posted
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Royal Blood are absolutely owning UK rock music right now. This is another killer dose and they recon it's only worthy of being a B-side.
Hot New Stuff // Broods, Bridges
Posted
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Bombay Bicycle Club, Carry Me
Posted
Monday, November 04, 2013
Bombay Bicycle Club never fail to deliver in the creativity stakes and Carry Me is another stroke of magic, bursting at the seams with ideas and a fresh take on the bands sound. This is bloody amazing. Go here for the interactive video.
Pompeya, Power
Posted
Sunday, November 03, 2013
NONONO, Scared
Posted
Saturday, November 02, 2013
I have to be honest, Pumping Blood didn't really do it for me (I am in the minority, I know) but Scared, a track NONONO did for the forthcoming Kitsune Maison Compilation 15 has got me in a big way. It's a slow burner with cool grooves, beauty and hooks for days. Pretty addicted to this actually.
George Ezra, Budapest
Posted
Friday, November 01, 2013
Observers of the British Broadcasting Corporation will note that George Ezra's lovely Budapest has been featured in the recent BBC Introducing adverts and was Zane Lowe's record of the week this week. Not bad eh? Free download.
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