If I’m honest I haven’t really got into Fever Ray (last.fm/myspace). Karin Dreijer Andersson’s solo project is a darker, moodier, more introverted version of The Knife which, in many ways shouldn’t be a bad thing, but it’s just not quite worked for me. Maybe I’ll change my mind once I give it a listen in [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Hotcakes introduces… Deastro
July 29th, 2009 | by Sim | published in Download, Features
Deastro is Randolph Chabot, a 22 year old artist from Detroit who makes indie-electronic crossover stuff (indietronica?) and is rather good at it. A mixture between Passion Pit’s electronic underpinning, Empire of the Sun’s fantastical imagery and M83′s ethreal sound and there you have it. According to his Myspace, the album “recounts a dream [Randolph [...]
Bloody Beetroots- Awesome. No more words necessary
July 25th, 2009 | by Jo | published in Download
That is more like it. I posted last month the announcement of the Bloody Beetroots full length debut album. I mentioned that I could not see how an LP of solid hench banging beats non stop would be tolerable. This is how. The Beetroots have unleashed a new track featuring the Cool Kids, who add [...]
Muse and The Big Pink album releases go head to head- What a contest
July 21st, 2009 | by Jo | published in Download
Not. The two bands, chasms apart in terms of experience and renown, are both set to release their albums on September 14th. Both have revealed new singles this week for the LPs also. It is almost as though The Big Pink are hoping that their album, ‘A Brief History of Love’, is going to oust [...]
Major Lazer, Sub Focus and Duck Sauce – catch up
July 19th, 2009 | by Sim | published in Download
Been a busy couple weeks what with starting two new jobs and moving to a new flat so this post is gonna be a little filler to what I would’ve been posting. Since the long player came out, Major Lazer (last.fm/myspace) hasn’t left my playlists and has happily moved in with my car stereo. The [...]
Bloody Beetroots announce full length album
July 3rd, 2009 | by Jo | published in Download
What a ridiculously outlandish album cover. But it matches their beats. And their name. The Bloody Beetroots finally have enough material to put out an album, although rumour has it a lot of the tracks will be made up of the previously released belters from their EPs. The LP is due to be released on [...]
