Fleet Foxes have been using the social networks to keep us up to date on their new album over the past 18 months, saying they’ve started, claiming it’s finished, retracting that claim, claiming they’re re-writing and basically keeping us all very unsure about its actual progress. Well, we now have some definitive news from their Facebook [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Fleet Foxes unveil new album and song
January 31st, 2011 | by Jo | published in Download, News, Stream
[Moving Mondays] Jessie J – Price Tag
January 31st, 2011 | by Sim | published in Moving Mondays, Stream
Jessie J looks set to be pretty unstoppable this year. With praise coming from every quarter, there’s no doubt she’s one hell of a talent. With that in mind here’s her video for new single ‘Price Tag’.
Buraka Som Sistema mix
January 28th, 2011 | by Sim | published in Stream
Electro mad cats Buraka are back in London tomorrow with a gig at XOYO. To celebrate they’re giving away a mix they did for Dazed Digital earlier this month.
New Does It Offend You, Yeah? – The Monkeys Are Coming
January 26th, 2011 | by Jo | published in News, Stream
It’s been quiet on the Does It Offend You, Yeah? front for a couple of years. It’s been nearly 3 years since their first album You have no idea what you are getting yourself into (They’re good at catchy names, right?). Apart from a bit of producing for Prodigy, they’ve kept a low profile. However, [...]
Tennis – ‘Marathon’
January 26th, 2011 | by Seb | published in Stream
After the surprise hit of Best Coast’s debut last year, which finally managed to validate in guitar music the long maligned activity of smoking weed and laughing at cats, record companies everywhere have no doubt spent much time and effort trying to find a band that might replicate their success in both musical content and [...]
Diplo remixes Sleigh Bells’ ‘Tell ‘Em’
January 24th, 2011 | by Jo | published in Download
Before listening to this, think of this combination. It has such potential. ‘Tell ‘Em’ has such remixability that when Diplo gets his hands on the elements, there’s the strong possibiltiy of this becoming even more of an explosive track. It delivers. It takes the electronic drumming and gives it a more house-like feel. It dials [...]
[Moving Mondays] Everything Everything – Photoshop Handsome
January 24th, 2011 | by Sim | published in Moving Mondays, Stream
‘Photoshop Handsome’ came out back in 2009 but it’s having a re-release courtesy the British band’s new found mainstream popularity. Enjoy.
Topman CTRL returns!
January 21st, 2011 | by Jo | published in News, Stream
Hotcakes favourite Topman CTRL is back, with a twist. Their brand new TV show, Topman CTRL MX, is appearing on Channel 4 with a series of live performances across February. In the past, we have teamed up to bring you t-shirts by Professor Green and Filthy Dukes, a signed copy of The Charlatans new album [...]
Bibio – Mind Bokeh
January 21st, 2011 | by Sim | published in News, Stream
Stephen Wilkinson, better known as Bibio, is set to release his sixth album next month. Mind Bokeh will be his first release for two years, despite releasing a total of three albums just in 2009, and his third on Warp Records. We haven’t got any full tracks to play you unfortunately, but Warp have released [...]
We have a new banner!
January 19th, 2011 | by Jo | published in News
Here at Hotcakes, things are moving fast, and we want to keep moving onwards and upwards. We are loving blogging and finding out about music and passing it on. It’s all thanks to everyone who reads as well as all the other blogs out there who work so hard to provide endless music information. So [...]
