May 28th, 2011 | by Sim | published in Download, Features, Ticker
I woke up today to a text from fellow Hotcakes writer Ollie saying simple this: Gil Scott-Heron RIP. Gil Scott-Heron – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Last night, at the age of 62, Gil Scott-Heron died in hospital last night shortly after falling ill on tour. As one of most revolutionary and collectively treasured [...]
May 23rd, 2011 | by Jo | published in News, Stream, Ticker
With the release of their album of the year ‘s special edition comes two new track from Arcade Fire. Rejoice! The Suburbs, which has catapulted the band into mainstream adoration to the same level of their cult following, will be released with the bumper extras on June 27th. The two new tracks are called ‘Culture [...]
May 16th, 2011 | by Jo | published in Stream, Ticker
Bon Iver have just debuted their first track from their upcoming self-titled second album. It aired for the first time on Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show not long ago, you can check it out over on his blog or below. It has been a long time waiting for the first track to surface from this [...]
May 9th, 2011 | by Sim | published in Moving Mondays, Stream, Ticker
A little treat for you for today’s Moving Monday feature – a live performance by noisy rockers Pulled Apart From Horses, filmed for the Topman CTRL MX show a couple months back. This track, ‘High Five, Swan Dive, Nose Dive’, didn’t make the broadcast but luckily it has not been lost altogether.
May 4th, 2011 | by Ollie | published in Features, Photo, Reviews, Ticker
Northumberland folk act The Unthanks hit the beautiful Birmingham Town Hall on April 6th 2011 as part of a UK tour in support of their excellent new album Last which came out in March. Luckily for all you guys Hotcakes was on hand to capture the event in pictures.
May 4th, 2011 | by Jo | published in Download, Ticker
To celebrate yesterday’s release of Helplessness Blues, Fleet Foxes have made the album’s closer ‘Grown Ocean’ available for free online. This is a gesture of large generosity, considering the unbelievable quality of this song. To release the stand-out track on an already fantastic album is pretty good of them. But we already known where Robin [...]
May 2nd, 2011 | by Sim | published in Moving Mondays, Stream, Ticker
GOB, the debut album from London-based rapper DELS is out today. To celebrate, here’s the video for ‘Shapeshift’.
May 1st, 2011 | by Sim | published in Stream, Ticker
Tony Williams aka Addison Groove returns with a new 12″. You’ll know him from last year’s ‘Footcrab’, the addictive bass/juke anthem that went out on Loefah’s Swamp 81 imprint and he’s continuing with that dancefloor-ready vibe this time out. Teaming up with Pinch’s Tectonic label, Williams hasn’t shied away from utilising looped vocals similar to [...]
