July 28th, 2011 | by Sim | published in Reviews, Ticker
As one of the hottest young talents in the UK, Maya Jane Coles, generates a bit of buzz every time she releases any new material. Having just dropped a brilliant remix of Little Dragon’s ‘Ritual Union’ and being the recipient of an invitation to perform a session on Pete Tong’s legendary Essential Mix, it seems [...]
July 27th, 2011 | by Sim | published in Download, Ticker
I posted a preview of Dam Mantle’s new We EP recently and I’m pleased to find that you can now stream all four tracks on his Soundcloud page. What’s more is that Becoming Real aka Toby Ridler has delivered a remix of one of the tracks, ‘Meet Me In The Ambulance’, and you can download [...]
July 26th, 2011 | by Jo | published in News, Stream, Ticker
Radio 1 premièred the first song from Laura Marling’s A Creature I Don’t Know yesterday. The track is called ‘Sophia’ and it has Laura’s beautiful signature flow and vocals all over it. Laura is a woman who’s voice and lyrics betray her tender age of 21. Considering this will be her third album, she has already accomplished [...]
July 25th, 2011 | by Sim | published in Moving Mondays, Ticker
It gives me great pleasure to dedicated another Moving Mondays feature to London rapper Kieren Dickens, otherwise known as DELS. With ‘Capsize’, the latest single from his acclaimed debut album GOB, Dickens has once again teamed up with Hot Chips’s Joe Goddard and features Big Dada favourite Roots Manuva. Watch out for those trumpets! Both [...]
July 21st, 2011 | by Jo | published in News, Stream, Ticker
Move over ‘Gold Digger’. Yeazy’s swapped Ray Charles for Otis Redding, and has got the world excited for Watch the Throne in the way that H.A.M should have. Yes, Kanye West has obviously sampled many old songs in a number of tracks since ‘Gold Digger’ (‘Touch the Sky’ and ‘Hell Of A Life’ [...]
July 19th, 2011 | by Sim | published in News, Stream, Ticker
Three years after the release of his acclaimed album Saturdsays = Youth Anthony Gonzales, aka M83, is set to release a new double album later this year. Produced by Justin Meldal-Johnson, whose previous work includes Beck, Nine Inch Nails, The Mars Volta and Goldfrapp, this new album, Gonzales’s sixth as M83, will be one based [...]
July 18th, 2011 | by Jo | published in Moving Mondays, Stream, Ticker
Ever wondered what a Sufjan Stevens gig looked like in cartoon format? Well he’s recently released a video for one of 2010′s Age of Adz best songs, Get Real Get Right, and its pretty much just that. Psychedelic and crudely produced, the video flows from gargoyles fighting prophets to space ships beaming up Pharaohs. Only Sufjan. [...]
July 15th, 2011 | by Sim | published in Stream, Ticker
Anita Blay, better known by her moniker CocknBullKid, is set to release the next single from her acclaimed album Adulthood early next month. ‘Yellow’ arrives just in time for the summer sun and, with optimism permeating Blay’s soulful vocals throughout, I’m sure it’s cheery pop vibes will prove extremely infectious. If you’re heading to Latitude [...]
July 13th, 2011 | by Sim | published in Stream, Ticker
New from Simian Mobile Disco. I’m going to start straight off with a golden quote from the press release: The sound of Gizzard represents the results of sonic experiments, conducted under the influences of experimental serotonin agonist EMD-386,088, which primarily induces auditory disturbances. The churning analogue synths and percussive ripples created the sensation in listeners [...]
July 11th, 2011 | by Sim | published in News, Stream
The duo behind 2010′s brilliant Crooks & Lovers are back with their latest single ‘Carbonated’. It takes the form of a six track EP and also features two previously unreleased tracks in ‘Flux’ and ‘Bave’s Chords’. James Blake fans will be interested to hear that a member of his live band, Airhead, has a remix [...]
