November 30th, 2011 | by Rich | published in Stream, Ticker
Shifting time signatures, intricate guitar leads and, of course, dancing that your mother definitely can’t do. Yes that’s right, it’s Dutch Uncles. Formed in 2009 this Manchester outfit are going from strength to strength and 2011 has been a thoroughly productive year. Upon the release of their second album Cadenza it became apparent to me [...]
November 30th, 2011 | by Rich | published in Stream, Ticker
Jonquil have released details of their soon to be released new album. Following on from one of my favourite EP releases One Hundred Suns, the new album Point Of Go will be released through Blessing Force (UK) and Dovecote (USA) on 5th March 2012. Having already provided us with the samba infused, infectious ‘Mexico’ to [...]
November 28th, 2011 | by Sim | published in Moving Mondays, Ticker
Brooklyn band Caged Animals released their debut LP Eat Their Own on Lucky Number Music a month or so ago and now they’re back with a new video. And what a video it is. Slight spoiler alert: the scene with the match towards the end is probably my favourite moment in a music video this [...]
November 26th, 2011 | by Sim | published in Stream, Ticker
Mercury-nominated Ghostpoet and Mike Skinner’s new project The D.O.T. have collaborated on a new track ‘Trouble’ for Rizlab’s latest project. The video is something of a first and will be recorded live on 30 November with the audience deciding what happens on the fly. You can send in suggestions of what you’d like to see [...]
November 26th, 2011 | by Rich | published in Features, Ticker
It’s that time of the year again where we can begin to speculate about the bands we will all be talking about throughout 2012. You have to speculate to accumulate, and I enjoy accumulating, so outlined in this post are my tips for grandeur as we cross into the year to come. Clock Opera First [...]
November 21st, 2011 | by Jo | published in Moving Mondays, Ticker
After two weeks… Still cannot stop watching this hilarious video. I think it helps that the song is really catchy too, but this guy’s dancing is a breath of fresh air. All people should dance like this from now on, always. ‘Lonely Boy’ is the first track from The Black Keys seventh studio album El [...]
November 21st, 2011 | by Sim | published in News, Ticker
I’ve been using Last.fm for longer than I can remember and you might have read about a couple of their past live events (Ghostpoet / DELS) on these pages. Well, I’m pleased to say that Hotcakes have got two pairs of VIP tickets to give away to the latest live event featuring The Boxettes. Alongside [...]
November 18th, 2011 | by Sim | published in Reviews, Stream, Ticker
One of Hotflush’s hottest prospects George FitzGerald is back with a new three track EP and after releases on Aus and his own Man Make Music imprint, the Shackled EP represents a welcome return to the label that originally brought him into public view. Title track ‘Shackled’ has already found fame after featuring on Hotflush [...]
November 18th, 2011 | by Sim | published in Stream, Ticker
If you saw our last Baker’s Dozen feature you’ll know we’re big fans of Dauwd and, given that his new track ‘What’s There’ has just been featured on The xx’s new blog, I’m sure there will be legions more soon enough. There seems to be a new young UK producer springing up in the bass [...]
November 17th, 2011 | by Sim | published in News
Back in August, we covered Ghostpoet doing a pop-up session for Last.fm and HP. We did this because we love Ghostpoet and now another artist we love, namely DELS, has done one too. Above is the video from the session which includes a fairly insightful interview with the man himself where he discusses performing in [...]
