January 3rd, 2012 | by Jo | published in Features, Stream, Ticker
Another year, another astonishing array of releases to get you through January to December. But where last year had some very clear cut winners across the board (from the likes of Arcade Fire, Kanye West and LCD Soundsystem), this year has not appeared so obvious. But, better late than never, Hotcakes brings you an [...]
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 [...]
February 22nd, 2011 | by Sim | published in Download, Features, Stream
Jamie Smith, better known to you and me as Jamie xx, released his debut album today: a compete remix of Gil Scott-Heron’s 2010 album I’m New Here. The re-fixed version, We’re New Here, is a journey through the minds of two people separated not only by age – 39 years to be precise – but [...]
December 24th, 2010 | by Sim | published in Features
2010 is all but up and what a year of music it’s been. The bakers at Hotcakes have been putting their collective toques together and these are our favourite albums of the year: 1. Beach House – Teen Dream This album came top by a country mile, which just goes to show how exceptional it is. Regardless of [...]
December 6th, 2010 | by Sim | published in Moving Mondays, Stream
Jamie XX of The XX with his remix of Gil Scott-Heron’s ‘New York Is Killing Me’ from his latest album I’m New Here.
