Spirit of Eden
I saw Torches live two weeks ago at the excellent Binnacle Micro-Festival in Shoreditch (I'll come back to that later with a report of last week's CMJ in NYC too) and they confirmed the impression I immediately felt when listening ...Read More
Here is the second gem from Manchester fresh and mysterious project No Ceremony/// and, like the former one 'Hurtlove', the whole vibe as well as the artwork of 'WEARME' give the strange feeling that it could be the soundtrack of ...Read More
I hardly talk about German artists these days. Here is one from Berlin who comes up with a track that clearly intrigues and works. From the distorted vocal intro of 'I Can't Exist', one could think that it's going to ...Read More
Thanks to Rachael @ London-based and newly formed PR and digital agency CPR Agency, here is another fantastic production from mysterious Manchester new band/artist (?) No Ceremony. Actually it's a remix of Patrick Wolf's 'Time Of My Life' and I ...Read More
Here is the first single from 21-year old Oliver Tank's debut EP, released on the 24th October by Australian label 'Yes Please'. Based in Sydney (Australia) Oliver Tank makes some beautiful 'dreamwave' music with computers and it sounds like Eno ...Read More
Ernest + Tom is Jane Parker's one woman band from Manchester (UK) and her great new song 'Non Stop Orbit' here below is on the tracklisting of a limited edition (500) 4-track 12" single, released by MaK Records (Manchester Aid ...Read More
20 year-old Pensylvania-based Alec Koone aka 'Balam Acab' releases his debut full-length 'Wander/Wonder' next week on Tri Angle and I can't wait to get a copy after listening to 'Oh Why', the first track on the album as well as ...Read More
Toronto solo artist Alt Altman moves to London (UK) in september and will celebrate this next big step in his life and career with the release of a new 6-track ep. Here you go with more classy and beautiful electro-pop ...Read More
Another great track from a new Mancunian artist, who we don't know anything about yet. There is definitely a new fresh and thrilling sound in the UK, with the likes of Stay +, Slime, Purity Ring, Depth, Jamie XX and ...Read More
When I first saw S.C.U.M live something like three years ago, they were five young men all dressed in black who thrashed a deafening strobe-lighted short set and their music sounded like some goth-tinged white noise. They didn't have proper ...Read More
Big Deal are Alice Costelloe and Kacey Underwood and they recently were signed by Mute Records. Alice and Kacey share vocals and write bare-bones love songs on both acoustic and electric guitars only. Songs that bring back all the good ...Read More
Hooray, the NYC lo-fi rock trio will finally release their debut full-length album, THRASHIN, on September 26 via Marshall Teller Records ! I love those true slackers with their Velvet/Lou Reed's Transformer vibe. Here is the 'cleaner' album version of ...Read More
This duo from Richmond in the US combines mutated tribal rhythms and sounds with a gritty experimental synth stomp and the result sounds like the futuristic trance soundtrack for a Human Sacrifice to the Gods in a third millenium Maya ...Read More
What I love the most about this NYC-based rap trio Das Racist is that they often deliver smart lyrics about political or social issues with a strong sense of humour and the music is always catchy and disclosing some true ...Read More
The Mancunian Rupert Taylor, aka XXXY, used to play guitar and sing in bands until he decided in 2006 to produce his own electronic stuff, fuelled by his love of drum&bass and techno at the time. He quickly got into ...Read More
