Electro
Track: Roisin Murphy – Gone Fishing
Its been a long time. Eight years in fact since Roisin Murphy’s last album, but now she’s back with a new record, Hairless Toys, out via Play it Again Sam on May 12th. From it she’s released a taster (not a single, she’s at pains to explain) in the shape of album opener ‘Gone Fishing’. …
Album Review: Public Service Broadcasting – The Race for Space
The Race for Space is the much anticipated follow up to Public Service Broadcasting’s May 2013 debut ‘Inform – Educate – Entertain’, which reached number 21 in the UK Album Chart and garnered rave reviews and award nominations in it’s wake. Public Service Broadcasting are pseudonymous musical duo J. Willgoose, Esq and Wrigglesworth who weave samples from …
Track: Alex Burey – Inside World
I’m at the age now when I can just about begin to organise the important aspects of my life, such as generally being in the right place at the right time for whats needed – work, food, sleep and suchlike. But there again, I’m staring down the barrel of middle age, so I damn well …
New Music: Light Club – Youth Is Fading
In amongst the days and places that I’ve been listening to this, the debut from Portland, Oregon’s Light Club, I think I’ve found the perfect accompaniment: bright early autumn sunshine augmented by a strong, fresh breeze. I’m sat in my back garden, watching fragments of cloud cruising across the heart-stirringly blue sky, with washing snapping …
New Music: 18+ – All the Time
Out on 10th November via the Houndstooth label comes the debut album from 18+, aka Boy and Sis. It follows on from the track Crow, who’s dribbling RnB/electronica caused many to sit up and notice up its release in the Summer. They’ve shared a track from the album, All the Time. Built on Sis’s sample …
New Music: Uzzee – TYT
22 year old London born rapper Uzzee is set to release his debut EP, Evolution, next week and from it he’s streaming the emotion filled electro of TYT, or Take Your Time. He’s drafted in some hot producers to work their magic over the release, with young UK producer Jelacee of Stooki Sound, Hawaiian based …
New Music: Röyksopp & Robyn – A Monument to Everything (Kindness Remix)
Röyksopp & Robyn have been virtually spewing out a string of fantastic songs since coming together. Their latest single, A Monument to Everything, taken from the brilliant mini-album ‘Do it Again’ has been remixed by Kindness, aka Adam Bainbridge. It’s out on Monday 18th Aug along with a Mark E mix. Bainbridge has been somewhat …
See: Julio Bashmore Releases Video for Peppermint
I’ve just been playing hide and seek with my little boy. If it weren’t for his constant giggling I’d get worried sometimes, as he seems to be able to think a little left of centre. Not for him behind the curtains or under the table – he managed to wedge himself behind the door of …
Track: Peppermint Heaven – The Delicious EP
Sometimes you have to go where your influences are. Not because you’re a fan, or you want to be near them, but because you need to see what made them like they are, and just in case a little bit of that thing that made them special to you rubs off on you. At least, …
New Music: Laura Welsh – Undiscovered
I’d be careful if I were you. Laura Welsh is back amongst us. She’s releasing her new single ‘Undiscovered’ on the Outsiders/Polydor label on October 28th . It’s thought that she was holed up across in America for the recording, produced by Lana Del Rey and Kanye West associate Emile Haynie, and it will feature …