Electronic
Track: Moby & The Void Pacific Choir – Almost Loved
Who didn’t love Moby’s album ‘Play’? It was funky, original and full of killer tunes. It was without doubt a career defining moment, and went on to sell ridiculous amounts of copies. He’s been releasing pretty much none stop ever since, but it is still that collection of songs that he is most remembered for. …
See: Battles release video for Dot Net
Last month New York’s Battles released album number three, ‘La Di Da Di’. With the departure of their lead singer, their latest collection of songs is an instrumental ride of an album, infusing rock and electronic music in a way only they can. Now the band release a video from track number two from the …
Track: Kneebody & Daedelus – ‘Drum Battle’
Following on from releases from Thundercat and Kamasi Washington, Flying Lotus’ increasingly important and consistently brilliant label Brainfeeder is preparing to release an new album, Kneedelus, featuring LA/Brooklyn instrumental quintet Kneebody, and esteemed electronic producer Daedelus. Although they first appeared on wax together as part of Daedelus’ Remixes record from 2088, its a partnership that …
See: GL release video for “Number One”
Melbourne duo GL, aka Ella Thompson and Graeme Pogson, set tongues wagging with the release of their debut EP Love Hexagon via Plastic World last year, not just in their home country but much further afield, including right here in the UK where the Guardian jumped on them (not literally you understand) for their ‘New …
News: Tortoise announce new album, plus Vinyl reissues and new video
Seems there’s a burst of activity in the camp of Chicago quintet Tortoise, with the news that the band will be releasing a new album, titled ‘The Catastrophist’ and out on January 22nd next year via their label, the brilliant Thrill Jockey. They’ve garnered the support of friends such as Maple/Dead Rider’s Todd Rittman who …
Track: Graces – Hepburn
Graces is Steve Harrison, frontman of Cumbrian alt. rock band Over and Out. Since moving to London he’s branched out into new musical pastures, specifically electro-indie project Graces. He’s taken elements of post-rock and swathed it in synths and atmospherics. The first glimpse of this comes in the shape of a single, Hepburn, out on …
Album Review: Hurts – Surrender
I must admit to having a bit of a crush on Hurts’ frontman Theo Hutchcraft. He is stylish, debonair, with a dry wit. As a vocalist he manages to pour so much emotion into his performance. And as part of a duo, has helped create two stellar pop albums. Hurts appeared on the scene in …
Album Review: John Grant – Grey Tickles, Black Pressure
For me, like many people, John Grant first appeared on my radar following the release of Queen of Denmark, his gloriously heartbreaking collaboration with Midlake and simply one of the most astonishing debut albums for many years. Of course, he’d previously been vocalist with the Czars during the 90s and early part of this century, …
Track: Unalaska – Unalaska
What started of as a fictional band in the cult vampire film ‘Afflicted’ has now turned into a real EP releasing duo. Comprising of musicians Edo Van Breemen and Zachary Grayth the now real Unalaska join ‘Light Organ Records’ to bring us their first self-titled EP. Working through cross-continental correspondence from their separate studios in Brooklyn …
See: Jones releases new video for “Indulge”
London electro-R&B artist Jones recently released Indulge, her debut EP to much fawning and critical acclaim. She followed it up by selling our her upcoming live date at St Pancras Old Church in November and appeared on Jools Holland. Now she’s released a new video for the title track of the EP, which will also …