Electronic
Track: Holy Boy – Elergy
Norwegian artist Helene Alexandra Jæger, trading under the Holy Boy Moniker, is releasing a new single ‘Elergy’, out via Native Habitat recordings, ahead of her debut album expected later in the year. It’s an ode to Los Angeles, where she now resides, saying “Coming from Bergen, Norway, I’d never seen a city like LA before. …
Album Review: PRIDES – A Mind Like The Tide Pt.2
Alt-pop duo Prides, from Glasgow, have just released Part Two of their sophomore album A Mind Like The Tide, concluding the story they began to share with us last Autumn and sharing seven brand new tracks for us to enjoy. The duality in Prides has always been apparent, marrying earnest and emotional lyrics with boisterous …
See: Alexis Taylor releases new video for Oh Baby, plus live dates
Taken from the forthcoming album ‘Beautiful Thing’, out April 20th via Domino Records, Alexis Taylor’s has released a video for the track ‘Oh Baby’ taken from that fourth solo album. It is an album of electronic thrills, dark spaces, memories of dancefloors and heartfelt writing; it’s composed, it’s improvised, it’s accidental, it’s strange, but it’s …
Track: Black Moth Super Rainbow – Baby’s in the void, plus tour details
There isn’t much known about BMSR frontman TOBACCO. There’s his government name, Tom Fec. A few photos if you want to Google, most of them in a mask. He’s done enough interviews where he patiently breaks down the creative process and the ideas espoused, but has mostly resisted the soul-snuffing admissions expected from contemporary musicians. …
See: Organised Scum reveal new video for Unborn Cars
In Werner Herzog’s documentary about the internet Lo and Behold: Rivalries of the Connected World, a GoogleX employee makes reference to ‘Unborn Cars’ of the future. This imagery and turn of phrase both bemused Tom Duggins of London three piece Organised Scum, who took it and used it as inspiration for the song which turned …
News: MUSE, QOTSA, FRANZ FERDINAND and JUSTICE among acts set to play Pa’l Norte Festival 2018
The sixth edition of Pa’l Norte, taking place at the Fundidora Park in Monterrey, Mexico on Fri April 20th & Sat April 21st, hosts over 75 artists crossing all genres and styles. Headed up this year by the likes of Muse, Zoé, Richard Ashcroft, Franz Ferdinand, Queens of The Stone Age, Bunbury and Justice, the festival welcomes tens …
News: Dimitri from Paris announces Chic remix collection
A remix in the right hands can be a beautiful thing. Dimitri from Paris has a track record of reworking some of the greatest disco tracks and made them reach new heights… And coming in June is a collection of his greatest Chic remixes – the snappily entitled, “Dimitri From Paris presents Le CHIC Remix”. Think …
Track: The Evil Usses – Grouse, plus European tour dates
Part of the flowering and endlessly creative BLOOM collective out of Bristol, The Evil Usses (aka Conrad, Dan, Leon and Lorenzo) have released a new single ahead of the release of their forthcoming album Muck, out April 13th via Stolen Body Records. Making music that sits somewhere between Beefheart, Tortoise and The Cardiacs (at least …
See: Big & The Fat release new video for ‘Crack Crack’
Up and coming four piece Big & The Fat have released a new video for ‘Crack Crack’ the flip side of their single Fruit, out via limited pink vinyl on the newly formed We Can Do It records on March 30th. The track is hot and sweaty, with this mix of old school beats, pulsating …
See: 77:78 reveal new video for Love Said, and album details
77:78, the new project from Aaron Fletcher and Tim Parkin (The Bees), have announced details of their debut album ‘Jellies’ for Heavenly Recordings and UK festival appearances. The band has also recently unveiled ‘Love Said’, their first release for the label. This track was available previously on white label 7” (until it sold out within …