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News: Soundcrash and DJ Yoda announce Halloween night at Rich Mix, 31.10.15
This Halloween, get ready for the scariest (and possibly grooviest – do people still say groovy?) party around as Soundcloud and celebrated DJ, DJ Yoda take over the performance space Rich Mix for a monumental party, including hair-raising audio and spine-chilling visuals. As ever with Yoda, aka London turntablist Duncan Beiny, expect the unexpected – …
Track: Iman – Golden
If you like your electro pop a little more in your face than the recent penchant for syrupy, hazy sounding tracks, likelihood is you’ll go for Golden, the debut track from British born African/ Middle Eastern pop artist Iman. It’s all about these big 80s sounding synth riffs and 90s sounding beats, like sitting shoulder …
See: Longfellow release video for ‘Choose’
Independent record label Fierce Panda have been around for 21 years, supporting the likes of Death Cab For Cutie and The Crookes, and they’ve reached another milestone this September with the release of their 300th single. The celebratory landmark has been gifted to none other than London-based Longfellow with their song ‘Choose’, a soulful song …
Track: Careless Sons – Betty
Last year we enthused about North London ‘Pop and Roll’ outfit, Careless Sons. They are back better than ever with their new single ‘Betty’: a more mature, smooth sound yet still emotive and hook-laden: The production is clear and precise, driving the chiming guitars and excellent layered harmonies. I am reminded a little of the …
Track: Primetime – Anyway
Following on from their self titled EP which dropped on La Vida Es Un last Summer, Londons messy punks Primetime are back with a new song, ‘Anyway’, recorded by Lindsay Corstorphine of Sauna Youth and Primitive Parts. Anyway slithers away with this punk lilt, it describes issues of letting go and gleefully losing your mind. …
See: Alibis release new live video for Only Time
Taken from their forthcoming Home Truths EP, South London duo Alibis have released a video for their track Only Time. A melancholy tale of a past childhood sweetheart, the pair – 22 year olds Richie Skint and Harvey Lee, feature in the video which was filmed in the bedroom where they wrote it. The pair …
Album Review: Kelpe – The Curved Line
On his fifth album, The Curved line – Kelp, aka London producer Kel McKeown, doesn’t reinvent the electronic wheel, rather just polishes his own version of it a little bit. He’s long been able, as seen through his various releases on labels such as DC Recordings, Black Acre, Fremdtunes, Svetlana and Myor, to produce these …
Track: Danny McLauchlan – Enough
Taken from his forthcoming EP, due for release early next year, comes a new song – Enough, from London producer/singer-songwriter Danny McLaughlan. From the beginning’s gentle electronics it’s slow, delicate and very beautiful songwriting. Blessed with simple but lovely lyrics and similar synth lines that give it this innocence, it meanders along. As it does …
Live Review: Tess Parks + Anton Newcombe @ Oslo, London 18.07.15
As Tess Parks and Anton Newcombe’s “We Declare Nothing” tour hits the UK, Nina Fritsch finds out if the visionary Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman’s latest project still has what it takes to bring an audience to another level. This was nearly a homecoming gig for London-based Canadian artist Tess Parks. Anticipation hung strongly in the …
Track: New Arcades – More Than This
At a time when Chvrches have just announced the release date for their new album and previewed a few new songs, London duo New Arcades are in danger of falling slightly short on a sound that could be as addictive as the Scottish trio. London Duo Dean Canty and Adam Sullivan do run the risk …