For the last few years Canadian wunder-kid Laberge (is he even a kid any more?) has been putting out blissed-out disco tunes that seem to evoke an imagined perfect summer. If that sounds clichéd, well go and listen to him. He’s got a huge amount of stuff on his Soundcloud, much of it free to […]
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Stopmakingme is really living the life right now – he must be, otherwise I can’t explain how he keeps churning out impeccable tracks, remixes and mixes. On the back of his Wrapped In Plastic release for Kill Em All last year, his scat-heavy remix of Hercules and Love Affair and his genre-gliding, inspirational Dollars to […]
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Snoretex is a man of many talents. Part of both Allez Allez and WALLS, whose self-titled album on Kompakt was a delightful 30-minute journey into quiet post-shoegaze-electronica, Mr Sam Willis is taking a detour on his own in order to keep up his creativity in the wake of completing the aforementioned album. His first single […]
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Before I get into this – does anyone else think that Canblaster looks like Paul Dano? Seriously though. Dude has been on some futuristic ’ish for some time now. He’s just put out the Master of Complication EP on Nightshifters, and if you ever imagined what would happen if he took all the different ideas […]
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The first time I heard of The Dirtbombs was when I was making a film in my final year of university. Ironically, despite four years of Film Studies, the only film I directed myself was for a course in the Drama department. The film was a non-linear narrative which in short was about a guy […]
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How obvious is it to write about a certain Jean-Baptiste de Laubier, better known as Para One? I know he’s no stranger to most of you but he’s just got a Soundcloud account and in the spirit of awesomeness that sums him up he’s given away some free tracks. First of all is Gum. This […]
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I’ve been waiting for some new stuff from Dances With White Girls for a minute. His latest offering comes with the straight-to-the-point title of Get That Ass Up, and it’s straight up thug house. Spiralling sirens, brain-melting synths and aggressive claps, it’s like a violent ghetto vision of Marc Houle’s Bay of Figs. Lately he’s […]
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When I listen to this edit I imagine either sitting on a yacht in the pacific or else, at the other extreme, standing on a snowy plains in blinding sunlight. Bath-based Irishman Holmes Price is back on an 80s tip, taking Foreigner’s I Want To Know What Love Is and moulding and stretching it into […]
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Hey what’s the matter? Nothing’s the matter. That’s why I can’t leave my house. I realise that this is the second of my posts in a row about a New York-based artist with Ghost in their name. Sue me. This track from Holy Ghost!, who’ve been drip-feeding us tracks since 2007’s Hold On, have finally […]
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For a multitude of reasons I’ve been listening to a lot of rap lately – obviously there are a few albums that I play pretty regularly just because they’re awesome and I never get bored of them (Ready To Die, Illmatic, Capital Punishment) – but I’ve just been playing a lot more of everything lately. […]
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I never blog about things I don’t like, but I sure as hell do tweet about them. So I’m going to make a conscious effort this year to tweet less about annoying people in the street, stupid TV shows, ridiculous ads and ridiculous Daily Mail stories. Even though I’ve already broken that by ragging on […]
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It’s funny that I say I kind of hate Christmas and yet this is my second post in a row talking about seasonal music, but of course there are some tracks that even a grinch like me can’t but love. I first came across Holmes Price last year when he put together this incredible cover […]
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