‘HurtLove’ is a modern proposition for a song. It might be built on reverberating piano chords but its twisted whirling vocals and creeping distortion add a zeitgeist spin on the overall effect. It’s post-dubstep in the vein of James Blake … Read More…
You don’t need an excuse to hear this song again. ‘Hold On’ is a glorious old-fashioned soulful rock ‘n’ roll song from Alabama Shakes‘ debut album Boys & Girls out in April on Rough Trade. It also features on their … Read More…
It’s been a year and two months since Neil O’ Connor aka Somadrone’s third LP Depth Of Field was streamed here and next month he’ll play his first headline shows since that period kicking off with Friday February 4th in … Read More…
Donegal-based Keith Mannion is the man behind the SlowPlaceLikeHome project which dropped its second free download EP called Coastal Hubs for Chivalry EP this week. Mannion gallivants around the subgenres of electronic, never really committing to any one in particular … Read More…
As the embodiment of gutsy vocalist last year, Merril Garbus’ appearance on Elephant & Castle’s ‘En Memoria’ has a refreshing daydream quality to it. It’s a gentle riposte to a year spent looping guttural vowels through alluring melodies. Elephant & … Read More…
It’s still hard to believe that Archy Marshall aka King Krule is in fact so young. Still only 17 and he sounds like he’s been through a war of emotions. In this live version, he demostrates what it is he … Read More…
I’m not 100% sure if I’ve consciously listened to Lower Dens before (I’ve a feeling Liz Pelly may have played a few tracks for me when she interned for State in 2010) but the Baltimore band fronted by Jana Hunter … Read More…
A heavy dose of computer icon weirdness is on display in the video for ‘Pleasure Palaces’ directed by Rachel Maclean, the first single from Errors‘ new and third album Have Some Faith In Magic released January 30th on Mogwai’s Rock … Read More…
The Sleigh Bells Reign Of Terror album is coming next month (as is a Dublin gig) and now we have the first single proper to listen to. ‘Comeback Kid’ is as rip-roaring and primal as you’d expect from Alexis Krauss … Read More…
Despite Hot Chip having a new album pretty much recorded, Joe Goddard continues his restless streak of the last year or two in which he has given us production for DELS, this solo banger and bubblin’ under, The 2 Bears … Read More…
Calypso electronic pop band Tanlines were one of my favourite musical discoveries of 2010. Their Settings EP was a constant, ‘Real Life’ is still regularly played at DJ sets and a subsequent collection of material Volume On tied up their … Read More…
