Austra were so brilliant at SXSW I went to see them twice. The Toronto-based band led by Katie Stelmanis are a hugely impressive live six-piece act. Their album Feel It Break is out on May 13rd on Domino. The band … Read More…
The chart this week consists of 10 of my favourite tunes right now including a hypnotic song from 18-year old bedroom producer based in Galway Oisin Hughes, awesome remixes by Dan Deacon and Chris Clark of Owen Pallet and HEALTH … Read More…
Nice remix of Massive Attack’s ‘Pray for Rain’ by DFA’s Tim Goldsworthy on their site. A She is Danger remix of the Horace Andy fronted ‘Girl I Love You’ from Heligoland is below. What would Hype Machine’s popular page look … Read More…
Superbly crafted finger puppet video for the Bromst tune by Natalie Van Den Dungen featuring a paddling ghost (what else?) and a finger puppet Dan Deacon. An example of a video suiting the song perfectly and cheap too (see the … Read More…
Awesome gig. It was a bit “regular” at the start but the human gauntlet actually went out the doors of Andrew’s Lane, up the side alley, around Exchequer St, around Trinity Street and back to the venue where we were … Read More…
Having sat with Dan Deacon’s Bromst for the greater part of a month now, I’ve come to adore it. I’ve said before it’s like Spiderman of The Rings amplified with extra dog barks, an added dose of insanity, singular pitch-shifted … Read More…
You already know how brilliant Bromst is right? It’s like Spiderman of The Rings amplified with extra dog barks, an added dose of insanity, singular pitch-shifted harmonies colliding in a euphony of bonkers synths and melodies. In a word – … Read More…
Height is an MC out of Baltimore that more people should be talking about much more often. He’s played shows with tonnes of people like MGMT to Dan Deacon (he seems to be part-involved in Wham City) and released a … Read More…
As I was in London on Friday so I missed The Death Set that night in Crawdaddy. As did most of you it seems as friends told me there was 30 to 40 people there. Such a shame. The Baltimore … Read More…
As the Future Days draws to a close, I wonder how successful it was for the promoters? Last night’s Vicar Street show was far from full and people told me there was free tickets being handed out left, right and … Read More…
I relish compiling lists. So much so that I ended up with a list of 75 songs from this year on a longlist. So for the sake of your attention-span and as recommendation reminders here are my top 25 songs … Read More…
