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EP Review: Pass It On - The Joy Boys 27 Aug 2013 | 06:39 pm
Pass It One - The Joy Boys Pass It On is the debut release from The Joy Boys, a collaboration between long-term friends Raf Daddy (one half of The 2 Bears, along with Joe Goddard of Hot Chip) and Tob...
Album Review: For Now I Am Winter - Ólafur Arnalds 25 Aug 2013 | 08:55 pm
Mercury Classics artist Ólafur Arnalds, image credit: © Marino Thorlacius Long time readers of the site will know that I'm a massive fan of Iceland, it's culture, geography and particularly it's mus...
EP Review: Ministry of Love - Romanthony 22 Aug 2013 | 03:12 pm
Romanthony I recently mentioned Romanthony in my review of Poolside Sounds Vol. II from the Future Disco series. At the time the inclusion of a track from Romanthony, years since his last high profil...
Video: Colored Emotions - Night Moves 20 Aug 2013 | 07:08 pm
'Colored Emotions' is full of the hazy longing that comes with late steamy summer nights and the video seems to have gone a little stir crazy from the heat - it's a surreal affair. Nights Moves take ...
EP Review: Pillowtalk - Feyorz 18 Aug 2013 | 06:08 pm
Pillow Talk - Feyorz More hotness from the pretty much always brilliant DhARMA and this time it's totally free. Feyorz is Russian producer lya Bodrov and there's a clear love of hip-hop, soul, funk a...
Album Review: We Knew It Was Not Going To Be Like This - Surf City 17 Aug 2013 | 11:09 pm
Surf City We Knew It Was Not Going To Be Like This is Surf City's second album and it takes its title from an overheard conversation from a bar in South Korea. This album keep's the band's melodic an...
Video: Voices Drifting - The Holidays 14 Aug 2013 | 09:52 pm
This is easily the best music video I've seen in a while... The shoot occurred in a swimming pool in the middle of winter (gutsy enough) and the plan was for a single take video of the song being sung...
Album Review: Paracosm - Washed Out 13 Aug 2013 | 12:18 am
Washed Out Paracosm is Ernest Greene's second full-length album as Washed Out and he's back together with producer Ben Allen. At first glance it may feel a little bit like business as usual for Green...
Single Review: Teenagers In Heat - Holy Ghost! 8 Aug 2013 | 06:16 pm
Holy Ghost! Holy Ghost's new release picks up where their somewhat brilliant last release, 'Dumb Disco Ideas', left off. This is similarly dumb and fun disco inspired pop but where 'Dumb Disco Ideas...
Video: Who Needs You - The Orwells 6 Aug 2013 | 10:18 pm
Slouch-garage-rock from Chicago Illinois band The Orwells here on this video for 'Who Needs You'. The track is lifted from the forthcoming National Anthem / East End Records release, due 9 September. ...
