Album Review: Yves Tumor – Heaven to a Tortured Mind.
Experimental electronic and Warp Records; can you name a more iconic duo in the pantheon of left-field music? That I’m sure you can, but you’d be hard-pressed to argue that…
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Benjii Jackson
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I write words that sometimes make sense and other times don't. But perhaps in either case that will evoke some form of emotion about what I am writing. Or maybe not.
ALBUM REVIEW: THUNDERCAT – IT IS WHAT IT IS.
Is there anyone since the turn of the new millennium as influential as Stephen Lee Bruner, a.k.a Thundercat? Proudly toted as a corner of the Brainfeeder family, Thundercat’s influence can…
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ALBUM REVIEW: THE LOVELY EGGS – I AM MORON
It’s hard to say that Lancaster’s The Lovely Eggs have a cult following when you count the fans the duo can boast; Iggy Pop is a fan, as is Huw…
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ALBUM REVIEW: MAGIC SWORD – ENDLESS
Any Hotline Miami 2 fans kicking around the website? What about fans of Thor: Ragnarok? I thought the second title might have a bit more mass appeal. Both had tracks…
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ALBUM REVIEW: ONO – RED SUMMER
Before Saul Williams graced us with his imprints of experimental hip hop, Chicago’s ONO were creating divergent works that drew from both industrial music and gospel. The comparisons between the…
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ALBUM REVIEW: ULTIMATE FAKEBOOK – THE PRESERVING MACHINE
I’ve discussed in the past the swathe of newer emo bands that have appropriated certain melancholia from bands of yesteryear – that bittersweet mixture of power-pop and “traditional” emo (not…
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LISTEN: POM POKO SHARE “PRAISE” (PLUS UK TOUR DATES)
Currently getting ready to wow audiences in the United States at SXSW and the New York-based New Colossus Festival (that’s only in its second year but already a fixture on…
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LISTEN: GOGO PENGUIN RELEASE “ATOMISED” AHEAD OF SELF-TITLED ALBUM.
Mercury-nominated instrumentalists GoGo Penguin have notched up an impressive five albums across the span of their career. Their fusion of jazz, classical and electronic music has drawn critical praise since…
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Watch: Pottery share video for “Take Your Time” (plus tour dates)
Canadian dance-punks Pottery have released a rather Pythonesque inspired music video for their latest single, “Take Your Time“, taken from their forthcoming album Welcome to Bobby’s Hotel. Designed, illustrated and…
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News: Mr Scruff kicks off DJ Kicks’ 25th anniversary (plus club dates)
DJ Kicks has been Berlin label K7!’s long-enduring (and endearing) compilation of guest mixes spanning back to its inaugural offering back in 1995. On that occasion, Belgian producer C.J Bolland…
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