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See: SCALPING whirl you through 360° in the crunch and spin of ‘Empty Cascade’
BRISTOL’S post-rave sonic guerillas SCALPING have followed up May’s single drop, “Empty Cascade” by doubling down and supplying that dark, heavy breaks muscle with a new 360° video, directed by Jason Baker; and a busy old summer has begun, with their FLOOD EP out on new home Houndstooth at the end of last week. FLOOD is …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Santa Cruz Sound Czar Eddou XL
And we back…and we back…nah, nah, nah… Santa Cruz sound czar Eddou XL joins today’s version of Behind The Boards. The California-based producer, beat maker and instrumental hip hop creator often finds inspiration in the sounds around him, both in the natural world, and in the work of other artists he admires. He frequently uses …
Track: Lizzie Loveless captures the moment when the rift becomes all too real in ‘Window’; her autumn album’s now up for pre-order
BROOKLYN’s three-sister indie rock band TEEN were much loved by those in the know, and rightfully so, with slow-burn, atmospheric altpop numbers such as “Raggedy Andy” to offer the world. It was with sadness that that same cognoscenti received the news that sisters Lizzie, Katherine and Kristina Lieberson were calling it a day after two …
Track: Brooklyn’s wonderful Geese sign to Partisan Records, unveil an electrifying single ‘Disco’ and announce news of an album and live dates
There is a power and intensity to the new single ‘Disco’ from Brooklyn band Geese that belies their young age and explains why they have been signed to the eminent label Partisan Records. Initial impressions are that this is a band that has been influenced by the Irish wave of post punk bands like The …
Track: ECHT! – ‘500 gr.’: towering, atmospheric breaks from Brusseleir quartet preludes their September album
ECHT! is a fat-as-hell beats collective which calls Brussels home, although each of the four hails from elsewhere, drawn to the open, centrifugal force of the Belgian capital. The name comes from the local Brusseleir dialect, and translates to English as simply ‘real’, although the French ‘vrai de vrai’ might seem to hit slightly closer: …
News: New label Carrie launches with the Stevie Nicks elegance of Soft Focus’s ‘Easy For You’
MANCHESTER events site GigList is branching out from promoting music into giving it a specific platform of its own with the launch of a sister label, Carrie: an imprint that aims to elevate and celebrate female musicians, producers, and female-presenting voices. And Carrie is launching this midsummer morning with a first track from Yorkshire’s Soft …