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TRACK: Liam Bailey – ‘White Light’: tough-edged reggae soul on Big Crown
BROOKLYN’S Big Crown, those fine curators of great groove nuggets where’er they unearth them, has just dropped a new single in the shape of “White Light” by British soul-reggae diamond Liam Bailey. It’s the second single he’s dropped for Big Crown, following last year’s deep toasting melodies on “Champion” / “Please Love Me Again” 7″; …
See: Broken Hands share video for track ‘Mess’
Broken Hands have released their new album Split In Two, which is out now via SO Recordings. The band have also shared the live video of album track ‘Mess’, which was recently filmed as part of an exclusive full album performance for fans. “I really didn’t think we’d play another show this year, admittedly we had no audience …
See: Baby Vanga release new video for Electric Air
You immediately know when you hear a band got together over a mutual appreciation of psychedelic jazz and Latin funk that you need to investigate further, and Baby Vanga peeked our interest completely. Not just ours, though because the band have signed to South Coast tastemakers Strong Island Records, and have released a new video …
See: Orchestra Baobab – 50th Anniversary/ re-release and archive video for Dee Moo Woor
Ok so this is really heart and soul stuff. The legendary seminal Senegalese collective Orchestra Baobab are marking the 50th anniversary of their ground breaking music making with the vinyl release on World Circuit of their 2002 ‘come back’ album ‘Specialist In All Styles’. The record announced the return of the band a full nineteen …
Track: Denise Sherwood releases new single ‘Let Me In’
‘This Road’ is the debut album from Denise Sherwood, out on her father Adrians On-U label. From it she’s released a new single ‘Let Me In’, taken from the record – which incidentally features contributions from Adrian, but also Lee “Scratch” Perry, Mala, Mark Stewart, Skip McDonald, Doug Wimbish and drums by the late Style …
Track: Cosmic Vibrations ft. Dwight Trible release new single, Nature’s Vision
Taken from their upcoming debut album Pathways and Passeges, Cosmic Vibrations, out via Spiritmuse Records on September 29th – the six piece jazz ensemble led by acclaimed vocalist Dwight Trible have released a new single, Nature’s Vision. Transcendent and spiritual, Nature’s Vision creeps along at first, full of indigenous sounds and almost drones, hypnotic music. …
News: The Dirty Nil announce new album and share video for Doom Boy
The Dirty Nil are back. The amp-blowing, Juno Award-winning trio who for years have embraced, torn down, and then reinvented the quintessential “rock n roll star” archetype have announced the title of their hotly anticipated new album, Fuck Art (out via Dine Alone Records), out later this year. The Dirty Nil’s new record is an unabashed concoction of …
TRACK: China Bears – ‘Statue Still’: a proper big indie guitar thing outta the west
CHINA BEARS – up and coming on cool indie Fierce Panda – haven’t had the best run of luck this year. Firstly, their appearance at Austin, Texas’s acclaimed SXSW festival in March, for which were booked to play a number of slots, fell victim to, y’know, the thing; the consolation of a spring tour became …