Electro
See: I am Lono release video for Only Love
Nottingham avant electro dup I am Lono, aka Matthew Cooper and David Startin have a new six-track self-titled EP out on white vinyl and download on 22nd August through Louder City Records. Named after the moment in Hunter S Thompsons book, The Curse of Lono, where Thompson captures a huge Marlin and beats it to …
Track: Crystal Castles – Deicide
Its been an eventful year or so for Crystal Castles. Alice Glass went and then ensued a certain amount of back biting and bickering. The upshot of it was that it became a solo project for Ethan Kath, who released Frail back in April and has now returned with Deicide, a homage perhaps to the …
Meet: Boxed In’s Oli Bayston
Boxed In is the vehicle respected producer Oli Bayston has chosen to fuse his vision of indie, funk and electronica. He’s put together a crack band who are getting on the road for some UK dates before jetting to the States for a short tour. He also knocks out tunes for other artists, and rumour …
Track: Years and Years – Shine, plus album news
All eyes are on London based three piece Years & Years. At the start of the year they walked away with the BBC’s sound of 2015 prize. Since then, both music lover and critics alike have been waiting to see if they can live up to the hype. They made a great start when ‘King,’ …
Track: The Radio Dept. – Occupied
Swedish dream poppers The Radio Dept. returned, rather unexpectedly last September after a four year absence, with a track, Death to Fascism, just in time (or timed perfectly?) for the Swedish elections. Now they’re back for real, with Occupied, taken from their long awaited fourth album, and available now on 12″ limited edition vinyl and …
News: Garbage Announce 20th anniversary Queer tour
Apparently, it happened on August 15th 1995, although I can hardly believe its 20 year ago. Through all the grunnge and associated alt rock, something cut through. Something that was smart and sassy, but could also be dark and ambitious. Something that was like a shard of colour across a landscape of grey and black. …
See: Damaged Bug releases video to “Jet in Jungle”
He’s full of surprises, that John Dwyer. While we’ve all been waiting to see what comes next with his troupe The Oh Sees, instead he’s spirited himself away, surrounded himself with synths, and recorded a new album, Cold Hot Plumbs in his Damaged Bug alter ego, which is out right now on the Castle Face …
See: Funktionalust release video for Even
South London duo Funktionalust follow the release of their debut EP A Different Street this week with a new video, their first, for closing track Even. Early tracks Seats’, ‘Dots’ and ‘Likeability’ but interest on the duo, aka Sage Redman and Joe Gillick as they mixed up post-punk and electronica into something new and interesting, …
Track: Gwenno – Patriarchaeth
After retiring, or at least withdrawing from the edges of the mainstream, first as a professional dancer and then as lead singer of the brilliant Pipettes, Gwenno found herself back in her home city of Cardiff. Ignoring the industry that she had previously served, she instead ploughed her own furrow, writing a new political concept …
Track: Danny Darko – My Favourite ft Jova Radevska
Taken from his upcoming album ‘Sensations’ comes a new single from DJ and producer Danny Darko. He’s proved over the last few years that he’s adept across a whole range of electronic styles, from being known as the Starchaser producer who’s ‘Love will set you free’ hit the UK and MTV Dance charts, to receiving …