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News: Kamasi Washington announces score to ‘Becoming’ film.

Kamasi Washington has announced that he has scored Becoming, director Nadia Hallgren and Higher Ground Productions’ documentary profiling First Lady Michelle Obama, which debuted on Netflix today, May 6. The score features new original music Washington—whom Hallgren asked to…

Track: Jamie XX – Idontknow

It seems an age since we last had music from Jamie XX as a solo entity. In fact its 5 years or thereabout since his Brit and Grammy nominated album…

Track: TTY – Buttercream

TTY are our sort of band. Ahead of the release of their EP this coming Friday on the ever brilliant Young Turks label, they’ve shared a track, Buttercream. But it…

Track: Kamasi Washington releases two tracks from his forthcoming second album, plus release/tour news

Jazz superstar Kamasi Washington has heralded the announcement of his second album Heaven and Earth, set for release on June 22nd via Young Turks, by releasing two tracks – Fists…

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Track: The XX – Say something loving

South London indie wonders The xx have released the second song from their forthcoming album “I See You”, due to be released on 13th January via Young Turks. The highly…

Album Review: Jamie xx – In Colour

In Colour is a great title for the debut record by producer Jamie xx. It’s crisp, tight, brimming with hues, shapes, and various shades of light. It doesn’t feel like a…

Track: Jamie XX – All Under One Roof Raving

Yeah, it’s been out a while since it came out, well – a couple of weeks or so, but we’re writing about it now. Why? Because, like Jamie XX, I’m…

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New Music: Young Braves – Black Country (free download)

Cruising out of the titular ‘Black Country’, Shropshire’s teenage indie rockers are back with a new single. This is a song of youthful desire to escape limitations and oppressions,…

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Track: Jamie XX – Sleep Sound / Girl, plus UK dates

Never one to let things lie, and coming towards the end of a run of 25 intimate shows, playing to just 40 people per night at New York’s world-famous Park…

Track: Sampha releases new single, Happens

A piano drops, while a single sultry falsetto line glides seamlessly through the sky, before burning up into the heavy, melancholic atmosphere of ‘Happens’. Is it a bird? Is it…

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