In a perfect world, every alarm clock, phone and radio would play ‘K For Kelson’ every morning in a bid to wake up the nation into a joyous sunshine-filled wonder state. It’s just that edifying. Bibio – K is for Kelson (taken from ‘Mind Bokeh’) The song is taken from Bibio’s excellent new album Mind [...]
I am totally smitten by Body Language. The Brooklyn band are a silky smooth mix of dance, neon pop, disco, catchy melodies and hooks. It’s an instant mind cleanser. They released a 7″ on Double Denim last year and a remix-bolstered version of their Social Studies EP is available now (as well as the original [...]
Bullion’s You Drive Me To Plastic was released on one-sided 20 minute long 12″ through Young Turks last year. It gets a CD release on April 25th. Here’s a funky Cut Chemist-esque track from it which gets its own release on May 25th on 12″ along with ‘Too Right’, from YDMTP, plus two new tracks [...]
It was August when we last checked in with London industrial post-ravers Factory Floor. Glasgow’s Optimo will release the band’s next single ‘~ R E A L L O V E’ on 12″ next week. ‘~ R E A L L O V E’ is a barrage of throbbing techno synth and bass noise that [...]
“Baby let’s abbreviate tonight… “ Now that LOL and OMG are in the English dictionary song-writers can feel free to use them in their compositions right? Well, no. Modern audiences don’t want songs made up of slang words, it’s gimmicky. It was cringeworthy when Britney Spears did it, when Brittney Cleary did it with ‘I.M. [...]
Violins, synths, an absolute killer chorus and a cross-continent collaboration between Germany’s I’m Not A Band, France’s Distord Trakz and England’s Teef. I’m not a Band – Little Sparks (Feat. Distord Trakz Feat. T…
R&B is not my usual bag around here but there’s something intriguing about The Weeknd that makes we want to explore more. It’s R&B but skewed beyond in focus and genre. Not much is known about the Toronto act but we do know that Jeremy Rose produces and Abel Tesfaye sings on the The Weeknd’s [...]
Proof that ‘Yr Love’ was no brooding fluke, Manchester-based Holy Other’s ‘Touch’ takes a similar slow-building ambient approach to moving towards more upbeat electronic music over the course of its duration. The adding of layers from bass growls, to synth note stabs to hi-hats to extra beats and vocal samples is anything but subtle but [...]
A list of personally recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All times are 7.30pm/8pm unless stated. Feel free to let me know if I missed anything of interest in the comments. Ticket giveaways: A pair of tickets to Ignored Playaz: Addison Groove & Jam City @ Kennedys this Saturday. 2 [...]
Tightly wound riffs, and arrangements are Avalanche Ammo’s technique. Hailing from Kildare, AA is the solo work of Ant Boland who has been working under Avalanche Ammo name for a while but the Animals EP (in which each song is named after one) is his debut release and it’s a free download. It sounds like [...]