A standout track from the singer's XL debut EP gets further spotlight.
Having just been announced to play Electric Picnic in September, the young Liverpool singer Låpsley has released a video for a standout track from her recent XL Recordings EP Understudy. The video has Holly Lapsley Fletcher on a car journey / reminiscing about a night out directed by Cherise Payne & Låpsley but it’s really… Read more »
Posted on March 4th, 2015
The new EP Flame Rave is well-titled.
Chris Clark’s prolific output stays that way with a new four-track EP called Flame Rave out on March 20th on Warp, following on from his self-titled eighth album released in November. Some of the tracks are alternative versions of the LP tracks, ‘Springtime Linn’ is one of 40 versions of ‘Winter Linn’, ‘Unfurla Cremated’ is… Read more »
Posted on March 4th, 2015
The second single from What For? is the sound of warm vinyl psychedelia.
If ‘Empty Nesters’ was a alt-rock curveball, ‘Buffalo’ resets the mood from a Pavement-style track to a psychedelic song, the kind of thing that Chaz Bundick’s Toro Y Moi project is known for. It’s a smooth groove, that takes from a 70s rhythm and builds on it with a synth-indie pop sensibility of our time…. Read more »
Posted on March 4th, 2015
A short, sharp single from Mullingar four-piece's new EP.
Mullingar’s The Academic were one of the best live bands I saw last year on my four week stint around Ireland for Guinness Amplify. The four lads consisting of Craig Fitzgerald, Dean Gavin, Stephen Murtagh and Matt Murtagh also left a big impression with their debut single ‘Bear Claws’ and they’ll hope to keep it… Read more »
Posted on March 3rd, 2015
A new pop-edged electronic track on Feel Good Lost Records.
Liverpool-based producer and Fly High Society’s SertOne is back with ‘Lost & Found’, a new single released on Feel Good Lost today featuring the vocal talent of Australian singer Maribelle. The track features a suspended footwork rhythm that we’ve heard Sert work before but Maribelle’s voice brings an R&B pop edge to the track. The… Read more »
Posted on March 3rd, 2015
The Berlin-based band return with a new identity.
Sometimes it’s best to wipe a clean slate and start anew. Kool Thing, the Berlin-based trio of Julie Chance, Jon Dark and Valentin Plessy have been trying out different styles beyond the electronic indie of their debut. What they uncovered was a new sound, one that didn’t fit into Kool Thing so a name change… Read more »
Posted on March 3rd, 2015
"Psych afro-rock at 138 BPM"
Melbourne trio Broadway Sounds‘ new song ‘Sing It Again’ is described by the band as “Psych Afro Rock at 138 BPMs,” and that’s about as distilled as it can get for this summery afro-beat funk-pop jam, which will have the likely effect of making you want to break out in a conga line or do… Read more »
Posted on March 3rd, 2015
The best tracks of the month in Soundcloud and Spotify playlists.
My favourite songs of the month. Get the majority of them as a continuous playlist on Spotify | Soundcloud The songs Hot Chip -‘Huarache Lights’ All Tvvins – ‘Thank You’ Father John Misty – ‘The Night Josh Tillman Came to Our Apartment’ Portico – ‘101’ feat. Joe Newman of Alt-J Fort Romeau & New Jackson – ‘Not… Read more »
Posted on March 2nd, 2015
Production comes from Kobina and Gil Lewis.
Having played her first ever gig last week in London, the Dublin singer Louise Cunnane, Blooms, has dropped ‘Fall’ a track that might be her best yet. Production comes from Kobina and Gil Lewis, and the song’s whirring synth, glassy percussion and sparse guitar is a suitable backdrop for Blooms’ most hopeful vocal of her… Read more »
Posted on March 2nd, 2015
