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My favourite songs of the past month – all in one place. Listen on Spotify 1. Christine And The Queens Girlfriend Two years on from the French artist’s breakthrough album Chaleur Humaine, Héloïse Letissier is back and has teamed up with West Coast G-funk artist and Snoop Dogg collaborator Dam Funk for a lustful slice… Read more »

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Posted on June 7th, 2018

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Artists: Arctic Monkeys, beach house, Christine and the Queens, Jon Hopkins, Pusha T

4 months ago

My favourite songs of the past month – all in one place. Listen on Spotify 1. Talos – Kansas Corkman Eoin French’s 2017 album Wild Alée was a debut of beautifully-constructed falsetto-laden ambient electronic music, that created big skyscraping music moments. With the album getting a re-release in the US on BMG, a new Then… Read more »

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Posted on May 14th, 2018

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Artists: Casisdead, Hookworms, ZHU

5 months ago

My favourite songs of the past month – all in one place. Listen on Spotify 1. Leon Bridges – Bad Bad News When the Texan singer Leon Bridges first appeared in 2015, his old-fashioned Texan soul music in the mould of Sam Cooke, was so well-executed, it was easy to forgive the throwback style he… Read more »

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Posted on April 3rd, 2018

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Artists: Casisdead, Hookworms, ZHU

6 months ago

My favourite songs of the past month – all in one place. Listen on Spotify 1. Schoolboy Q, Kendrick Lamar, 2 Chainz and Saudi – ‘X’ “Are you on ten yet?,” Kendrick asks on this Black Panther soundtrack highlight, goading and amping up his fellow MCs Schoolboy Q, 2 Chainz and Saudi until they are… Read more »

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Posted on March 5th, 2018

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Artists: Car Seat Headrest, Caroline Rose

7 months ago

My favourite songs of the past month – all in one place. Listen on Spotify 1. Peggy Gou – It Makes You Forget Berlin-based Peggy Gou is a DJ and producer who has been steadily building her profile over the last couple of years. It was ‘Gou Talk’ and subsequent high-profile building DJ slots at… Read more »

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Posted on February 2nd, 2018

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Artists: David Byrne, Peggy Gou, Soccer Mommy, Superorganism, SZA, UMO

7 months ago

My favourite songs of the past month – all in one place. Listen on Spotify 1. Yaeji – Raingurl The NYC-based Korean producer Kathy Yaeji Lee has released two EPs of house-pop music on the God Mode label (Shamir) and ‘raingurl’ is the standout in her discography so far. It’s at once – a banger,… Read more »

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Posted on February 1st, 2018

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Artists: Daphni, Palms Trax

9 months ago

My favourite songs of the past month – all in one place. Listen on Spotify 1. Yaeji – Raingurl The NYC-based Korean producer Kathy Yaeji Lee has released two EPs of house-pop music on the God Mode label (Shamir) and ‘raingurl’ is the standout in her discography so far. It’s at once – a banger,… Read more »

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Posted on December 6th, 2017

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Artists: Daphni, Palms Trax

10 months ago

My favourite songs of the past month – all in one place. Listen on Spotify 1. Fever Ray – To The Moon And Back After 9 years away, Karin Dreijer returned with her first album as Fever Ray last week, Plunge. ‘To The Moon And Back’ was the first taste from it and it is… Read more »

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Posted on November 2nd, 2017

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Artists: Daphni, Palms Trax

11 months ago

My favourite songs of the past month – all in one place. Listen on Spotify 1. Fort Romeau – ‘Emu’ An absolute electronic monster from Fort Romeau on Running Back. ‘Emu’ is the 6-minute lead off track from the release and it moves from propulsive mechanical synth dance to siren-building constructions. It sounds great in… Read more »

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Posted on October 4th, 2017

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Artists: Everything is Recorded, Ibeyi, IDER, Jordan Rakei, Margie Lewis, New Jackson, queens of the stone age, Sampha, Superorganism, Wiki

About 1 year ago

My favourite songs of the past month – all in one place. Listen on Spotify 1. Four Tet – Two Thousand And Seventeen’ Kieran Hebden returns to the relative calm of his early work with this minimally-pitched track that lets a string instrument become the main focus. 2. Arcade Fire – ‘Signs Of Life’ Now… Read more »

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Posted on August 2nd, 2017

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Artists: Baba Stiltz, Sigrid

About 1 year ago

My favourite songs of the past month. Listen on Spotify The top songs of the month Click the title of the song to see the original post. 1. Mac DeMarco – For the First Time My highlight of Primavera in a set with a naked drummer and singed body hair is also the cheeky Canadian who… Read more »

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Posted on June 8th, 2017

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Artists: Baba Stiltz, Sigrid