Category Archive: Recommended

19 Mar

Ikonika - Contact, Love, Want, Have

Ikonika - Contact, Love, Want, Have

Somewhere in a parallel universe there are Prince and Sun Ra working on a Dubstep album. The closest you will ever get to listening to …

 
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12 Feb

Early Album Of The Year: Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise

Early Album Of The Year: Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise

‘Black Noise’ has the classiest opening sequence of any album in a long time. The first three tracks coolly redefine the genre of ambient Techno …

 
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27 Jan

Solex vs. Cristina Martinez + Jon Spencer - Amsterdam Showdown, Kingstreet Throwdown

Solex vs. Cristina Martinez + Jon Spencer - Amsterdam Showdown, Kingstreet Throwdown

‘Amsterdam Showdown’ romps and rolls through dirty Blues, Hip Hop and 60’s Soul samples like a Quentin Tarantino movie. Fingerlickin’ fare for folks who like …

 
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07 Dec

Shannon Stephens - The Breadwinner

Shannon Stephens - The Breadwinner

Shannon Stephens sings about the frequent downs and rare ups of a life as a commuter. Up at five to get to the office in …

 
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02 Dec

Jookabox - Dead Zone Boys

Jookabox - Dead Zone Boys

‘Dead Zone Boys’ is the aural equivalent of driving through the night with your windows down, taking in the sounds spilling onto the sidewalk in …

 
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30 Nov

Castanets - Texas Rose The Thaw & The Beast

Castanets - Texas Rose The Thaw & The Beast

Texas Rose is a kind of ambient country album that uncoils lazily like a strip of tarmac in the desert while frontman Ray Raposa recounts …

 
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12 Nov

Broadcast & The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age

Broadcast & The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age

If somebody had to turn cult UK horror movie The Wicker Man into a radio play, then it would sound like this. ‘Witch Cults Of …

 
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18 Aug

Golden Bloom ‘Fan The Flames’

Golden Bloom ‘Fan The Flames’

Move over, here’s the next generation of Indie rockers. Brooklyn-based Golden Bloom serves up a full helping of catchy tunes somewhere between Sufjan Stevens and …

 
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06 Jul

Rumble Strips ‘Welcome To The Walk Alone’

Rumble Strips ‘Welcome To The Walk Alone’

The Rumble Strips repackage Scott Walker, the dark prince of 60’s pop, for a new generation. Like Dexy’s Midnight Runners did 60’s Soul for the …

 
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02 Jul

Hermas Zopuola ‘Espoir’

Hermas Zopuola ‘Espoir’

Rarely will you get an opportunity to hear World Music artists both ways - As they sound for their local market and the way they …

 
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