I first uncovered Tycho while searching the net for inspiration as a graphic design student. The ambient shimmering electronic tones produced by Scott Hansen surrounded my university days. I was enthralled with his… Read More
If the Mad Hatter had a little gramophone perched on the end of his tea-party table, the sounds emanating from it would have been something like the debut longplayer from Sunderland/London-based quartet New Electric… Read More
Grayson Gilmour comes from the exciting and densely-bubbling musical pot that is New Zealand’s quirky capital, Wellington. It’s been four years since we last heard from Gilmour, who, after the release of No… Read More
Mac deMarco’s records are like those brightly-coloured balls that bounce across the crowd at summer festivals, hands reaching up ecstatically toward them as they soar by, reflecting the sunshine like softly curved mirrors.… Read More
Taylor Momsen and friends return with their eagerly-anticipated sophomore longplayer, Going To Hell: The Pretty Reckless – formerly just The Reckless – are probably best known for the 2010 hit You Make Me Wanna… Read More
With the release of their new album, By A Thread, Luca Brasi sound like The Hard Ons’ optimistic nephew. Melodic punk bands like these guys have been a-dime-a-dozen for the last decade-or-so, with only… Read More
When I heard about this mind-blowing new talent from Iceland I was the biggest of naysayers. Being a massive Sigur Ros fan and a moderate Bjork worshiper it irritated me greatly that Ásgeir’s… Read More
You may have heard of London songwriter/producer Lyla Foy under the WALL moniker. Well, now she’s unleashed her debut longplayer and it’s well worth a listen, as Joe Haddow explains: If the haunting style… Read More
The War on Drugs, the Philadelphia-based project of the talented Adam Granduciel, have just released their third full-length album. Released via the wonderfully savvy folk at Inertia Records, it’s called Lost in the… Read More
Holy smokeballs, King Gizzard have gone and done it again. Mere months off the back of their last record (Float Along/Fill Your Lungs), the self-described theremin wielding psychopaths have knocked us off our… Read More
Harriet Cheney reviews the debut longplayer from Danish singer/songwriter Karen Marie Ørsted, better known as MØ: With Diplo lending a hand to one of her tracks, Hype Machine announcing her the week’s #1 Most Blogged-About-Artist… Read More
Jess Matthews checks out the highly-anticipated debut longplayer from El-P and Killer Mike: Run the Jewels’ eponymous album was heralded as the brazen anti-hero of the Hip Hop world. I’m not sure if a stream… Read More