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Interpol – Interpol When they released debut album Turn On The Bright Lights back in 2002, New York’s Interpol were regarded as the kings of the post-punk movement – intellectual and knowing lyrics combined with jagged guitar lines and atmospheric soundscapes to create an early contender for album of the decade. Since then, the law […]
Electronic pioneers Autechre have made their brand new EP ‘L-event’ available to stream for a limited time. The EP is set for release on 28 October and is the first new material from the Warp Records legends. Being the trailblazing boundary-pushers that they are, Autechre have come up with a slightly different take on the […]
Bat For Lashes, aka Natasha Khan, releases her third album The Haunted Man next week – and now you can hear a six-song preview of it below. The preview features previous releases ‘Laura’, ‘All Your Gold’ and ‘Marilyn’, as well as brand new tracks ‘A Wall’ (glitzy disco-stomper), ‘Oh Yeah’ (a bit experimental) and ‘Winter […]
The Canadian alt rockers stake a claim to be the best band in the world with their fantastic third album, The Suburbs. The suburbs – and what they represent – have always been fair game for rock stars. All sorts of images of rebellion and tortured soul histrionics can be conjured up when on the […]
LA producer Diplo is back with the follow-up to the successful ‘Express Yourself’ EP with ‘Revolution’, a six-track EP that features guest slots from the likes of Action Bronson, Mike Posner and Travis Porter amongst many others. The accompanying press blurb for the EP states quite matter of factly that ‘Diplo has produced one of […]
Magnetic Man album review To some, dubstep’s emergence from the underground to the bright lights of the mainstream is a signal that the music scene has finally run out of ideas. This hybrid genre, mixing elements of grime, drum n bass, techno, garage, trance, hip-hop and a whole lot more, feels like the well of […]
As you’re probably already aware, Four Tet marked the surprise release of his new album Beautiful Rewind with a marathon eight-hour takeover of Rinse FM last night, during which he debuted a brand new collaboration between him and fellow producer du jour Burial. Obviously, eight hours is a bit long for anyone to be listening […]
Indie pop duo Cults are back with new album Static next week – the follow-up to their very promising 2011 self-titled debut. Before the release of the album, the New York based pair have made it available to stream online via NPR.org. Listen to Static in full by following this link: Cults Static stream Cults’ […]
After the blockbusting month of album releases that was September, this month’s schedule doesn’t look quite as impressive. Other than Arcade Fire’s potentially huge Reflektor, there’s nothing that immediately catches the eye. Take a closer look though and there’s plenty of interesting albums to get excited about in October. From the return of Sleigh Bells […]
Mark Ronson and the Business International–Record Collection He made his name producing other people’s albums, but with 2007’s Version Mark Ronson became a pop star name in his own right – albeit a pop star who was still famous for producing other people’s songs. Now with Record Collection he presents his first attempt at a […]