Tag: James Blake

January new music playlist
02 JAN

Listen: January 2014 Playlist – All the Best Music from January 2014 in one handy playlist

Although January tends to be a bit of a depressing month – Christmas is gone, no-one has any money, the weather is dreary etc. etc… – it does have one thing going for it: new music.

January is typically the month where everyone starts the ‘big in 2014’ scramble – so there’s always a lot of cool new music floating around to get into on those dark nights.

I’ve put together the below playlist featuring the best of what’s come out in January, which includes new stuff from BANKS (who is definitely going to be big in 2014), Bombay Bicycle Club (already pretty big I think!), Yuck, Metronomy, James Blake, Blood Red Shoes, Elephant, Blood Cultures and loads more. There’s also a couple of tasty remixes in there as well. Read more about Listen: January 2014 Playlist – All the Best Music from January 2014 in one handy playlist …

November Playlist
02 DEC

November playlist – all the best new music from the month in a handy playlist

November turned out to be a bumper month of new music, and I’ve collated the pick of the new releases into the below playlist for you to enjoy as we head into December. The November playlist includes new tracks from the likes of Temples and Broken Bells as well as a fair sprinkling of remixes […]

Mercury Prize
30 OCT

James Blake wins the Mercury Prize Album Of The Year

James Blake’s Overgrown has won this years Mercury Prize for Album of the Year. In the days running up to tonight’s announcement the bookies favourite for the prize traded hands several times – first Disclosure were tipped for the win, before Laura Mvula and then a late surge for the Arctic Monkeys. But at no […]

11 SEP

Mercury Music Prize 2013 shortlist announced

The shortlist for this years Mercury Music Prize album of the year has just been announced, and it turns out my prediction from yesterday wasn’t too far out – I’m counting 7 out of 12 as a success anyway! Here’s the full shortlist: Arctic Monkeys – AM David Bowie – The Next Day Disclosure – Settle […]

James Blake
10 SEP

Mercury Music Prize 2013 – 12 albums that should be on the shortlist

Whatever your thoughts on the annual music industry love-in that is the Barclaycard Mercury Prize Album of the Year, you can’t deny it creates a bit of a talking point in the music world. The shortlist for this years Mercury Prize is announced tomorrow evening (5.30pm, 10 September), so prepare for a few weeks of […]

10 FEB

Watch: James Blake – ‘Retrograde’ video

James Blake unveiled ‘Retrograde’ last week as the first single from his upcoming second album Overgrown, and today he debuted the official video on his YouTube channel. The video was directed by long-time collaborator Martin de Thurah, and is a suitably classy affair. Check it out here: ‘Retrograde’ is released tomorrow (11 February), and Overgrown […]

James Blake ' Retrograde'
07 FEB

Listen: James Blake – ‘Retrograde’

‘Retrograde’, the new single from post-dubstep poster-boy James Blake, is now available to stream online – and surprise, surprise it’s brilliant. Listen to it here: As reported earlier, ‘Retrograde’ is the first single lifted from Blake’s second album Overgrown – which is out on 6 April. ‘Retrograde’ will be available to download on 11 February.

James Blake
07 FEB

James Blake announces second album ‘Overgrown’

James Blake’s second album featured on my list of most anticipated 2013 albums last month, and today he’s announced more details about it. His second album will be called Overgrown, and is set for release on 6 April. The announcement said Overgrown is “an incredible album that sees James growing as a singer and songwriter while […]