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Poppy Ackroyd – Escapement [Review]
Poppy Ackroyd has had a busy year it would seem. Many will know her as the talented violinist and pianist of the Hidden Orchestra whose superb second album launched in September to a positive review...
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Catching Flies – The Stars EP / Mt. Wolf – Life Size Ghosts EP [Listen]
Today I have two electronic EP’s from London based musicians linked here by a remix from which I followed the trail back to the source, in turn discovering two bright relatively new acts myself. So...
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The Universal Wax Top 12 of ’12 – Part One
It’s that time of the year again when music blogs worldwide take a few paragraphs to discuss their favourite albums of the year and make a comprehensive list out of it; who are we to break the trend,...
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Emancipator – Minor Cause [News/Listen]
Here’s a nice midweek surprise, Emancipator will be releasing his new album Dusk to Dawn on the 29th January. Yes it really is that close! The record drops on Doug Appling’s new imprint Loci Records...
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Gold Panda – Trust EP [Listen]
2013 is off to a good start with album announcements left, right and centre. It seems we’re in for an excellent year in electronic music, in particular with Emancipator and Bonobo having announced new...
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New Bonobo album announced, The Revival Hour’s debut and Emancipator’s new...
Bonobo returns with The North Borders This is old news if you saw it posted last week, but Bonobo makes a return this April with the release of his new album The North Borders. With the announcement...
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The Staves – Winter Trees [Watch]
Directing duo Karni and Saul have collaborated with The Staves to create an absolutely stunning video for the first single from their debut album Dead & Born & Grow (November 2012). It’s...
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Solar Fields – Origin # 02 [Listen/News]
I’m getting a sense of Déjà vu here, I swear it was about this time last year I wrote about Magnus Birgersson’s last release under his Solar Fields monicker, Random Friday. As with his prior release...
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Slowly Rolling Camera – Dream A Life [Listen]
Often a bands name is a statement of how they see themselves, sometimes it’s simply to grab the attention or to make a statement. Rarely a bands name is so synonymous with the music; a wonderful...
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Bonobo – The North Borders [Review]
It doesn’t feel too long ago now that Black Sands (March 2010) released to a wonderful reception from fans and critics alike and pushed Bonobo even further to success supported by a truly brilliant...
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Rhian Sheehan – Stories From Elsewhere [Review]
Sweeping, cinematic, vibrant, beautiful, epic, delicate, bold, calm, majestic. It’s pretty easy to roll off a list of adjectives for this absolutely wonderful record as Rhian Sheehan returns with the...
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Junip – Your Life, Your Call [Watch]
Junip have released another music video from the upcoming self-titled Junip - follow up to 2010′s debut full length Fields. It might just take the crown for being the creepiest music video I have seen...
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Pretty Lights announces new album, release date and host of pre-order options...
Derek Vincent Smith, otherwise known as Pretty Lights returns on the 2nd of July 2013 with A Color Map of the Sun, his first full length since 2009′s Passing By Behind Your Eyes. The first single...
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Gold Panda – Brazil [Listen]
Finally here it is! Without further ado I present you with Brazil, the first single from Gold Panda’s upcoming album Half Of Where You Live. After January’s Trust EP left many salivating for the...
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Temples – Colours To Life [Watch]
Back at the beginning of April we briefly covered neo-psychedelic rockers Temples and their rather magnificent single Shelter Song. Martin wrote, “The songs are louder, clearer and chocked full of...
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Fuck Buttons announce new album Slow Focus, due out 22nd July [News]
Fuck Buttons are finally back with a new album. Out 22nd of July in the UK (23rd for the US) the new record is titled Slow Focus and follows the brilliant 2009 release Tarot Sport; a wonderful building...
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Day – Land of 1000 Chances [Listen]
As the sun finally beats down on England and the days reach their longest of the year it’s high time we had some music to go with the weather and Damien Beebe, or Day as he is better known, delivers...
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