News: Blur Announce Warm-Up Dates

14 May
2012

Blur have announced that they will be playing four warm-up gigs ahead of their Olympic-closing Hyde Park show this summer. The band will play the Margate Winter Gardens, followed by two shows at the Wolverhampton Civic hall and finally the Plymouth Pavilions. Initial reactions to the announcement has been extremely positive, although some have criticized the fact that all shows are to be in the South. Read the rest of this entry »

May’s Playlist

3 May
2012

Happy May Hos and Bros!

So last month Timur set the bar pretty high and I’ve spent a lot of time in April thinking how I can top April’s playlist Read the rest of this entry »

Unsigned: Molly’s Lips

21 Apr
2012

East London based Molly’s Lipps fuse louche eighties vocals with dirty grunge guitar sounds and soaring MGMT-esque synths layered atop pulsating, pace-changing drums. Having piqued the interest of several labels the six piece band have quickly become ones to Read the rest of this entry »

Unsigned: Guy Valarino

15 Apr
2012

Back in Gibraltar Guy recorded the songs he’d written whilst ‘couch surfing’ thanks to the support of a few gents who believed in his music, and after promoting it at home, he returned to London to give things another go. A long way from “The Rock”, Valarino’s debut EP ‘Sleeping on a Couch’ brings you acoustic pop/rock with soulful melodies that speak of life, love, sand and sea.  Full of warm sounds reminiscent of Mediterranean shores, the EP came to be when Guy first moved to London in spring of 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

Unsigned: Kate Threlfall

15 Apr
2012


Kate Threlfall is a soulful young singer from Manchester. Combining her influences from Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, Minnie Riperton and all things jazzy, classical and Latin in between, she delivers songs with vulnerable honesty combined with summery grooves.

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Video: Ghetto Kraviz

13 Apr
2012

Maybe I am completely out of the loop here, but I’ve never heard of this beautiful angel before. She had breakthrough articles n such written in 2009, so I must be losing it or getting old. Google her name, Nina Kraviz, and you’ll get articles, beautiful images, tracks, mixes, and something you don’t get with many djs, a really beautiful face to go with it. Read the RA article on her life HERE n check out her stylish dance music video below. Must admit, I am rather proud for my homeland right now (and this doesn’t happen often).

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Video: La Belle Vie

8 Apr
2012

The well connected Souleance with their La Belle Vie LP. All rounder nice vibes with soul, jazz, downtempo, hip hop n breaks flowing seamlessly throughout this beautiful patchwork of a tune. Released on First Word Records, this Frenchy duo (Dj Soulist and Fulgeance) are in the likes of Dj Vadim, Cut Chemist, Quantic, Madlib, and many more. This video is for Souleance’s “LA BELLE VIE” first LP feat Shawn Lee, Raashan Ahmad & Homecut which will drop on FIRST WORD Records as CD & Digital, 9th APRIL 2012.

For Read the rest of this entry »

News: Blur’s Last Concert?

8 Apr
2012

Britpop mainstay Blur’s Damon Albarn has heavily hinted that the band’s headlining gig at the Olympic Games’ closing ceremony in Hyde Park on August 12th will be their last.
When asked by the Guardian whether the group would continue to perform after the gig, Albarn exclaimed, “No, not really…I hope that’s the truth, that that’s how we end it.” Regarding the release of future albums, Albarn also remarked “No, I don’t think so.”

One-off single, This Is Under The Westway was recorded in just one take, according to Albarn and will (apparently) be their final release. However Read the rest of this entry »

Video: Mak & Pasteman – Do the Same

3 Apr
2012

Great duo I’ve recently been followin’ on Soundcloud. Their names are here n there nowadays, so there’s a good chance you might of already gotten the low down. A Leeds/Nottingham duo, these guys are good at what’s really “in” right now. a UK bass sound, standard, but produced with flow n energy, which us bloggers have to sit there n decipher. A lot is written bout them on their video info, which you head over to directly HERE. There’s also the Soundcloud for duo, Mak & Pasteman, and enjoy the video for their track Do the Same below.  If I had posted this earlier, I could see it even ending up on the month’s playlist.

*Abstract/visual video was thrown Read the rest of this entry »

April’s Playlist

1 Apr
2012

Hey hey hey!!

Happy Easter! Tom did a great job of last month’s playlist and inspired me to make this month’s just as good (if not better). This month’s playlist is made up of mostly new tracks that I’ve been feeling recently and is very bass heavy. There’s lot’s more that I wanted to include but I capped it at 14 tracks.

One track that I definitely would’ve included if it was on Grooveshark is Lee Stevens & The Beautiful People’s “Ridin’ High”, An absolute gem that I discovered on no other than our very own LMB. Fear not though as we’ve get plenty more to keep you entertained. Read the rest of this entry »

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