Kingsbury are an interesting lot, they mention Radiohead in their biog along with Low. Yet, it’s not Radiohead I hear, no no no, I hear a hell of a lot of the Dirty Three, Tom Waits and Mogwai. Indeed, in texture, in structure and in melody i hear rather different influences. Equally wonderful. Oddly they’re [...]
A-UX, is an electronic producer from New Yorks Sity. Found myself listening to a couple of his tunes that he was kind enough to send to the 88dayers a week ago. This track in particular reasonates really warmly right now - well produced and it hits number of different influences. I admire the sense of [...]
I fucking love Modeselektor. See here. And I’m pretty darn sure the other one likes them too, isn’t that right. So here’s a mix courtesy of our friends at Resident Advisor (seriously well informed kids, and ON IT when it comes to international party hunting at Sonar Festival.
Anyway, if there is a party to [...]
This be Lord Skywave. Simian, great band, great musicians, great artists - James Ford - musical royalty. Skylord be Simon Lord - aka the voice of Simian. After Simian he played in Black Ghosts with a dude called Fake Blood (who is something of a remix superstar in our 88eyes). Always nice to see Various [...]
how pleasant it was to bump into the charming Mr Hudson, of & The Library, fresh from touring with Kanye West and looking very well for it. We first met Mr H when we put him and his band on in February 2006, it seems a long time ago now and of course we didn’t [...]
It’s 2008, this man, this man here, direct blood of John Coltrane (that’s newsworthy but not a reason buy the record) has produced a series of records for Warp (great label shite website) that are quite frankly fucking brilliant. The production skills of this boy are ridic. When Gilles Peterson talks about artists joining the [...]
A swirling mass of layered echoed vocals and electronic inspired percussion breaths a heavy mass of atmospheric brilliance. I’m not looking for quotes. REALLY. that’s just how i hear it. Yeh? Recommended listening: making a big decision, looking fear in the eyes and raising a royal fuck you.
We Fell To Earth: are Richard File and [...]
James Rutledge. Aka Pedro. We love James and it’s time for a post about him, especially as he’s a little topical right now with that whole Radiohead remix shebang. Just produced a song for the new Good Books record, said their press release the other day, can’t wait to hear what came of that. Pedro [...]
Who are these young upstars currently beating the credit crunch gloom; the Little Comets that’s who, and all the way from Newcastle. Loaded with melody, an irritating wonderful chorus, and joyful indie rock accumulated in 2009 after Vampire Weekend, Foals, Battles, Bowie and the Pop Group. Brilliant. One of the great new hopes of 2009. [...]
Band of the year? Vampire Weekend, right? Mixes? Surely this is the most synergistically perfect. Combining the unique sound of Esau and Radioclit. Wonderful. These guys take the indie out and stick in the full Afrobeat flavour instead and it’s super smart and sexy indie low fi guitarness. Recommended listening, eating eggs in breakfast in [...]
