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by Nina Bertok
Those who might have predicted grim things after the departure of alt-J’s founding member and guitarist/bassist Gwil Sainsbury this year were wrong – damn wrong! On Left Hand Free, the band actually seem to be…
by Nina Bertok
This year indie favourite Zola Jesus made a bold statement to the media in the lead up to her forthcoming album Taiga: “I want to be number one on Billboard”. While the first single Dangerous...
by Nina Bertok
A lot of the time your solo project is inevitably going to sound like your main band – and that’s perfectly okay if that band is Radiohead. It certainly goes for Philip Selway, Radiohead drummer...
by Nina Bertok
Here comes that track everybody’s been talking about – you know, the one that Grimes wrote exclusively for Rihanna only to get a ‘no thank you’ from the pop star in the end. Well, although...
by Nina Bertok
Following in Prince’s footsteps when it came to choosing her artist name, FKA twigs (‘formerly known as twigs’) cemented her reputation as the internet’s ‘it’ girl last year as people began to discover her first...
by Nina Bertok
A lot of people have been anticipating this release. A lot. And from the get-go, the first track from Rustie’s forthcoming album, Green Language (out August 25 on Warp), is seriously full-on. Apparently inspired by...
by Nina Bertok
From the sounds of Tough Love, Jessie Ware’s forthcoming album is about to pick up where the British soulstress left off with 2012’s Devotion. And considering that her debut effort earned her a Mercury Music...
by Nina Bertok
Don’t let the new-look Sinéad O’Connor fool you – including the WTF-wigs and Britney Spears circa 2003 image – musically the Irish singer is still as quirky and unique musically, not to mention powerful, passionate...
by Nina Bertok
Known as one of the most forward-thinking producers around today (he’s made music out of an exploding bomb, a shopping list, a club and even a pig), Matthew Herbert is returning to his Herbert moniker...
by Nina Bertok
Basement Jaxx have picked the perfect timing to release a new re-vamped version of their classic Ibiza hit, Mermaid Of Bahia. Sounding every bit the World Cup anthem, the British electronic duo have re-tweaked the...
by Nina Bertok
It’s been a long two years since we last heard from these guys – since their 2012 album I Love You, It’s Cool – so it’s nice to hear they’ve been making pretty good use...
by Nina Bertok
When Hungarian director Balazs Simon discovered German pianist and producer Nils Frahm’s stunning 2012 album Screws, he especially fell in love with the track Re – that is the back-story. Not that it matters really...
by Nina Bertok
Do we detect a theme here? Following on from the first single Palace, The Antlers have now unveiled the second architecturally-inspired instalment from their forthcoming album Familiars, and it’s titled, similarly, Hotel. Taking place in...
by Nina Bertok
Trying hard to fit in, pretending to be one of the boys, the deafening sounds of the biological ticking clock… That and more is what Jenny Lewis is crooning about on the new track Just...
by Nina Bertok
In 2010 Caribou released the experimental psych-pop album Swim and four years later, as the first taste off the forthcoming album Our Love, Dan Snaith has just dropped the official single, Can’t Do Without You....
by Nina Bertok
Wait, is Alexis Taylor going the way of Dallas Green? On the first single from his upcoming solo album Await Barbarians, the angelic vocals, dreamy, gentle, swaying lullaby music and the sentimental lyrics all combine...
by Nina Bertok
Warning: The new single from Leeds four-piece Adult Jazz is absolutely not for those with short attention spans. At almost 10 minutes in length, Spook twists and morphs from slow, piano-laden melodies into bursts of...
by Nina Bertok
Indie pop favourites Slow Club seem to be pretty damn determined to steer away from their roots as they move even further into a new direction with new single Suffering Me, Suffering You. Think Etta...
by Nina Bertok
Australian dance-punk duo DZ Deathrays trigger off a bit of a trip down memory lane with their new track and video for Reflective Skull… Even though you’ve probably done it a million times as a...
by Nina Bertok
First of all, Colleagues have picked a great title to go with their new track Tears – it actually sounds like tears on the dancefloor as it’ll either make you dance in joy or cry...
by Nina Bertok
Is it indie rock? Is it techno? Who knows. It’s a bit of both and it sounds damn good. Building a reputation as one of the UK’s most intriguing and distinctive new bands, the sister...
No dallying: Rouvali conducts Brahms, Schumann and Sibelius
