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31 August 2016

wax tailor feat. ghostface killah - 'worldwide'

Let's mix 2 of my favourite things: French hip-hop/breaks producer Wax Tailor and Wu-Tang's finest and create somethinjg special. Here you go.

the radio dept. - 'swedish guns'

There's a new album out soon and this is, I think, the first release from it. It's a bass and synth heavy affair that has echoes of Depeche Mode too. It's all good, baby.

molly nilsson - 'ugly girl'

She's not ugly. Quite the opposite in fact.

29 August 2016

They've been friends for some time and chess buddies too but Paul Banks from Interpol and RZA from Wu-Tang Clan have finally added album partners to that list of things that they share. On first listen, it does sound like RZA collaborating on an Interpol album rather than vice versa. This is an excellent albeit very noisy track.

bon iver - '33 god'

Here's the latest release from a man very keen to reinvent himself with his much-anticipated new album.

the upsetters - 'vampire'

How about some old school reggae seeing as it's the Notting Hill Carnival weekend?

28 August 2016

jenny hval - 'conceptual romance'

I do like the musical avenues that Jenny Hval explores. Hers is definitely the path less trod but she's extremely good value for that. This is from her new album 'Blood Bitch'.

the rifles - 'groundhog day'

This is a cracking first track from the new Rifles album 'Big Life'.

blond:ish - 'endless games (patrice bäumel mix)'

Taken from the latest Kompakt Total 16 compilation album, this is a beautiful piece of electronica.

a certain ratio - 'flight'

We all need more A Certain Ratio in our lives.

badbadnot good - 'in your eyes (feat. charlotte day wilson)'

The soulful music continues.

juniore - 'je fait la mort'

This is my big discovery of the weekend - a female-fronted French psychedelic surf band with a lovely 60s retro feel and some brilliant tunes. If you want to know more then check out their Bandcamp page here.

https://heyjuniore.bandcamp.com/album/marabout-ep

the afterglows - 'angels in the sunshine'

This is a very lovely, hazy track for a Sunday morning.

23 August 2016

the primitives 'carry me home'

I must have played their 'Lovely' album to death on my cassette player. This was a particular favourite.

pivot - 'o soundtrack my heart'

I haven't heard this in years and it's ridiculously good.

22 August 2016

plantman - 'frost fayre'

So great to see British indie-pop/folk music in such rude health. Here's a new artist to me - Plantman - from Southend with his new album 'To The Lighthouse'. I'm not sure if the album title is a nod to the Virginia Woolf novel but it's pretty damn good nonetheless.

frank ocean - 'nikes'

I have just one complaint with this tune and that is the use of autotune. If only it had not been used then I'd consider this song perfect.