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alvvays – archie, marry me
i’ve now seen alvvays a bunch of times live and can happily say they are probably the best new band kicking up a fuss off ...
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our mother – fire fire
“fire fire” is most definitely fyah fyah, and our mother are one of the best bands coming through right now. it helps then that they ...
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feature – psalms
feature were probably the best band I saw at Great Escape that I hadn’t heard of already, and their snappy brand of hooky lo-fi anthems ...
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freddie gibbs & madlib x badbadnotgood – shame
toronto’s finest recently offered up this great rework of the insta-classic “shame” from one of the undoubted albums of the year, Piñata. a smooth and ...
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hsy – cyber bully
saw this toronto three piece play a show just outside of brixton last saturday night and i have to say that their visceral noise punk ...
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baths – ocean death
it’s yr boy will wiesenfeld back at it with an ep of material, titled ocean death, some of which apparently predates his superb 2010 debut, ...
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dub thompson – no time
When I first listened to ‘No Time’, it caught me off guard. After what sounds like a rather lovely broken record, Dub Thompson come in ...
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cut copy – like any other day
go back to free your mind, because it’s better than many gave it credit for. and whilst that album possessed a kind of effervescent party ...
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the icypoles – just you / babies
the icypoles are about to release their debut album on highline records, i’ve reviewed it for DIY (out soon I think?) and it’s great, and ...
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plz make it ruins mixtape vol. 1
Plz Make It Ruins – Mixtape Vol. 01 by Plz Make It Ruins big things forthcoming from our dude vegyn and his plz make it ...
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james chance & the true groove all stars – i don’t want nobody
crazy cool vibes from the post-punk, no wave and punk funk figurehead james chance aka james white, who has celebrated signing to true groove with ...
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soft drinks – confident in her abilities
irresistible hook in this lo-fi dirge from london’s soft drinks, which has more than a little of the graham coxon about it. “she should be ...
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yalls – dc
Some lovely lay about alternative music for you on this fine evening. Based in Berkley CA is Yalls, with his musical escape that is “DC”. ...
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bayou – airlock
Straight out of the door with a tangy synth and some mutated spoken word. This track literally drips music. Sounding like it was recorded while ...
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maloon the boom – owloon
What can I say, I’m truly lost for words on this one. Some beebop style vocal set a hectic beginning, when out of nowhere they ...