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21st May

  • Laurel Halo - Behind the Green Door [EP]

    Laurel Halo - Behind the Green Door [EP]

    by Adam Ward

    Emerging as one of the more intriguing experimental electronic musicians in the recent memory, Laurel Halo broke new musical ground with her 2012 album Quarantine. It was a cold, abrasive, meditative test in a new blend of music that was completely unique. It was easily my favourite album to come out last year and has since become one of my desert island albums. [read more]

  • Gregor Schwellenbach - Spielt 20 Jahre Kompakt

    Gregor Schwellenbach - Spielt 20 Jahre Kompakt

    by Andrew Hannah

    There's a couple of highly amusing quotes in the comments section of the Resident Advisor record label site, posted following the news that German modern classical composer Gregor Schwellenbach has chosen to celebrate 20 years of the seminal Cologne-based dance music titans Kompakt by re-imagining some of the label's best moments in his own chosen musical style. [read more]

  • In Photos: John Grant - The Junction, Cambridge 18/05/13

    In Photos: John Grant - The Junction, Cambridge 18/05/13

    by The 405

    A phtoo review of John Grant at The Junction, Cambridge by Valerio Berdini. [read more]

20th May

  • Alt J - Brixton Academy, London 16/05/13

    Alt J - Brixton Academy, London 16/05/13

    by Aled Schell

    "It’s been a meteoric rise for the band who have gone from university side project to Mercury and Ivor Novello award winners in an impressively short time-frame." [read more]

  • Mount Kimbie - Cold Spring Fault Less Youth

    Mount Kimbie - Cold Spring Fault Less Youth

    by Adam Ward

    Let's go back to a simpler time: 2009. Mount Kimbie had just released their debut EP Maybes to wide critical acclaim. The intricate beats and sliced vocals were in a way reminiscent of Burial, but more joyous and youthful. It was among the first records to be tagged as "post-dubstep" which eventually blossomed into a celebrated subgenre featuring the likes of James Blake, Gold Panda, and XXYYXX. [read more]

  • Majical Cloudz - Impersonator

    Majical Cloudz - Impersonator

    by Adam Ward

    When I saw Majical Cloudz at SXSW it was in a room only slightly bigger than my basement studio apartment, and just as poorly lit. In a tightly packed space with probably 200 people, Devon Welsh stood on the edge of the stage in a tense pose and bellowed confessional lyrics, slowly locking eyes with every single person in the room through the set. [read more]

  • Baths - Obsidian

    Baths - Obsidian

    by Adam Ward

    Baths - 'Miasma Sky', the first single from Baths' sophomore album Obsidian, begins with a melancholy piano ringing through rain splattering against concrete. It's the same kind of mood he set with tracks like 'Rain Smell' and 'Departure' off of his excellent debut album Cerulean. But the piano quickly cuts out to reveal only the bad weather playing companion to Will Wiesenfeld's plaintive, query-filled hook: "Are you maybe here to help me hurt myself?" [read more]

  • British Sea Power - Academy 2, Dublin 07/05/13

    British Sea Power - Academy 2, Dublin 07/05/13

    by Gareth O'Malley

    "The set is structured in a way that allows vocalists Yan and Hamilton to spend similar amounts of time in the spotlight, and each of them do indeed have their moments." [read more]

18th May

  • I'll Be Your Mirror curated by Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Alexandra Palace, London 04/05/13

    I'll Be Your Mirror curated by Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Alexandra Palace, London 04/05/13

    by Fred Stuart

    Alexandra Palace is one of those peculiar London pleasure spots that doesn't feel like it's in London at all. They feel above and beyond the city, where the air is breathable, the immediate skyline uncluttered, and the sounds of the city muted out. It's a point of omniscience, outside and inside the city simultaneously; a lavish venue that oddly befits I'll Be Your Mirror (and is generally worth a visit if you enjoy views and gardens and generally nice surroundings.) [read more]

17th May

  • Is Tropical - I'm Leaving

    Is Tropical - I'm Leaving

    by Larry Day

    Intrepid London party-merchants Is Tropical are returning from a worldwide jaunt of capers, cavorting and caracoling with a spanking new LP, I'm Leaving. They've been up to the kind of once-in-a-lifetime antics that you can only dream of - street parties in Venezuela, clubs in Shanghai, and rocking out in locations as seemingly random as Mongolia and Nigeria just for the sheer hell of it. [read more]

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