Read that number on the cover, today’s pop stars, and weep. Weep hard. Seventy five tunes in itself is a commendable achievement. But seventy five tunes that were all top 20 hits!? “75 of Elvis’ greatest hits,” chirrups the sticker on the front. 75 of his greatest hits?! Because there are more! Yes sir! SEVENTY FIVE! Kind of puts Robbie Williams into context, doesn’t it. This collection is being released to mark what would have been The King’s, you got Continue Reading
Even though countless similarities in style can be heard between this debut solo effort and releases from his band that doesn’t mean to say that Fyfe Dangerfield is just carting out a catalogue of tracks deemed not worthy of the next Guillemots album. Instead of the sporadically charged movements that you might expect from his band, ‘Fly Yellow Moon’ takes a more mature, melodic stroll. Recorded in only 5 days the album is not the ramshackle collection of half baked indie-folk Continue Reading
On the evidence of this who cares whether it’s a nanny, tranny or even fanny in Manhattan as New York Hip producer and all round sonic activist, Tony Simon does what al queda failed to do: he knocks it down, he builds it up and adds layers of sweeping horns, orchestras and multiple beats to create something that whilst not ‘grabbing you by the heart’ as some critics suggest does engage you in an epic cerebral challenge; more a Scrabble Continue Reading
Brooklyn DJs Rupture and Matt Shadetek have hooked up for new collaborative effort after a European tour revealed something of a mutual appreciation thing going on between the pair and a soft spot for mad gully beats. Their spacey reef adventures features a good few blasts of tropical heat, some Top 40 bounce, some gruelling drum and bass, some hot and sweaty dance hall and some richly grimey dubstep. The liner notes of the full-length reference a strange, Waterworld-like future, Continue Reading