Maribou State Announce Huge New US Tour and Release Remix of “Feel Good”
British electronic/electropop duo Maribou State are releasing a new album of remixes of their critically acclaimed Kingdoms in Colour and planning an extensive US tour.
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Model Man Taps Directly Into the Soul on ‘City Songs Pt.1’
Model Man create intricate, atmospheric electronic tracks that succeed in burrowing into the core of the human experience on City Songs Pt.1.
On ‘It’s Real’, Ex Hex Take a More Nuanced Approach to Songwriting
It's Real proves that Ex Hex can draw influences from different eras of rock music and spin them into something that sounds like only them.
uh Provide First Taste of New EP with “Seasick in Salts” (premiere)
uh's "Seasick in Salts" is a spaced out, dubby electronic rollercoaster ride that gradually inches to the top before hurtling around the bends.
Bibio Goes for a Pastoral Folk Sound on Much of ‘Ribbons’
Bibio's Ribbons is a wonderfully immersive album. The subtle melodies need time to bed in before songs gradually come into bloom but when they do the effect is dazzling.
PUP’s ‘Morbid Stuff’ Revels in the Cynicism and Self-Doubt of Modern Living
Morbid Stuff is the sound of Vancouver-based band PUP forging rousing, anthemic punk from the most jagged rocks mined from the depths of frontman Stefan Babcock's psyche.
Brits in Hot Weather #14: Ted Jasper, Flamingods, Liv East & CD Spinz, Spiritcake, Ice Baths
This week we have some jazz-infused, downtempo house from Ted Jasper, a psychedelic freakout from Flamingods, some soulful hip-hop from Liv East & CD Spinz, the ambient folk of Spiritcake, and some thumping post-punk from Ice Baths.
Melodic Rock Evolves: An Interview with Idlewild
Idlewild's latest album Interview Music is the sound of an established group departing from any formula for songwriting they may have developed over the years. Roddy Woomble takes us through Idlewild's past and present.
Idlewild Makes a Stunningly Melodic Rock Album with ‘Interview Music’
With Interview Music, Idlewild have made another beautifully crafted, memorable rock record while at the same time giving their sound space to evolve.
Finding Yourself at Last: An Interview with the Drums
The Drums' frontman Johnny Pierce is thrilled about taking the sound of the Drums in a more pop-oriented direction as it soon transpires that he had been feeling a little artistically suffocated by what group had become.
French DJ and Producer Mathieu Koss Teams Up with Aloe Blacc on “Never Growing Up” (premiere)
Mathieu Koss and Aloe Blacc's uptempo pop-house track "Never Growing Up" sweeps you up in its boundless enthusiasm for life and all its possibilities.
Lauren Aquilina Debuts Fragile New Single “Tobacco in My Sheets” (premiere + interview)
British pop/R&B artist Lauren Aquilina's new single, "Tobacco in My Sheets", is a frank and honest love letter to her mother about her own attempts to anesthetize herself from the pain of a broken heart.