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Shingai Shoniwa is a goddess. She has style (ranging from grungy tutus to geometric dresses), absolutely shreds on bass and batters the mic into submission with her incredible voice. Mrs. Shoniwa is the beating heart behind Noisettes, a band that have long been troubling the mainstream, arriving fully formed with their edgy debut ‘What’s The [...]

Another stuttering beauty from the Yankee purveyors of sci-fi lullabies for the discerning electro-head.
This has a muscularity to it that was well-hidden on “Sleepyhead”: the beat is about as close to a break as you’re going to get with music this sweet-natured, and this sounds like it might be made for playing in the club rather [...]

Official Secrets Act – So Tomorrow

Absurd, slightly crap name? Check. Overly-mannered vocals? Check. Band members who resemble civil servants repressing their true identities as a-soon-to-be-massive-indie band? Check. Give a warm, lusty, but hushed welcome to England’s next brilliant group.

OSA make postured, strange and poppy music of a peculiarly English type,  and on this debut [...]

Daniel Merriweather- Chainsaw (Link 2)
It’s been a long time coming. I’ve lapped up everything Daniel Merriweather has lent his incredible voice to, which, unfortunately, is very little.
A cover of The Smiths’ ‘Stop Me’ was the highlight and critical lead single of Mark Ronson’s walk in the park ‘Version’. He was the voice on Wiley’s ‘Cash [...]

This column has made little secret of its massive crush for The Maccabees in recent weeks, but their new single hit UK radio on Monday and is predictably outstanding. Could we love them any more? Probably not.
“No Kind Words” sounded like their previous work, but just more pissed off: by contrast, this album opener fades [...]

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He changes his musical stylings about as much as his image. And whilst it appears Patrick Wolf can’t seem to decide on his niche, almost everything he touches turns to gold. Why settle when you can lay waste to most other musicians, regardless of genre? God, it must be hard being so talented.
Take ‘Vulture’, [...]

Maximo Park- Wraithlike (Link 2)
noun [reyth]
1. An apparition of a living person that appears as a portent just before that person’s death.
2. The ghost of a dead person.
3. Something shadowy and insubstantial.
Earlier this week, the first cut from Maximo Park’s new album “Quicken the Heart” was released (via their website), and I’m afraid to say that it didn’t [...]

Michael Jackson- Xcape (Link 2)
Michael Jackson- Pretty Young Thing (Demo) (U-Tern Edit) (Link 2)
I’ve been waiting for this day for a long, long time. I’m a Michael Jackson fan, (pre-meltdown at least) and the chance to see him live has been a long time coming.
There is something about this man, something beyond all the [...]

Amber Rose and ‘Ye. Two peas in a pod.

Kanye West- Half Price (Link 2)
‘Half Price’ took me back to those days. You know, the ones where rappers actually rapped? I’m going to commit net-suicide here, but ‘808’s & Heartbreak’ was nigh on perfect. I was shocked how perfectly placed each beep, each flipped note, each [...]

Phoenix- 1901 (Link 2)
Phoenix- 1901 (Immuzikation Remix) (Link 2)
Phoenix- 1901 (Mr. Vega Remix) (Link 2)
For a new find (in the UK at least), Phoenix are doing a pretty good job of being featured everywhere. I stumbled across them a few weeks ago, prepared my post  and then realised I had been roundly beaten to the [...]

N.A.S.A.- Money (ft. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge & Z-Trip) (Link 2)
‘The Spirit Of Apollo’ polarised opinion. Bitchfork gave out a ridiculous 1.6, whilst some said it was ‘the best album ever’. We don’t think it’s worthy of either title/bitch-slap.
N.A.S.A. have already released 3 videos, and I am ashamed to say I [...]

Help, I’m Alive (Immuzikation B-ting Like a Hammer Remix) (Link 2)
Oh wow. It’s 11:30 already? Bed calls to me, but I must keep going… we are on to a good thing I feel. I have to give a quick shout-out to my friend Alfredo, aka Immuzikation. His incredible mash-ups have been troubling the hype machine [...]

Delphic- Counterpoint (waiting for approval to post)- enjoy the video (below) for now.
Delphic- This Momentary Monitor (Remix) (Link 2)
And on the Sixth Day, God created Manchester.
Manchester has rested on its laurels for a long time: it’s consistently proven the breeding-ground for the greatest bands that England has ever produced – count them: Joy Division, The [...]

Rihanna- Whipping My Hair (Link 2)
*Image courtesy of ultimate-rihanna.com*
We decided to withhold judgment of the Chris Brown-Ri Ri issue until all the facts were laid out. That was also due to the fact that neither were releasing new material, and this is a music site, after all.
Rihanna’s new demo ‘Whipping My Hair’ surfaced last week, [...]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Soft Shock
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So the Yeah Yeahs are back, and in style – they have quietly been evolving into a band of impressive range, and despite its crappy cover art (aren’t Art School bands supposed to turn out decent sleeves even when their music is [...]