The Album Leaf unveils beautiful new video for Between Waves
Returning with new material since 2010’s A Chorus of Storytellers, director Michael Raines joins LA-based ambient-psych outfit The Album Leaf to produce a ‘synth-laden walk through suburbia’. The Album Leaf have been making their mark as soft-spoken innovators since 1999. What started as a solo project for Jimmy LaValle soon developed into a fully-fledged live […]
Review: Sigur Rós – Bristol Lloyds Amphitheatre
With the immanent hinge upon which Britain balanced on Wednesday evening, there felt no better way to spend it than to lose oneself to beautifully apocalyptic post-rock. Thousands of punters migrated to Bristol’s harbourside last night to see the second installment in a series of four gigs for Bristol Summer Series. With a backlog of […]
10 Career Defining Records: The Sound of Dekmantel ’16
As Dekmantel creeps ever closer around the corner, we look at 10 artists that we’re most excited to see, and delve into their back-catalogue to pull out the single record that in our opinion – defined their career. Lee scratch perry + Adrian Sherwood: Having recorded for over 50 years, Jamaican born Lee Scratch Perry […]
Outlook announces stage breakdown
From reggae to grime to hip-hop and everything in between, Outlook is paving the way with an expansive line-up that fully embraces the sound system culture. Seven major stages grace Fort Punta Christo this year, ranging from the 100m long Moat Stage to the open air arena. Thursday sees Ram Jam guiding dancers through the […]
Grumbling Fur share new single ‘Acid Ali Kahn’ from forthcoming album
Following on from their 2014 release, Preternaturals, Manchurian synth-pop experimentalists have announced their fourth full-length record, Fulfour, due for release September 16th on Thrill Jockey. Keeping their heads down for the most part, this London-based duo have been releasing a steady stream of innovative psychedelic pop albums for the past 4 years. The musical partnership, […]
Lucid X Soul Control bring Glenn Astro, Alexander Nut and more to the Bussey Building
Alongside their highly regarded mix series and history for bringing some of the most exciting underground talent to London, Lucid now team up with the vinyl only party starters Soul Control for an expertly programmed evening of electronic music. Taking over two floors of the 120 year old multi level warehouse space at Peckham’s Bussey […]
Cone introduces Brainchild Festival 2016
Among the hoard of recently emerging small festivals, stands Brainchild. A grassroots music/arts organisation that stitches together an immersive 3-day multi-arts festival. Coming from, and catering to millennial creatives. Entirely volunteer led and sponsor free Brainchild intends to project a DIY creative energy of the collective; an seamless coming together of art, music minds and ideas. This […]
Louis Theroux Reunites With Joe Walker Following Alcohol Documentary
Theroux tweeted a picture of himself and Joe Walker yesterday, with the caption – ‘Coffee with Joe Walker from my alcohol programme, 8 months sober. Congratz Dude! #beards #aa’. Joe’s struggle against alcoholism was originally documented in Louis’ ‘Drinking to Oblivion’ piece, which aired on BBC Two back in April, and which also followed the […]
Review: Matmos – Colston Hall
Baltimore duo Matmos have used a variety of stimuli to feed their electronic experimentalism over the years, but Ultimate Care II might just be their most immersive. Matmos has been simmering away in the underbelly of electronic experimentalism for over 20 years. The pair have offered a variety of fully immersive albums in that time, […]
Review: Os Noctambulos – ‘Stranger’
Maybe time machines do exist, maybe the Parisian psych rockers, Os Noctambulos, have found a magic hallway that links the Southern Californian jingle-jangle of the 60s with the shoegaze and baggy music from the 1990s? Maybe. On first listen, Os Noctambulos’ second helping, ‘Stranger’, from Stolen Body Records might sound recycled and maybe formulaic, but […]