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Staff Benda Bilili – Osali Mabe

May 11, 2012 § Leave a comment

Taken from the album ‘Bouger Le Monde’
Out September 2012 on Crammed Discs
Buy the single on iTunes here

#Friday. We’re in Brighton for The Great Escape. It’s probably going to rain again but you just never know, and if anything is going to help fight off the rainclouds it’s this.

Two Wounded Birds – The Outer World

May 9, 2012 § Leave a comment

http://soundcloud.com/workit/two-wounded-birds-the-outer
Taken from the album ‘Two Wounded Birds’
Released 4/6/2012 on Holiday Recordings

#Wednesday. Haven’t we said before that we’re suckers for a good intro …

Helios – Bold Advances

May 7, 2012 § Leave a comment

Taken from the ‘Moiety EP’
Download for free here

Suckers – Chinese Braille

April 27, 2012 § Leave a comment

http://soundcloud.com/suckersmusic/chinese-braille
Taken from the album ‘Candy Salad’
Out now on French Kiss

#Friday. Scissor Sisters anyone?

Crybaby – I Cherish The Heartbreak More Than The Love That I Lost

April 25, 2012 § Leave a comment

Out now on Pid (iTunes)

#Wednesday. Another album we’ll be buying as soon as Stan’s bank balance has recovered from Record Store Day.

Michael Chapman – It Didn’t Work Out

April 23, 2012 § Leave a comment

Taken from the album ‘Rainmaker’
2012 Reissue out now on Light In The Attic (Shop)

In One Wind – What Seems (DM Stith Remix)

April 20, 2012 § Leave a comment

#Friday. Thanks to The 405’s soundcloud we’ve been reminded of a tune (What Seems To Be) that we liked a lot on first listen but somehow instantly forgot about right after we heard it. Sad how that can happen, but such is the fickle nature of our present day listening habits that it’s becoming an all too frequent occurrence. We thought we’d try and redeem ourselves slightly by posting a link to In One Wind’s album before we get lost in Friday night. So Here It Is.

Lotus Plaza – Out Of Touch

April 18, 2012 § Leave a comment

Taken from the album ‘Spooky Action at a Distance’
Out now on Kranky (Spotify/Kranky)

#Wednesday. So where are we now? It’s getting harder and harder to figure out what musical decade we’re supposed to be in. Back in the ’80’s with a worn out JAMC tape bleeding from the walkman? Over indulging in J.Spaceman circa ’92? Maybe even digging out that copy of Engineers that we were quite excited about until it got synched in a shampoo commercial and was ruined forever? Despite all the time/space confusion we’re feeling, it’s comforting that albums like ‘Spooky Action At A Distance’ are finding their way into the light. We haven’t yet forced ourselves to listen to the new Spiritualized album (largely for fear of the near certain disappointment that will follow), but good or bad the second album by Deerhunter guitarist Pundt’s Lotus Plaza project carries no such weight of expectation for us – and those that it does carry it is exceeding quite nicely.