Many were taken by surprise to hear that Brian Eno was about to drop a new solo album and that it was coming out on Warp. “Hooray “said the electronic boffins but from the sound of this first track Eno definitely hasn’t left the more abrasive rock side of his music behind. Small Craft on a Milk Sea is out on 5th November on Warp/Inertia … Continue reading STREAM: Listen to the first track off Brian Eno’s new album…
written by Chris Familton This was set to be an evening highlighting the prevailing winds of local explorations of post-Animal Collective/Radiohead indie-tronica where the best elements of electronica have been slowed and absorbed into song structures with organic elements provided by live instrumentation. Bon Chat Bon Rat were on board first with their warm 80s electronic pop that brought to mind Junior Boys or a … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Danimals @ OAF, Sydney 17/09/10
Future Bass! Post-Dubstep, post-House, post everything! Four Tet, Mala, Untold, Black Chow (Kevin Martin/The Bug’s latest project), Coki and loads more all-exclusive new tracks on this new album for Soul Jazz Records. Soul Jazz Records have brought together some of the UK’s most pioneering producers of the day to create an album that can only be defined as future music. All new exclusive tracks from … Continue reading NEWS: Soul Jazz release new compilation of bass beats…
Wild Beasts are hav ing a bit of fun farming out tracks from last year’s Two Dancers album and after releasing a 12″ of We Still Got The Taste Dancing On Our Tongues they are set to release a double 12″ pack of The Fun Powder Plot and This Is Our Lot in November 8th. The first 12″ features dancefloor-orientated remixes courtesy of Canadian synth-pop … Continue reading STREAM: Wild Beasts | Two Dancers (Remixes)
written by Chris Familton This was to be the night of music high on artistic cunning and grandeur with three acts willing to push boundaries of standard song structure and delivery. Locals Kyu impressed with their angelic harmonies that sounded at times like an offshoot of the recent Bjork/Dirty Projectors collaboration. What made Kyu so appealing was the duo’s multi-tasking skills. While both singing layered … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Xiu Xiu / High Places @ OAF, Sydney 03/09/10
Radiohead are continuing their proclivity for finding interesting ways to get their product out to the masses. Now they have released a Live In Prague concert film online for anyone and everyone to download or stream by song on You Tube. The band gave 50 fans cameras to film the show from the audience and then edited the footage together with audio from the desk. … Continue reading DOWNLOAD: Radiohead | Live in Prague Film
In the worlds of Jeck’s label Touch… Philip Jeck works with old records and record players salvaged from junk shops turning them to his own purposes. He really does play them as musical instruments, creating an intensely personal language that evolves with each added part of a record. Philip Jeck makes geniunely moving and transfixing music, where we hear the art not the gimmick. Philip … Continue reading NEWS: Philip Jeck releases A New Ark For The Listener…
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