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Ku De Ta Bali Releases Volume 3 of Its Acclaimed...
The Ku De Ta Bali’s album series perfectly reflects the forward-thinking sound of a day at the iconic lifestyle destination. The volume 3 album opens with the emotive, club-chill of “Only This Moment” by the Socialites. Besides, Tesla’s soulful vocal >More
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Hot Chip | In Our Heads
Back in the early naughties Hot Chip burst onto the scene with a very particular sound. Like their contemporary James Murphy and other DFA-associated acts, their early albums inspired brooding, snarkiness, and dancing in equal measures, and were a mixture >More
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The Ting Tings | Sounds From Nowheresville
We Started Nothing” proclaimed UK dance pop duo Jules de Martino and Katie White back in 2008 with the title of their debut album, and while it did throw up a couple of pretty catchy singles, it only takes a >More
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Foals | Total Life Forever
Ok cards on the table here, I have to admit that I’m going into this one a little biased, being potentially the world’s biggest fan of Foals’ astonishing 2008 debut Antidotes. If you do not own this album then I’d >More
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One Little Plane | Into The Trees
Every now and again an album comes along that slips into the soundtrack of your life as easily as a comfy old sweater, and reconfirms that the truly talented are not to be found regurgitating 80’s pop songs in front >More
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Jack White | Blunderbuss
Poor old Jack White. A cursory listen to brand new solo album Blunderbuss would suggest that he hasn’t been having a very good time lately in the romance department. Recently divorced from partner of six years, Karen Elston and no >More
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Gillian Welch | The Harrow and the Harvest
It’s often said that the best musicians live in their own worlds, so with that in mind, it would be safe to say that New York-born country chanteuse Gillian Welch and fingerpickin’ sidekick extraordinaire David Rawlins are probably sitting on >More
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Paul Weller | Sonik Kicks
Neatly sidestepping the descent into wobbly middle-aged and middle of the road dreariness a la Peter Gabriel and David Gilmore, Paul Weller has sensibly kept his modish suits sharp and his music even sharper of late. Clearly underneath that spiky >More
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Die Antwoord | Ten$ion
How on earth did ‘out there’ music ever get ‘in there’ before the advent of the interweb and MyFace or Twit-tube? I shudder to think of all the true original weirdos/geniuses (depends on where you stand) who have created groundbreaking >More