A few months ago we did an in-depth feature on the little known (round these parts anyway) Austrian label Luv Shack. That took us up to their eighth release, and now Luv009 has dropped we thought we'd keep you in the loop. LeSale takes the reigns of this one, and if you recognise the name...
After Love Saves The Day battled through the rain to a storming success in its inaugural year in 2012, Team Love decided to go one better in 2013. In case Saturday's lineup wasn't good enough, they went and added another day, making it a very love-filled weekend at the end of this month. Sunday sees...
Sunday nights are usually accompanied by feelings of dread and despondency, but not this week, with Crack hosting How To Dress Well, the indie-RnB project of Tom Krell.
NuNorthern Soul first caught our eye at the beginning of this year, with an imaginative release from BJ Smith. Covering two hip-hop classics, Dedication to the Greats EP added some extra soul to Mos Def's Umi Says and Pharcyde's Running, both definitely worth a listen if you haven't yet. So although we'd never heard of...
We've been meaning to put do a New Artist post on a young producer called Werkha for a while now, but for our sins haven't. Then, this afternoon, the man behind the music, Tom Leah, sent us this new track and man is it good. Right from the off, the looping vocal sample and saxophone...
'Shakara' is used among Nigerian youth meaning 'to show off', and with this new edit Ossie has taken the song name very literally. He's shown off impeccable skill in blending eager beats and foxy synth into this afro-jazz classic from the “James Brown of Africa”, Fela Kuti, bringing it right up to date with today’s...
Following one of our favourite nights of 2012, the Donuts 5th birthday party at the Coroners Court with DāM-FunK, the news that Donuts were to be throwing another party, at a secret city centre location, had us excited. Coupled with the lineup of Soundstream supported by Behling & Simpson, we knew this was not to...
Dirtytalk. Hunee. The Motorcycle Showrooms. How could we refuse? It’s a space that facilitates awesome DJs, an adoring crowd, and excellent moves on the dancefloor, and we can always rely on the Dirtytalk residents to have an eye on the floor and an ear for the best records to get us going. After warming up...
Since the recent news of King Krule's side-project Edgar The Beatmaker, we've unearthed a few other talents associated with the young musician. The latest is South London five-piece Haraket, makers of sometimes moody, sometimes melodic soundscapes. In the band's press release a comparison are made with Underworld, but given our own Bristol connection we'd find...
Bloggers love to compare a new artist to James Blake or Mount Kimbie don't they? The mere mention of the godfathers of 'Post-Dubstep' immediately evokes the sound of brooding, chopped up vocals accompanying down-tempo, layered and staccato beats. It's tempting to do the same here but why do William Arcane the disservice of lazy name-dropping?...
If you haven’t got yourself down to a Just Jack party yet, then shame on you. Not living in Bristol isn’t even an excuse anymore with the city’s one time best kept secret now taking over the clubs and festivals across Europe. This summer they’ll be hosting parties at Sonar in Barcelona, Garden Festival in...
For Cyrus Shahrad (a.k.a Hiatus), the writing of We Can Be Ghosts Now has been over ten years in the making. Since 9/11 he's been wanting to artistically juxtapose the destruction of that day with the very human emotions of a love story. All the elements of the song seem rather distant and hardly distinguishable...
In case you haven't noticed, House is rather popular at the moment. It's all the better, therefore, when we hear production that stands out from the crowd of producers all vying for attention in the same corner of Electronic music. Pedestrian achieves just that on Hoyle Road, his first release off James Zabiela's Born Eclectic...
RBMA passes through Bristol on 4 May with John Talabot and Andres. We're giving away two tickets to the night at Blue Mountain. Also see our top five John Talabot remixes inside.
