‘Party In My Head’ was easily the stand out track on Miss Kittin & The Hacker’s latest effort, Two. The whole thing is quite good, actually, but that one grabbed you right out of the gate with it’s eurodisco goodness (no one ever got hurt borrowing a little ABBA).
So it’s not too crazy that [...]

I love pleasant surprises. It seems whenever I feel a bit bored or as if every other message in my inbox is about the same exact band, someone sneaks in something unexpected.
Run Hide Survive are a DJ duo from Sheffield. They’ve taken on stages at Glastonbury, Fabric and Field Day, and shared turntable duties [...]

David Treahearn and Rob Haggett a.k.a. The Slips have been busy bees ever since I first heard of them nearly 2 years ago (read an interview from 2008 here). After years of working on other people’s records, they decided they wanted to strike out on their own, and kicked things off with the brilliant ‘This [...]

Metric have clearly won me over with their fourth outing, Fantasies. I’ve mentioned the album several times now, not just because I’m keeping up with press releases or tour announcements, but because I honestly think this is the most consistent and complete album they’ve ever made. Fantasies is clearly Metric’s big push for mainstream acceptance, [...]

Unless you live in Shangri-La or Bhutan (and I hear even they’re logging onto the internet these days) then you know that the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have released album #3. It was shipped onto store shelves everywhere yesterday, and has been available in digital form for a few weeks (in both Standard and Deluxe editions).
Last [...]

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Of all the artists available for a remix, Polly Scattergood would not be the first on my list to try one on. Not that Polly isn’t amazing, rather the fact that she is so amazing is why I wouldn’t think a remix would work. She has such a unique style and [...]

Just when you thought M83 had wrung out all possible singles from last year’s Saturdays=Youth, he surprises you and manages to squeeze out yet another.

‘We Own The Sky’ is now available as a digital-only single on iTunes, Amazon, etc. It includes the album track as well as a radio edit, a remix of both [...]