Review

Flying Lotus: Until the Quiet Comes

Until the Quiet Comes is just as impressive as sophomore Los Angeles and better than the previous record Cosmogramma and debut 1983.

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Listen to This: China Rats’ ‘(At Least Those) Kids Are Getting Fed’

China Rats’ new single ‘(At Least Those) Kids Are Getting Fed’ takes economic downship to positive heights.

Music

Listen to This: Bunga (TAG)’s Sonic Bloom Mix

Bunga (TAG)’s Sonic Bloom mixtape sees the collective’s most prolific member reinvigorated with an electro-infused indie rock playlist.

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Rita Ora: Party & Bullsh!t

JUICE doesn’t usually cover pop acts, but it takes a special kind of female pop star to get co-signed by Jay-Z, and then signed to his label Roc Nation.

Review

Yeasayer: Fragrant World

Fragrant World is that transitory album where a band disengages the past from their future.

Review

JJ Doom: Key to the Kuffs

JJ Doom is a much needed reboot for DOOM (formerly MF Doom).

Review

The xx: Coexist

The sparse melancholia of Coexist continues the sound The xx established with their first album to great effect.

Music

The Lighthouse and The Whaler: Venician Stroll

As if they’re the brainchild of Train, Dave Matthews Band and The Beatles (that concoction sounds all kinds of wrong), The Lighthouse and the Whaler is a monstrosity that is so amazingly good that it almost seems wrong.

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Mini Compo: The Past’s Future Dance Punk

LapSap’s and Twilight Actiongirl’s DJ Xu couldn’t be more different than the much less recognised Jit Woei of Nightlife Camera and The Beads fame. For one the respective genres they represent on their own are so disparate that when compared they are not just apples and oranges, they’re algae and cardboard boxes.

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Petite Noir: New Wave Goth by Way of World Music

Cape Town’s Yannick Iluga, better known by his stage name Petite Noir, is the perfect candidate to subvert your myopic view of what sort of music could come out from South Africa.