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Molek FMLykke Li: Wounded Rymes (LL Recordings)
“I’m your prostitute, you gonna get some” sings tiny Swedish songstress, Lykke Li on her sophomore effort, Wounded Rhymes. And if it’s quality tunes she’s talking about, then yes, you are going to get some indeed.
Detonate: The Vaccines
Just when we were wondering what happened to the likes of the Arctic Monkeys and Franz Ferdinand, along comes the overly hyped, London-based band The Vaccines. Put away the synths and pull out the good old-fashioned guitar cause it looks like we’re having a rock revival this year!
The Naked and Famous
No, this isn’t a post about Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian, it’s about good tunes coming to us straight from the Shire. The Kiwi band, The Naked and Famous, are making waves hitting shores other than their own and we’re picking up what they’re putting down…
Cold War Kids: Mine Is Yours (Interscope)
Cold War Kids are the musical equivalent of those kids who peaked in high school and then it all went downhill from there. No matter what avenue they venture down, they never seem to be as popular, pretty or make as a good music. All eyes (or more aptly, ears) have been on CWK since […]
British Sea Power: Valhalla Dancehall (Beggars)
It starts off promisingly enough with the riotous Manic Street-ish opener ‘Who’s In Control’. There are even a few explicit lyrics in there but soon after, you realise that’s as epic as Valhalla gets.
Zola Jesus
Goth is like good wine. The longer it lingers, the better it gets. And Zola Jesus (Nika Roza Danilova) has pretty much proven so, with her appearance in the scene and the impact she has brought with her (black drapes and dark mascara in tow).
80Kidz
The day-glo genre might be dying in the West but in Japan, blogosphere darlings 80Kidz might as well be the newly crowned Daft Punks of the East. Weekend Warrior, their follow-up to 2009’s This Is My Sh!t reminds us of what we loved about electro-silly synth stabs and hipster chic beats included.
Black Sun Empire: Lights and Wires (BSE)
The Dutch are not all about trance as Rene Verdult, and brothers Milan and Micha Heyboer have proven. Going beyond the wonking basslines of Brit dubstep, the trio of producers favours a harder form of dance exaggerated by extreme breaks, kicks and ambient griminess.
The Go! Team: Rolling Blackouts (Memphis Industries)
In an alternate world where Michael Jackson’s “black and white” ethos has been realised on all levels of consciousness, The Go! Team rule supreme. Back with more Shaft-nostalgia samples, angry guitars, cheerleader-rapper/underage-girl-in-a-band vocals and a full horn section, the Brighton sextet continue to mash up proto-hip hop and indie rock elements in lethal doses on […]
Detonate: James Blake
People call James Blake’s music as dubstep, but he doesn’t mind it at all. With 4 EPs and several remixes accomplished, the Londoner (who incidentally shares the same name as the celebrated American tennis player) is probably one of the most amazing producers and vocalists of our generation.