UUUU – Electric Blanket (from s/t EP) UUUU’s debut s/t was one of Moo Kid’s albums of 2017, and the follow-up EP takes the experimental project into further slithery territories. The four U’s are Graham […]
Category: (Play)lists
Letting the days go by: Talking Heads in 10 songs
One of the most iconic bands to emerge from the late-70s New Wave and post-punk era was also one of the weirdest. You’ll know Talking Heads’ go-to songs like ‘Psycho Killer’, ‘Road To Nowhere’ and […]
All the right noises: September 2018 in 21 tracks
GAZELLE TWIN – Better In My Day (From Pastoral LP) Gazelle Twin leaves aside her blue school gym gear and body horror themes examined in her album Unflesh, for a grotesque character study of Middle […]
Starter for 10: Jack Hairbrain goes digging for records in São Paulo
From the Amazon rainforest to a thousand miles of tropical beaches; the metropolis of São Paulo; Pele, Socrates, Josimar; Rio-bloody-de-Janeiro — and to think I grew up never really being that bothered about Brazil. There […]
All the right noises: July 2018 in 21 tracks
Shitposting black metal to punch Nazis to, acid techno, ramshackle punk, space disco, bedroom pop, mechanised grime R&B, and some ambient drones to make it all better. The soundtrack of July 2018… 1. Khalab – […]
Here’s your top 10 Longitude acts for this weekend
One of the funniest Twitter rage storms of the year was the huffing over the Longitude line-up — with the ‘real music’ brigade moaning that there were no proper bands on the bill. These lads […]
All the right noises: June 2018 in 21 tracks
This is generally the time for halfway-point albums of the year, but let’s not panic yet, and stick to the standout tracks of June 2018. Oneohtrix Point Never, Nine Inch Nails, Freddie Gibbs and Death […]
Here’s your top 10 Forbidden Fruit acts this weekend
Life Festival in Mullingar got the head start on the summer season last weekend, with nearly every weekend booked up with sessions up and down the country. And as usual, Forbidden Fruit in Dublin is […]
All the right noises: May 2018 in 21 tracks
Childish Gambino’s gunshots rang out through the whole of this month, with This Is America becoming the pop culture mission statement of the year right away. But even if Donald Glover will be the last […]
All the right noises: April 2018 in 21 tracks
Aside from Kanye’s #MAGA hat, last month was brought to you by abstract hip-hop, hypnotic house, cosmic lounge music, darkwave pop, voodoo techno and black metal ultraviolence. Playlist below… 1. lojii – Six9 (lofeye LP) […]
March 2018 in 21 tracks
A post-Easter bank holiday comedown is easier to digest when you wash it down with industrial minimalism and techno, cosmic psychedelia, black metal gospel, fist-up hip-hop and a hymn to good ol’ planet Earth from […]
21-tune salute: February 2018 playlist
Apart from blizzards and broken resolutions, February was brought to you by nervy electronics, hip-hop, battered rock, depraved noise and plenty of soothing ambience to offset all of the above. 1. Factory Floor – Heart […]
All the right noises: January 2018 in 21 tracks
Dry or no dry, January’s usually a slim few weeks for music – with new albums lost under last year’s best-of lists, the Christmas hangovers and the general bitching and moaning that doesn’t let up […]
From the sublime to the grotesque: Scott Walker in 10 songs
Our music icons always get a few extra gravitas points for evolving with the times — but Scott Walker’s 50-year journey from romantic crooner to avant-garde pioneer is one of the most jarring story arcs […]
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