Conchúr White has just released his debut album “Swirling Violets” via Bella Union to critical acclaim. A singer-songwriter from Co Armagh, White navigates the dreamlike and the grounded with blissful fluency. It’s a richly imagined album of multitudes from an instinctive talent, musically referencing the likes of Midlake, Aldous Harding and Bleacher. With praise from… Read more »
Patience began as bedroom synth project for songwriter Roxanne Clifford following the break up of her acclaimed indie pop band Veronica Falls. Born out of a desire to experiment with a new sound and analogue synthesizers, the project has blossomed into a dancefloor-ready synth pop force laden with bittersweet, anthemic and wistful songs.
Beijing-based producer, visual artist and label boss Howie Lee is at the forefront of electronic music in China and is increasingly embraced by a global audience. His satisfying jumbling up of the traditional and futuristic blends Chinese traditional instruments with futuristic club music, trap hip-hop and more. His recurring themes of belonging, globalisation and immigration… Read more »
On their Dualtone Records debut Sticking With It, Seattle-based seven piece The Dip deliver the kind of unbridled rhythm-and-blues that hits on every emotional level. Inciting everything from raw catharsis to heavy-hearted reckoning to wildly exuberant joy, the self-produced album marks a major creative breakthrough for the band. To that end, Sticking With It fully… Read more »
Fabiana Palladino releases her self-titled debut album via Paul Institute / XL Recordings. Over 5 years in the making, Fabiana Palladino sees the UK vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, transcend expectations with a 10-track full-length of shapeshifting sonics that draws inspiration from the big R&B, Soul, Pop and Disco studio productions of the 80s and… Read more »
Despite our best efforts, there are some things we just can’t outrun. Everything catches up to us in the end, no matter what we do to hide from it. It’s a reality that Petal’s Kiley Lotz examines on Magic Gone, the band’s latest full-length album on Run For Cover. Recorded over the course of a… Read more »
Born November ’91, when the last Kuwait oil fires extinguished, Miles Davis passed away, Gang Star released ‘Step in the Arena’, and South Africa held its first cricket international in 20 years. Raised in the UK’s South London, Ashley, draws his unique inspiration from a vast landscape of sounds, infusing the likes of Skepta; Sinead… Read more »