Archives: Artists

Rats on Rafts

Rats on Rafts swear spiritual allegiance to the Rotterdam’s New Wave, Pop and Punk scenes with one provison, the weirder the better. Rats have been together for a few years and, after boring themselves into finally getting good, they embarked on a phase which is slowly seeing them recognized as something a bit special. “I… Read more »

No Joy

For No Joy’s first full length in five years, White-Gluz took what she learned from synthesis, reincorporated guitars, and produced an album that is not a departure from No Joy’s early shoegaze, but a stylistically omnivorous expansion that ekes into trip hop, trance and nu-metal. Motherhood is the culmination of years composing outside of her… Read more »

DENA

DENA is Denitza Todorova, a Berlin-based songwriter and vocalist hailing from Bulgaria – the southeastern corner of the Balkans. Since moving to Berlin, sheʼs been seriously honing her self-composed beats and observant lyrical style. DENAʼ s been praised internationally for her unique and fresh flavor, making her an worthy of her recent attention. DENAʼ style… Read more »

Gilla Band

Gilla Band are a four piece noise rock band from Dublin, Ireland. They are made up of Dara Kiely, Alan Duggan, Daniel Fox and Adam Faulkner . In 2015 they signed to Rough Trade Records and let loose their debut album Holding Hands With Jamie to rampant critical acclaim, and topping this was to be… Read more »

Romare

For all the considered concepts and unusual arrangements, Romare’s music is dance music at heart, and it remains a natural transplant into the live and club environment. At times Fairhurst has pulled together a full line-up to render his music on stage – something of a call back to his roots playing guitar and drums… Read more »

Cosmo Sheldrake

Multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and producer Cosmo Sheldrake, described as a “musical visionary” by The Telegraph is concerned with improvisation and the sonorous environment. Having released his debut album on Transgressive in 2001, he has since had his song “Come Along” feature in an advertisement for Apple’s iPhone subsequently charting in the Digital Songs chart and… Read more »

Lucy Rose

Lucy Rose has gradually become one of the most respected and influential of the new generation of UK artists. In 2011 her trio of self-released singles – ‘Middle Of The Bed’, ‘Scar’ and ‘Redface’ – invented their own world of uniquely emotive post-acoustic pop, and her debut album ‘Like I Used To’ beautifully mined her… Read more »

La Colonie De Vacances

Rather than an ordinary show, ‘La Colonie de Vacances’ is a proper live creation that reunites 4 bands, Pneu, Electric Electric, Papier Tigre and Marvin.Together, they’ve imagined a project based on a quadraphonic sound system which puts the audience in the center of a musical ping-pong game played by two, three or four teams. Attendees find… Read more »

B Boys

Three psychos that came to be through fate by way of necessity, B Boys offer up to the world their sonic manifesto, No Worry No Mind (Captured Tracks). A relief from the mania, an expression of duality, an extension of Dadaism.

Jacuzzi Boys

Hailed by critics as “the most significant band Miami has produced in years” (Miami Herald) and loved for their sweat-soaked brand of melty garage rock, Jacuzzi Boys – Gabriel Alcala (guitar/vox), Diego Monasterios (drums), and Danny Gonzales (bass) – have released three full-length records since their humble beginnings in 2007.