Hyperdub’s Jessy Lanza enters the long-running mix series with an hour of genre-bending electronica. After impressing with her first three albums, Canadian songwriter and producer Jessy Lanza manned the decks in an hour-long mix for Berlin-based !K7 records that showcases the artist’s friends and collaborators, as well as her own productions. She joins an illustrious … [Read more...] about Jessy Lanza: DJ Kicks – Review
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Saint Etienne: Live at Alexandra Palace Theatre – Review
In which the supreme pop-collagists show themselves to be on top of their game, conjuring aural magic by sprinkling big hitters amongst their latest material. It’s now thirty years since Saint Etienne – Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs and Sarah Cracknell – beguiled the nation with the fresh-as-a-daisy patchwork sounds of their cinematic, imaginative and exuberant Foxbase Alpha … [Read more...] about Saint Etienne: Live at Alexandra Palace Theatre – Review
Adele: 30 – Album Review
Revered pop and soul artist Adele has officially returned from a six-year break with 30, her most impressive and emotionally riveting album to date. Adele is one of those singers that I truly feel as though everybody loves. I’ve met tons of people in the music community who disagree on whether or not certain singers/bands are good or bad, but I’ve never met anybody … [Read more...] about Adele: 30 – Album Review
Alfa Mist: Two For Mistake – EP Review
Alfa Mist manages to pack a variety of soundscapes into his short but satisfying EP. At only two tracks long, you would be forgiven for wondering whether Alfa Mist’s latest instrumental EP Two For Mistake is even substantial enough to hold your attention. But hold your attention it does, with twelve minutes’ worth of soulful jazz-infused with hip-hop beats to give it a … [Read more...] about Alfa Mist: Two For Mistake – EP Review
Deap Vally: Marriage – Album Review
Deap Vally vow to keep experimenting with their sound in their third full-length album, Marriage. The cover art of Los Angeles-formed rock band Deap Vally’s latest release, Marriage, is a vibrant, eclectic collage: vocalist-guitarist Lindsey Troy has her mint-green-croc-covered feet stretched out over a cut-and-pasted swimming pool, while vocalist-drummer Julie Edwards sits … [Read more...] about Deap Vally: Marriage – Album Review
Fine Place: This New Heaven – Review
Electro-pop duo Fine Place deliver big synth-driven sounds and dark, shadowy vibes in their debut album, This New Heaven. Fine Place consists of Frankie Rose (Vivian Girls, Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls) and Matthew Hord (Running, Pop. 1280, Brandy), who both took time away from their respective bands and solo projects to form the new group. Armed with an array of modular … [Read more...] about Fine Place: This New Heaven – Review