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Watch: Frànçois and the Atlas Mountains – Slow Love (Best Fit Session)
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There Is A Buzz That Never Goes Off: listen out for Tinnitus Awareness Week
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Watch: Lianne La Havas – Forget (Best Fit Session)
Outfit – Dashing In Passing // Song Of The Day #398
New single ‘Dashing In Passing’ features vocals that sound like an (even more) unhinged Prince, and is evidence the Outfit’s horizons are even wider than they had let on.
Download: Three Trapped Tigers Numbers sampler
Three Trapped Tigers, without doubt one of the best British bands of the last decade, will be playing their first three EPs back to back on a string of dates next month.
Photos: King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Shepherds Bush Empire, London 02/02/12
A Domino records double whammy as the moving collaboration between the Fife folkster and electronic auteur is supported by our current Gallic band of choice. Burak Cingi shoots.
Watch: Loney Dear – Violent (Best Fit Session)
The perfect juxtaposition of lovelorn lyrics and melodic purity – Emil Svanängen strips his 2009 classic ‘Violent’ its bear bones – extending it to a lengthy 8 minutes, the complex chord progression swapped in favour of percussive guitar and gentle pipe organ accompaniment triggered by a mass of floor pedals.
Sounds of my City / Manchester : Now Wave presents…
In the fourth and final part of a series of articles about his hometown, proud Mancunian John Freeman talks to local promoters Now Wave about their role in making Manchester such a wonderful place to experience new music.
Tennis – Young And Old
An album awash with romanticism, nostalgia and uplifting subtlety, Denver duo Tennis’ second record Young And Old is equal parts saccharine and sublime.
Maribel – Reveries
It’s an album that follows neatly in the footsteps of the dark wave of Norway’s finest ‘gazers and also pushes the genre on a little – a good dose more affecting, stylish and filmic than one would expect, if not the total seachange for which one might have hoped.
Woodpigeon – For Paolo
Wringing plenty out of just five songs on this EP, Woodpigeon take a small yet evocative, effective and sometimes wonderful step out from under the shadow of their influences.
Listen: Steve Spacek x J Dilla – Look
The vault of unreleased Dilla productions seems to be never-ending. Wish him a belated happy birthday with this Steve Spacek collaboration, recorded in 2007.
Download: Bobby Champs – Moonlight
Bobby Champs makes unashamedly straightforward tech house – the sort of music that could only be played in a huge room, on a vast soundsystem.
Watch: Last Shop Standing documentary teaser
Exploring some of the UK’s most cherished record stores, ‘Last Shop Standing’ is a 60-minute documentary film due for release this summer.
Download: Serengeti – Shazam
‘Shazam’, a paean to Shaquille O’Neill, is delivered in a manner entirely at odds with Serengeti’s wholesome, mustachioed appearance.
Listen: Niki & The Dove – DJ, Ease My Mind (Jakwob Remix)
Jakwob morps the track into a brooding beast – stripped of its anthemic Eurovision-esque vibe, the listener is transported to a deep dark cathedral of dub.
Listen: Veronica Falls – My Heart Beats
Following the release of their eponymous debut album last year, Veronica Falls have revealed another stomping, guitar driven pop anthem.
Jonathan Wilson – The Ruby Lounge, Manchester 01/02/12
Twisting timeworn templates into compelling new shapes, Jonathan Wilson brings a touch of vintage L.A. sunshine to wintery Manchester. Janne Oinonen
Hazy Days – Yoofs // Song Of The Day #397
‘Hazy Days’ is a summertime waltz that immediately brings to mind the Electric Soft Parade, but that sounds like it was recorded live, to a cassette boom box, somewhere deep in the Pacific.