Two of our favourite worlds collide on emerging disco-house music stars Behling & Simpson ’s edits of R&B honey Ciara’s ‘Surgeon’. The track that originally appeared on Jackmaster’s 2012 “Master Mix”, is finally seeing a proper vinyl release, which also includes a stellar version of Ciara’s ‘Goodies’. The Bristol duo have been steadily climbing the ranks of the house music world with their smoothed out boogie beats, with recent releases on some of cult favourite dance labels, Futureboogie and Outernational. For their Ciara [...]
A new track from The Weekend just dropped via his Twitter a few moments ago. 'Kiss Land' retains some of the darkly sexual tones of Echoes of Silence (the last part of Trilogy ) wrapped up in a track that nearly hits the eight minute mark. The sense of urgency, panic and paranoia that Abel Tesfaye evokes so well still remains although all signs would point to the next record - due out later this year - being a complex listen, to say [...]
A new track from The Weeknd just dropped via his Twitter a few moments ago. 'Kiss Land' retains some of the darkly sexual tones of Echoes of Silence (the last part of Trilogy ) wrapped up in a slickly-produced track that nearly hits the eight minute mark. The sense of urgency, panic and paranoia that Abel Tesfaye evokes so well still remains although all signs would point to the next record - due out later this year - being [...]
Earlier this week, BBC Radio 6 Music were running through the "best musical collaborations of all-time" to mark Daft Punk's new, and cameo-heavy, record. It's a shame that this new Mount Kimbie track has surfaced mere days to late, as it's already strong enough for such inclusion. Featuring London wordsmith King Krule , 'You Took Your Time' wraps Archie Marshall's moody nasally snarls in sludge-thick bass, warped arpeggios and ringing echoes. It's the latest track from the electronic duo's upcoming LP, Cold Spring Fault [...]
Premiering over on The Guardian, Swedish production legend Dan Lissvik transforms NONONO 's current single 'Like The Wind' into a dub heavy summer smash. 'Like The Wind (Lissvik Remix)' is available exclusively on the 123 edition of NONONO's debut release for our signature label Best Fit Recordings. Pre-order a copy now for shipping in June.
Alt-rock duo Pølterghøst claim to hail from Nibelheim, and while we're aware that's a fictional region in Wagner's Ring Cycle, and also home to the protagonist from Final Fantasy VII ; there's something to be said of their astute awareness of Germanic opera. Although it's more likely the product of several stoned all-nighters, spent accruing an intricate knowledge of video game narratives. Formed by Fanzine members, Jock and Kit, Pølterghøst aired their debut track, 'Holy Smoke', this week. A chugging slab of Dog Man [...]
Channelling the spirit of golden-era Fleetwood Mac in a way unlike any other band around right now, the incredibly talented Milo Greene offer a considered, sun-kissed take on classic seventies rock n roll. The LA quintet, who play London's Scala tonight and Brighton's Great Escape showcase festival tomorrow, are a testament to musicianship and skilled harmonies. Their self-titled debut long-player dropped in January and we're offering a stunning live version of the opening track 'What's The Matter' - also released in EP form this week - which you can grab [...]
Guitarist Robbie Stern's roots in precocious indie-pop outfit Cajun Dance Party really come to the fore on 'This Could Be A Bridge', the latest offering from London duo Post Louis . Where former bandmates Daniel Blumberg and Max Bloom immediately went on to peddle big chunks of sunbaked fuzz in Yuck ; Robbie has - until now - been biding his time. Buddying up with singer Stephanie to record incisive 902s indebted alt-rock under the Post Louis banner; the duo aired debut 'Oldsmobile' last month, a track resplendent [...]
West Londoner Freddie Dickson 's debut cut 'Shut Us Down' hinted that he had the guts and guile to mix it with the likes of Lana Del Rey and Frank Ocean in the cinematic-pop stakes. Well, the 24-year-old has just inked a deal with Heart Throb Records to release his first four-track EP of the same name and is now streaming another track, 'The End', ahead of its 20 May release. A darkly compelling lullaby anchored around [...]
London scuzz-pop duo Crushed Beaks are releasing their debut EP, Tropes, on 16 September via ASL Records. Eschewing the wistfully meandering 702s indie-pop of 'Breakdown' for grittier textures, here's the free-to-download title-track from that short-player. Where the aforementioned release was permeated by reverb thickened riffs and Matt Poile's navel-gazing vocal hooks; this one finds Crushed Beaks focusing their energy on intermittent blasts of gurgling guitars which pinball off juddering toms and shunted cymbals. Poile's washed-out 'wooah's swept along on the chugging [...]
Patience is a quality that many music aficionados often lack. Why stick around and search one whole track for the hook buried within when you can plough through ten tuneless intros in the same time? 'Far Away', the new song from Fat Possum signatures, Mean Lady , takes a whole precious minute to get going but when it does, the rewards are bountiful and even more sweet. The Baltimore trio whisk us away from an intro of flickering piano chords and disorientating synth swells to a far more pleasantly upbeat plane. [...]
'Gigantic' and 'Texas' may have been the tracks from her ( Best Fit Recordings -released) debut EP that first showcased Eddi Front 's unique knack for capturing tenderness over jewellery box lullabies, but it was her cover of Nick Cave's 'Into My Arms' that proved how her sound was so strong that it could be artfully transported to another's words. And now here is the New York songstress again to prove the point with a pair of slightly haphazard covers (one track is claimed to have even been [...]
Current Best Fit obsession Tove Lo caught up with Swedish music bible PSL to cut this stripped back version of recent single and bonafide ear worm 'Habits'. Ignore the smoky room and poor light and just take in the wonderfully emotive take on perhaps the finest pop song of the year so far. Stream the PSL session above and, just for reference, watch the official video for 'Habits' below.
Following up one of the best songs of 2013 ( 'Before I Ever Met You' , if you were wondering) - LA siren Banks returns today with a sultry new late night jam. Produced by Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs , 'Warm Water' is more reserved than the pop starlet's previous offerings but nonetheless bewitching. Stream 'Warm Water' below. Grab it via iTunes from 27 May.
You might remember Brooke Candy from her star turn in the clip for Grimes ' 'Genesis' - Candy was the one wearing that chrome-plated armour and platforms . The 23-year old Californian also popped up on Charli XCX 's track 'Cloud Aura' last year and made a splash herself with a string of equally bold tracks (remember 'I Wanna Fuck Right Now' from back in February?). 'Pussy Makes The Rules' doesn't mince its meaning for a moment and the [...]
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Newcastle ambient rock outfit Grandfather Birds haven't been hibernating in their year-long absence; more squirreling away the intricate little acorns of 902s alt that flourished on their sprawling April comeback track. Where ' Spithope ' trod tentatively into unknown, exploring themes of disorientation and detachment via thick layers of haunting tremolo, b-side 'Things Beneath The Water' warmly embraces their more direct side, last heard on 20112s Radio 1 approved single 'Higher Bridges'. Softly insistent guitar tolls and thudding kicks cleanse our palates of the a-side's strung-out [...]
Premiering on Annie Mac's Radio 1 show this evening, this new one from Katy B featured, aptly, as her 'Special Delivery'. It certainly feels as much; this first track to emerge since her Danger EP at the end of 2012 is a typically seductive, late-night outing for everyone's favourite London garage rejuvenator. Filled with her sultry vocals, particularly crisp production and a heady balearic hue, it continues where she left off and its appearance is timed to perfection; a soundtrack [...]
With his new album IV Play , an album title with a sixth-form level pun included, due later this month, R&B man The-Dream has offered up new single 'High Art' featuring Jay-Z . The title of this one refers to smoking weed and writing a song about it, rather than - you know - going to the latest Lichtenstein exhibition. Listen to it in full beneath:
Electro-pop pace-setter, MØ , is yet to put a foot wrong and, while we haven't had anything new from the energetic Dane for some time, a remix from the equally excellent MS MR will quell our appetite, at least for the moment. Filled with all the heady, restlessness of the original, the New York duo have subtly subdued the verses to emphasise the "for the hell of it" chourses. Teaming the revved up sound with flickering images of marble sculpture lets the mind wander and throws new light on [...]
It's hard to believe that siblings, Sasha and Theo, aka Wardell , dropped their debut track ' Opossum ' over two years ago now. As great as it is, we feel like they've left us craving another installment of breezy Beach House -on-a-sugar-rush pop for far too long. We weren't about to give up on the LA duo but few could deny that 'Call It What You Want' has come at the perfect time. A magical little ditty which finds Sasha sucking in [...]
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