Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba - "Mali Koori" . I can tell you what I know about this record, Jama Ko . Mainly that my friend the producer Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Silver Mt Zion, Wolf Parade) flew from Montreal to Mali to record it. He was so nervous before he visited; he is sometimes a nervous guy. It was March 2012. He landed and they started recording and then a war broke out . Bassekou Kouyate is a super-star in Mali, a kind of Michael Jackson, the world's best n'goni player. The war began when [...]

In the three years since the release of ‘Dead Sea’, it’s all been a bit quiet on The Arteries’ front; a couple of tracks on a split with The Arrivals is all we’ve had to tide us over. ‘Restless’ puts an end to that wait, with a fantastic six-track EP from the Welsh wizards. The slowly swelling intro to ‘Bleed Away’ only serves to increase that anticipation, before erupting into the fast-paced and intense punk rock racket that The Arteries have become known for. It’s sweet riff after sweet riff combined with an excellent rhythm section and some [...]

The Arteries Restless Specialist Subject 18 March 2013 by Tom Doyle Punk isn't dead, but it is very self-conscious these days. Yet, if you are prepared to seek them out, there are plenty of bands doing it the right way: Write some songs. Get in the van. Play some shows Get in the van again. Record some songs. [...]
Rika - Restless , from the very, very beautifully titled How To Draw A River, Step By Step , out on 15 February on Goddamn Records / Count Your Lucky Stars Listen to this. Do it. Then download Port Dover for free from diffuser.fm .
We've covered a few Format:B tracks in our day, but haven't quite given the German duo the recognition they deserve. These two have been noticeably repping the German techno and tech house sound on remixes and compilations for almost ten years, but this could just be their strongest effort thus far (and their first since the 2011 album Restless ) . The Dawn EP is a trifecta including the originals "Dusk," "Dawn," and "Rise." The tracks all play on a similar grinding and whirling techno theme, but we're not complaining about the consistency. [...]

Newcomer Colin Davis debuts his unusual mix of folk and soul. Unsustained [...]
Rika - Restless , from How To Draw A River, Step By Step , out on 15 February, 2013 Someone put this song in a sad movie scene ASAP. I think this album will be the nicest belated birthday present I am going to give to myself when it finally comes out.
Jakobin & Domino - Restless

Everything is shot in my house and garden in Sweden and the scenes from the road is where I walk every day. I was heavily involved in most parts of the video but we were a lot of people who worked hard together. Swedish electro she-popper Karin Park gives us the debut visuals for her latest single 'Restless.' The clip was shot on location in Sweden and was directed by Olle Lundin. Her new project ' Highwire Poetry ' will see daylight on May 28th.
This new song from Sweden's own Karin Park grinds its electro-gothic gears beneath Park's passionate vocal for the same haunting affect that made "Tiger Dreams" such a treat to listen to. Park has a real ability to communicate her songs' lyrical content through the strain or power of her voice, and because of her impressive [...]

Swaying real electro @ its most purist.. consenting to hypnotic swivels and head banging dizziness all day everyday. Arousing and disturbing, all-in-one. A serious must play.

Swaying real electro @ its most purist.. consenting to hypnotic swivels and head banging dizziness all day everyday. Arousing and disturbing, all-in-one. A serious must play.

Baseball season is upon us as an early spring air blowing through the half-cracked door to our left has sparked us with the possibility of some kind of awakening tonight, but then someone decides to start singing rap songs from the corner booth. It’s only one of many contradictory events of the evening. I’m talking with duo Eric Christiansen and Thom Fountain of Wisconsin Built late at night just before the release show of their new album, Rest Less, this Thursday at the House of Rock. “Is that Fitty?” Eric Christensen asks about the tune hummed across the [...]
Electro she-popper Karin Park we get it.... the look, the style and even the sound, although her latest single could be confused as a Malin Dahlström (Niki & the Dove) solo effort, it still serves up all of our electro-goth needs at the moment. Maybe it's just a Sweden thing with the similarity? Regardless this song still jams.... grab the track below. Her upcoming project ' Highwire Poetry ' will see daylight on May 28th. Karin Park - Restless

Sassy Swede Karin Park 's new single "Restless" off of her debut album Highway Poetry is an adventure for your ears. If you're like me and come up with odd visuals while listening to music this song is a total party, Project X style. The intro puts me into a futuristic arcade where professional gamers are poised for some intense virtual reality gran turismo racing. Then Karin's voice comes in and you think "uh oh. we're in trouble. this gal is playing mind games on us with her pouty, electro vocal chords!" I kind of don't know what she's [...]
Goth pop at its literal best, for 2012, that is. Park’s album “Highwire Poetry” is...

What happens when you take the haunting voices of The Flaming Lips ' Wayne Coyne and Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, add the off-kilter guitars that we have come to expect from both, and back it up with a marching drum line? You get "Ashes in the Air". "Ashes In The Air" is a six minute epic-because neither artist can make a song under five minutes-that combines the indecipherable with the otherworldly. While I can't say that the lyrics are going to ever make any sense to me, this is a welcome experiment that I hope to see more [...]

Five years on from his last studio album, Willy Mason has announced his much-anticipated return with the release of 'Restless Fugitive' , the first track to be taken from his forthcoming LP. The album is as-yet untitled but was recorded throughout much of 2011 with producer Dan Carey (MIA, Hot Chip, Franz Ferdinand). Restless Fugitive, a slow-burning and intoxicating, six-minute track, is available as a free download from his Facebook page link below, so if you like what you hear then be sure to head over their and help [...]