
The music at Leefest this year is the balls. Really good-looking, good hearing balls. What's Leefest? A person called Lee created a festival in his garden in South East London and now, 6 or 7 years later, the thing has most definitely got out of hand, in a good way. The first festival ( or at least the first photographed festival ) in 2006 tells a story of a guy with saxophone-playing friends who were, maybe sheepishly, inclined [...]
We've been trawling through a whole mass of videos recently and here are some of our favourites assembled for your viewing and listening pleasure. First up is Crybaby's video for excellent debut I Cherish The Heartbreak More Than The Love That I Lost , shot in the gloomy surrounds of Bristol hospital and is a noirish loveletter to the exquisite pain of a broken heart. a Hotly tipped Essex 4-piece The Milk's new single Broke Up The Family is [...]
Taken from their upcoming album Part & Parcel, Ratatat is a blinding track accompanied by a masterfully shot, black and white video. The Skints seamlessly blend ska, spoken word, rock and dub to create a tight infusion that'll blow you away. The Skints new album Part & Parcel has been funded through a pledge scheme in which it has already raised 155% of the required amount. It's set for release on the 12th of March 2012 and signed copies are still available to pre-order on Play.com for just £8.99. It's also well worth checking out their [...]
The east London reggae quintet are doing anything but rest on laurels after the massive support they got from Katy B, Skream and Benga with their rendition of Katy B's " On A Mission ". Riding the wave, all gnarly like, they've just unleashed the video for their new single Ratatat, which is due for release February 27th. I'm still a little bit lost as to what to call this music, and at the same time not really bothered by the need to shoebox it. It reminds me a little [...]