Released on July 24th, 2012, Shrines is the debut album by Purity Ring, a Halifax/Montreal-based duo comprised of Corin Roddick and Megan James. Purity Ring make lullabies…
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Jonathan Boulet Announces New Album: 'We Keep The Beat, Found The Sound, See The Need, Start The Heart' Now Released 11th June Via Modular www.jonathanboulet.com www.modularpeople.com Sydney's…
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This Norwegian four piece have been compared to luminaries such as My Bloody Valentine, complete tosh of course, nobody can emulate the music Kevin Shields created twenty…
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With an almost clichéd cool emanating from yer average one man New York synth act, Porcelain Raft is performing several steps ahead of other chillwave acts, a…
There is some kind of lysergic shit in the water in some parts of Australia, bands such as Tame Impala, Total Control, Midnight Juggernauts and chief Antifreakdian…
Endorsements from members of The Horrors and an interesting back story as three fifths of Joe Lean and the Jing jang jong and 1 segment of the…
Johan Reinhold has been making the right noises in his native Sweden and is now making moves towards dominance further into Europe. The original is not the…
2011 belonged to a tune from one half of this collective. Oliver S’s ‘Doin’ ya thang’ was an unmissable slice of prime time house music. With 1988…
In the short amount of time that Christophe Hoefell has recorded under the nom de plum Kris Menace, his impact on dance floors has been immense. His…
Strictly for the big room, headline slot, these three electro tinged techno tracks aim for the Deadmau5/Wolfgang Garner. The title track of the EP is the best…
As simple as you think it is, The Top Twenty Albums Of 1991, is err, its exactly that, each entry has accompanying video and write up, oh…