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Merky Ace: Grime’s New Prince
A couple of years ago, the UK's grime scene was (thankfully) invaded by a handful of hungry up-and-coming MCs. While most of the top boy spitters in the game were off...
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Douster on Dancehall, Style, and Having Fun
When Douster arrived on the tropical bass scene in 2009 as a part of the Argentinian DJ collective/label ZZK, he was a student visiting Buenos Aires from France. He fell...
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Veronica Falls — “Waiting For Something To Happen”
A 90's alt pop revival is in full force and English indie pop band Veronica Falls isn't on the sidelines "Waiting for Something to Happen." Their latest single and...
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Tigerlight: The New Voice Of Electronica
Name: Tigerlight
Where She’s From: Helsinki via Berlin and London
When She Started: 2010
Genre: Soul, D&B, dubstep
For Fans Of: Ayah Marah, Alex...
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Goth Or Not?: 10 Bands With a Touch of Darkness
Words by Laura Studarus
Today is World Goth Day! (It is also Morrissey’s birthday; a fact that we have chosen to pretend is more than a happy coincidence.) A...
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Scene Report: The World’s Got Jungle Fever (Again)
Words by Joe Muggs
It's hard to fathom sometimes that drum & bass is a full two decades old. But here it is, as popular as it's ever been and reaching everywhere from...
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Dutch Uncles Reveal the Grit Beneath the Glimmer
Words by Jhoni Jackson
Name: Dutch Uncles
Where They’re From: Manchester, England
When They Started: 2008
Genre: Indie art-pop
For Fans Of: Hot Chip,...
Music Video
Emika — “Searching”
Do you ever just make a series of bad decisions, leaving you in a lost, yet profound space? Emika translates that feeling into a drunken Tori Amos-like synthpop ode in...
interview
Grab The Moment With London’s Still Corners
Words and Interview by Laura Studarus
During the 2011 London riots, Still Corners’ Greg Hughes was at work on the follow-up his band’s recently released debut,...
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MONSTA — “Messiah”
The video for MONSTA's "Messiah" has lead singer Skaar wandering through a rural landscape where around every corner either a gospel revival or the devil himself might...
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Jake Bugg — “Lightning Bolt”
19-year-old Jake Bugg is from the UK and makes bluesy rock that skirts 90's alternative rock territory. The retro filtering and black-and-white footage in the video for...
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Barbarossa — “The Load”
A mustachioed red-head is the new face of R&B. No, seriously. London's Barbarossa bares his soul as well as his caramel vocals over the heavy organs and minimal beat of...
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PREMIERE: Yuksek — “Last Of Our Kinds” f/ Oh Land
Pulsars tangle with pulsating synth in the video for “Last of Our Kinds” by French producer Yuksek featuring vocals by Denmark’s Oh Land. The international collaboration...
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Wiley Releases New Instrumentals
Wiley, grime’s controversially outspoken one, recently uploaded a batch of instrumentals to his SoundCloud account. The grime MC, producer and generally intriguing...
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Jimpster — “Rollergirl”
British deep house producer Jimpster delivers a slow burn jam that zeros in on the territory between Kraftwerk and Moodyman. The surreal video is a throwback to 1980s...
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Tawiah — “FACes”
In "FACes," London's Tawiah soulfully breaks down the experience of travel. And it's not the type of vacation where you take a million photographs of important landmarks...
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John Newman: The New Man Of Soul Britannia
Name: John Newman
Where He's From: Yorkshire, England
When He Started: 2005
Genre: Soul-pop
For Fans Of: James Blake, Adele
Sounds Like: When smoky soul...
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Ayah Marar — “Go Hard” f/ Illaman
Multi-culti UK bass queen Ayah Marar gives us a funky anthem about inner strength and female empowerment in "Go Hard." The video is Powerpuff Girls Go Kill Bill, which I...
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Premiere: Futurecop! — “Superheroes”
Cutting curfew to join your crush in underage shenanigans is one of those timeless activities. Fashions may change, but teens have been missing their tricks while...
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Young Fathers — “I Heard”
Young Fathers is an alternative hip-hop act from Scotland, but it's difficult to explain what's hip-hop about "I Heard." Better possible descriptions could be...