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Video Roundup: Best of 2012
If the hype is true and the world is coming to an end, at least 2012 was a kick ass year for music videos! Artists from around the globe created innovative small screen...
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Everything Everything is Illuminated
Words and Interview By Laura Studarus.
It’s easy to imagine that Douglas Adams would have loved Everything Everything. Like the late Hitchhiker’s Guide scribe, the...
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Mapping Mt. Wolf’s Dream Folk Landscape
New UK band Mt. Wolf is kind of like one of those monsters in Medieval illuminated manuscripts, the fabled beasts with the tails of scorpions and the heads of lions....
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Flux Pavilion — “Day Dreamer (Live at the Music Experiment)”
Wanna escape to another world via the mighty hand of Flux Pavilion? Get your head-nodding, steady bounce ready as the dubstep DJ/producer goes mad scientist behind the...
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DeeVS Shines Bright In His Solo Debut
Name: DeeVS AKA Dee Versatile (Derrick Abaitey)
Where he’s From: Accra, Ghana/London, England
When He Started: 2006 (with Vibe Squad)
Genre: Dance...
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UK’s WALL Has Ears. Good Ones.
Name: WALL
Where she’s From: London, UK
Genre: Washed-out wintry indie-pop
Most Similar: St. Vincent, Feist, Saint Saviour
Sounds Like: The...
Music Video
Parov Stelar — “The Princess”
Parov Stelar, an Austrian producer/composer, reigns supreme in “The Princess” from his album of the same name. Though the carefully depicted video flawlessly tells a...
Music Video
PREMIERE: Astrobal — “Poetry & Science-Fiction (Thost Remix)”
Astrobal, a French producer and musician, piques our curiosity with “Poetry & Science-Fiction (Thost remix)” from Astrobal – Reworked. The Plug Research signee’s hushed...
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The 1975 — “Sex”
The 1975 fulfill all teenage dreams in “Sex,” the title single from their album of the same name. Simple black-and-white imagery accompanies the Manchester, England...
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Jessie Ware is 110% Bonafide Soul
Words and Interview by James Walsh and Joseph 'JP' Patterson
Having previously toured America as a back-up singer, Jessie Ware returns this month with shows in New...
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Find Your UK Soulmate: 11 Essential British Soul Artists
Even the best young UK bands will admit the rock scene is a bit of a mess. Grime? Well, there are those holding down that fort and carrying its torch, for sure. But soul...
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For a Good Cry, Call Dublin’s Kodaline
Name: Kodaline
Where They’re From: Dublin, Ireland
Genre: Indie-Folk
Most Similar: Ed Sheeran on his acoustic days, Coldplay
Sounds Like: #SADFACE
No one...
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Natalia Kills Doesn’t Play Nice
Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? While British rude girl Natalia Kills has killer looks, she's definitely no angel. So if you really must bring...
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Clean Bandit — “A&E (Random Acts)”
Dalton, London dance pop collective Clean Bandit goes for the gold in “A&E (Random Acts)” from their A&E EP. The group boasts a funky hodgepodge of elements from the...
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ICONS: Skye Edwards and the Return of Morcheeba
In the post-grunge era of 1998, when the likes of 'N Sync and Usher were charting, there arose a strange new album called Big Calm. For the thousands who bought it in...
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London Lady Producer Maya Jane Coles Gets Really Original
You might already be up on London's house DJ/producer Maya Jane Coles's remixes and collabos, but her originals--featuring her own sultry vocals--are what's really...
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Syron Sells Nostalgic Soul & Dance
Daisy Tullulah Syron-Russell is a dance music-loving pop princess with soul. Born and raised in south London, the singer, 19, surfaced earlier in 2012 when she featured...
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UK’s Moroka: Global Bass for Your Booty
Name: Moroka
Where He's From: London & South Africa
Genre: Kwaito, global bass
Most Similar: Diplo, Spoek Mathambo
Sounds Like: A
While Mad Decent...
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Alex June’s Electropop Will Lift You Up And Carry You Away
Name: Alex June (Alejandra Felmer)
Where They’re From: Paris, France
When They Started: 2011
Genre: Arty Electropop
Most Similar: Grimes, Bat For...
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Ellie Goulding — “Figure 8″
UK’s Ellie Goulding has the blues. And grays. And reds. “Figure 8” from her album Halcyon, features the electropop songstress’ musings on love lost beyond the point of...