Tipped by the always on the money pop blog and label Neon Gold, NYC producer St. Lucia’s We Got It Wrong sounds like the Pet Shop Boys put through a modern electro-pop filter.
Celebrated masked rapper teams up with Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke for the unfortunately-named Retarded Fren for Lex Records’ 10th anniversary album Complex.
Two Different Ways is a twisting and pulsing dark and long live band techno jam that sounds made for warehouse parties. The London trio’s single comes out via James Murphy and all at DFA Records this month.
A bumping pop song with iridescent brass samples and floaty synths, Don’t Move marks the return of New York duo Phantogram with their Nightlife EP.
The Kitten Covers
Famous album covers reenacted with cats.
Ten Songs That Saved Your Life
Artists, musicians, writers, designers list the ten songs that saved their lives.
Volta
If you want to support independent cinema but can’t find a copy of the film on DVD, Volta offers lots of independent films made in Ireland and abroad digitally for purchase or rent.
An uber-impressive one-minute animated short made as part of The Animation Hub, a collaboration between staff and students of Ballyfermot College of Further Education (BCFE), and Trinity College and the recently established animation studio Giant Creative which set up by BCFE graduates.
The Last Train from Animation Hub on Vimeo.
Already huge in his native Australia, Goyte’s single collaboration with Kiwi singer Kimbra Somebody That I Used To Know has racked up over 13 million views since July yet his album Making Mirrors isn’t released here until February officially. Check out the second single Easy Way Out, a Beck-esque fuzz number for a idea of Wally De Backer’s depth. Yes, that’s his real name.
19 year-old London hopeful releases a second single of nuanced dark-gilded electro-pop with Nuclear Seasons, the verse of which sounds like No Doubt’s Just a Girl.
CharliXCX – Nuclear Seasons by charlixcx
A French/Finnish duo who have had success in the French charts, The Dø are hoping their new second album Both Ways Open Jaws will do it abroad too. Have a listen to the tribal powerhouse of single Slippery Slope to judge for yourself.
This Dublin-based 21 year-old producer from West Somerset in England has quietly released five EPs of high-quality ambient and electronic music. One to watch.
