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Reviews
- Thundercat: The Golden Age of Apocalypse
Thundercat is big thoughts condensed into deliberate concepts, executed with full commitment - Toro Y Moi: Freaking Out
"An upbeat, solid set of songs—and a step in that pop-idol direction." - James Blake: James Blake
"... two of the album’s unique components: an intriguing play with silence and—the most striking of the two—Blake's own vocals." - Wookie: Wookie
"Garage couldn’t have a more blatant anthem than 'Scrappy'." - Clipse: Hell Hath No Fury
The album rides down the fine line that separates the superficial and the conscious, ignorance and awareness—and it leans both ways. - Flying Lotus: Pattern + Grid World
"The incorporation of analogue sounds to the digital maze that was Cosmogramma is largely gone, but so are the more conventional beat structures of Los Angeles." - Hidden Orchestra: Night Walks
Whether they’re Broken, Cinematic or Hidden, lots of orchestras have taken to the task of recording lush, expensive and deliberate... - 4hero: Two Pages
Masters of instrumental drum n bass - DJ Krush: Zen
For your own sanity make sure you find this soul-relaxing classic. - Slum Village: Fantastic Vol 2
Slum Village's and some might argue J Dilla's finest piece of work
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Blog
- Live: Belleruche @ Scala, 31 May
The turntable soul group Belleruche released their fourth and latest album Rollerchain on Tru Thoughts last week. We’re offering Beatnik’s... - Mystro: What Type of Drug is Mystrogen
While we wait for his sorely over due debut album, our favourite showman of UK hip hop Mystro drops another... - Maverick Sabre: Open My Eyes
From his superb debut album—Lonely Are The Brave, Maverick Sabre’s magnificent ‘Open My Eyes’ is as much hard hitting as... - Mystro: Take It Easy
Smart but always with his very British sense of humour, Mystro gives his stance on drug addiction as he explains... - Zammuto: Too Late to Topologize
Nick Zammuto has formed his own band after The Books,who we interviewed, ended. Hear a weird yet catchy album cut... - Maverick Sabre: Sometimes
Taken from his superb debut album, Lonely Are The Brave, ‘Sometimes’ sees old friend Maverick Sabre take his inspiration from... - Ovall: Take U Somewhere
Japanese Funk/Soul outfit always carrying the ability to cheer us up. Beautiful. Check our feature with the super cool collective... - Django Django: Default
Great video and track from new band Django Django. They release their self-titled debut album on January 30th via Because... - Lapalux: Gutter Glitter
Brainfeeder—home to Samiyam, Teebs and Flying Lotus, among others—are readying an EP with UK producer Lapalux. Download the floating and... - Disclosure: Tenderly/Flow
Having made new their debut on Moshi Moshi singles club with ‘Offline Dexterity’ back in 2010, things have blown up...