Tag: Electronic
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Fever Ray: “Radical Romantics” Album Review – a plunging into the unknown
BEST IN NEW MUSIC A shape-shifting electronic pop trope of icy atmosphere bent out of shape from Karin Dreijer – a wanderer lusting for unrequited love. Listen to Fever Ray and Plunge into the unknown. A dark, icy embrace at times. A warm fire-flirt touch to many. The promiscuous half of sibling duo The Knife…
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YOUR NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: 11/11
Another week passes in the week of November, more keenly spirited autumnal indie spires to get stuck into! Christine and the Queens: A high-brow musing of poignant and playful electronic-pop comes into the frame this week with Christine and the Queens’ Redcar les adorables étoiles, loosely translated to “lover souls.” Something that Florence Welch can…
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TOP 10 ONE HIT WONDERS OF THE ’80s
There’s a reason why we’re beginning to see an influx in ’80s music drilled back into today’s music. From Harry Styles plucking a-ha‘s Take On Me, to Kate Bush’s Running up That Hill becoming relevant once again within mainstream media for Netflix purchasing, the real (and perhaps only) reason why it’s coming round again is…
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M83: ‘Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming’ review – embracing perfection
There’s not many albums that you can mark as perfection. Like a fine wine, it has to hit all the right sweet spots. All those sweet spots being a perfect soundtrack embellished in a recording that you cannot stop putting down. I don’t think any album is more perfect to receive a 5-star engraving than…
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OSCAR LANG: Bedroom Lo-Fi Soars to Rocky Heights
From lo-fi to lo-frantic: Oscar Lang replaces the ladle of synth with a delectable dose of filth. It’s often a daring assumption to declare that the rise of bedroom artists is bigger than ever and that they’re changing the way we see our mass record labels in the music industry. But local Londoner Oscar Lang…
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