Good Trip, Bad Trip: Baby Strange
From Megabus journeys to Karate Kid guest stars...Glasgow's Baby Strange know a thing or two about travelling.In an era when indie often seems shunted to the sidelines, the group have taken their music...
View ArticleAlbum Stream: Asian Dub Foundation Get Remixed
Check out 'More Signal More Noise: The Remixes'Asian Dub Foundation have always been open to collaboration, to others re-working their material.After all, the band have always sought inspiration in...
View ArticleRebel Grrrls: TYCI Collective
An inspiring Glasgow-based project...But it isn’t rebellious to be a woman in music, is it?For a while though, it felt that way. And sometimes, it still does. From indie’s Libertine 00s to today’s...
View ArticleTheir Library: The Anchoress
Literary influences explored...Catherine Anne Davies likes to keep herself occupied.A multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, PhD graduate and producer, she's been lucky enough to travel the world with her...
View ArticleClash DJ Mix - Disciples
A trio set to breakout in 2016...Disciples didn't go looking for success - it found them.A three part production and songwriting outfit, the group's deep, groove-heavy sound caused enormous underground...
View ArticleLoss Adjustment: A Salute To Peep Show
Burning shame, mouldering resentments and public humiliations...The tabloid press mistakenly outing you as a paedo? Doing propulsive endless pooing in front of your boss? Unexpectedly making a new...
View ArticleNext Wave #667: WHITE
Glamorous Glaswegian indie disco...WHITE’s debut single ‘Future Pleasures’ has already made a big impression on the music press, despite the band only forming less than a year ago – something singer...
View ArticleGood Trip, Bad Trip: Baby In Vain
From SXSW bedlam to deep-fried mini calzone...Danish group Baby In Vain will play any time, anywhere.The trio thrive on the concert experience, on being able to unfurl their material at the loudest...
View ArticleClash DJ Mix - Sepalcure
Holy duo mix up some magic...They've been away (as a duo) for a minute, but the electronic world did a collective whoop to learn that Braille, AKA Praveen Sharma, and Machinedrum, AKA Travis Stewart,...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: The Age Of L.U.N.A. At The MOBO Awards
Behind the scenes...The Age Of L.U.N.A. recently stormed the red carpet at the MOBO Awards, with the youthful collective rubbing shoulders alongside the stars.Taking a camera along for the ride, the...
View ArticleTrack By Track: Sun Club - 'The Dongo Durango'
Baltimore group describe 'The Dongo Durango'Baltimore has a reputation for producing difficult-sounding music, for bands that veer on the artful edge.Sun Club certainly have their fair share of...
View ArticleDu Blonde Reviews The Singles
"I had one music-geek qualm..."Du Blonde launched her debut album 'Welcome Back To Milk' earlier this year, a vivid, creative and often challenging return from the artist once styled Beth Jeans...
View ArticleCollections: Norman Jay
A life-long love of music...Norman Jay has always had an incredible love of music. There’s a clear thirst for new sounds in those sets, a near catholic taste for soulful expression, but it’s the love,...
View ArticleNext Wave #668: Blossoms
Starry-eyed dreamers...Stockport isn't a big place – it's a tight-knit Northern town, where everyone seems to know each other's business. So when five starry-eyed dreamers began making themselves known...
View ArticleIn Conversation: Gaz Coombes
'Matador', the Mercury and challenging pre-conceptions...Gaz Coombes is – as they say – in fine fettle, his voice positively ringing down the line. Little wonder, though, given that the one time...
View ArticleBeyond The Hits: New Order
Less well known classic tracks...New Order emerged from tragedy to re-define how British pop operates.The facts are almost so well known that they are scarcely worth repeating, but here goes: New...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: Joey Bada$$ - Roundhouse, London
Rap extrovert delivers a stunning performance..."Jo-ey... Jo-ey... Jo-ey..."Joey Bada$$ is one of rap's extroverts, a true performer in every sense. Sure, the Pro Era emcee is a star in the booth, but...
View ArticleInfluences: Clean Cut Kid
The sounds that inspire...Clean Cut Kid seem to have arrived almost perfectly formed.The band are blessed with all manner of infectious, ear-worm melodies, allied to a poetic lyrical sense that dwells...
View ArticleSilhouettes: Floating Points Interviewed
Crate-digging, academia and challenging DJ culture...So after countless DJ sets, some memorable radio appearances, one off releases and remixes, there is finally, definitively, a Floating Points album...
View ArticleHow I Write: Steven A. Clark
What lies behind 'The Lonely Roller'...Steven A. Clark is a difficult man to pin down.The songwriter grew up in Fayetteville, North Carolina, a military best known as the home for Fort Bragg.An...
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