Foundations: FaltyDL
Drew Lustman offers a cross-section of his musical core...FaltyDL has also walked an individual path.An electronic producer from New York whose work was informed by everything from early Planet Mu to...
View ArticleClash DJ Mix - Melé
Upfront house music delivered with style and intelligence...Wirral lad Melé has always harboured an international sound.Upfront and flamboyant house music, his approach is saturated in colour and...
View ArticleIn The Mix: Skream Interviewed
Oli Jones on club culture, fabric, and his Open To Close tour...It’s fair to say that Skream has been in a few clubs in his life. The man his family call Oli Jones was part of dubstep’s first...
View ArticleTiggs Da Author Reviews The Singles
Rising Londoner checks out the latest releases...Tiggs Da Author is both a talker and a listener.Moving to London as a child, he was entranced by what he saw around him, the different cultures,...
View ArticleMild High Club Dissect America's Weird Side
Alex Brettin on the strangeness that is the United States...There's an eeriness, a downright weird centre to the United States.It's something that has come particularly for the fore over the past six...
View ArticleRock And Rules: Graham Nash
Life lessons from a true great...Life lessons from Graham Nash, co-founder of The Hollies and supergroup Crosby, Stills And Nash.- - -- - -SHOW THAT YOU MEAN IT I wanted to be a musician since I was...
View ArticleJust A Boy: Clash Meets JAWS
The band from Brum gear up for the release of their second album 'Simplicity'...JAWS formed back in 2012 and quickly established themselves as ones to watch from the so-called 'B-Town' scene, alongside...
View ArticleClash DJ Mix - Pezzner
An understated but wholly effective mix from the Dirtybird signing...Pezzner goes about his business in a remarkably unfussy, unpretentious manner.Picked up by Dirtybird, the label have become...
View ArticleDanny Daze On Surviving In The Music Industry
Key advice from a true hero of the game...Music can be a tough area to break into - and it can be even tougher to stay there.That's why events such as Take Note are so important. A one-day multi-artist...
View ArticleBooka Shade Look Back On 'Movements'
With this completely essential track-by-track guide...It's difficult to define the impact Booka Shade's album 'Movements' had on its release in 2006.German electronic music already had a rich lineage,...
View ArticleLisa Mitchell's Ode To The Cassette
Australian songwriter picks out her reel-to-reel delights...Lisa Mitchell is a fan of music in all forms - and formats, too.For ease, there's nothing she likes more than racking up a few of her...
View ArticleClash DJ Mix - Syer B
Erstwhile Roll Deep OG supplies a heavyweight selection...Erstwhile Roll Deep OG Syer B has re-emerged at an opportune time; eagle eyed fans may have spotted him releasing a slew of gem-packed...
View ArticleSuper Flu Review The Singles
German duo deliver an - ahem - off piste take on the week's releases...To be a great DJ takes plenty of character.Sure, you need expert tune selection, and plenty of technical dexterity, but you also...
View ArticlePlaylist: Basic Tape
Parisian duo get us in the mood for the weekend...Basic Tape nailed it - absolutely nailed it - on their first track.When the Parisian duo launched 'Not Afraid' they probably knew it was good, but they...
View ArticleNever Felt This Strong: Warpaint Interviewed
Theresa Wayman on the band's pursuit of the new...Warpaint have never been squeamish about embracing the new. Whether it’s ditching guitars to dive deeply into their second album’s icy pool of trip-hop...
View ArticleWhere To Start... Lambchop
Tim Burgess offers a quickfire beginner's guide...Lambchop is a band. Lambchop is, as the album holds, 'A Woman'. Lambchop hinges on the imagination of Kurt Wagner. Lambchop are past, present, and...
View ArticleClash DJ Mix - Dance Spirit
Stateside natives take things a little deeper...Dance Spirit conjure sounds that drift through the ether.Two Stateside natives, the production duo aim to suggest, rather than state - a sort of house...
View ArticleThis Feeling Band Of The Month: The Blinders
Visceral political punk rock with psych overtones...Way back when - the early 70s, to be exact - a stagnant music scene faced a new obstacle.Kids in slums, in squats right across London were forming...
View ArticleMinds Wide Open: Clash Meets Flatbush Zombies
Brooklyn hip-hop crew talk comics, recording, and defying expectation...With minds as psychedelic as theirs, you wouldn’t be blamed for imagining the inside of the Flatbush Zombies’ tour bus looking...
View ArticleDare To Dream: The World Of Douglas Dare
Stepping outside of reality with the Erased Tapes artist...When Douglas Dare goes out onstage he needs to feel it.A songwriter with an extreme commitment to emotional dedication, each performance must...
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