Total Science
For many a drum and bass enthusiast, the utterance of the name Total Science is enough to rattle zipped up loops of elation though the brain. The duo’s identity has become synonymous with demi-god in...
View ArticleTribute: DJ Mehdi
It's been exactly one year since the news of DJ Mehdi's death broke. Today (September 13th) the music world will stop and reflect on the loss of a valued DJ, producer and friend. In turn, ClashMusic...
View ArticleA Letter From... Birmingham #5
Dear People Who Read Clash As Religiously As Me, Since Peace became the biggest musical discovery since Black Sabbath (potential over-exaggeration) from Birmingham, it seems as though all the small...
View ArticleFirst Play & Stay At Aloft Gig Announced
As reported a few weeks back, the Play & Stay at Aloft competition has now kicked off and applications have been streaming in the door from a multitude of hungry talent. Here at Clash we are...
View ArticleDark Crawler: Terror Danjah
To hear the news that both Terror Danjah and Royal T were to release albums this summer was quite incredible. A united front under the Butterz label moniker, Royal T's debut LP with Rinse would easily...
View ArticleSwan Song - Beth Ditto
How would you spend your last day alive? Gossip's Beth Ditto is going to rob a bank. Where would you like to wake up? At home. I’m always away so I miss home anyway. Yes, that’s definitely where I’d...
View ArticleFantasm Planes: Clark
Chris Clark might be known for cerebral, head-nodding electronics but deep down he just likes to dance. This year’s full length ‘Iradelphic’ may have been all texture over tempo, but the album’s...
View ArticleTen Songs About Girls: Tender Trap
Women have always been the subject of pop songs - but then, that's the problem. Pushed back into a corner, assigned roles, the history of pop music is littered with songs which - intentionally or not...
View ArticleDetroit State Of Mind - Danny Brown
Geography was never our strong point. The whole subject was never more than an afterthought in terms of educational ventures and knowledge pretty much halted at the capitals of countries. Yet, it...
View ArticleMeat And Bone: Jon Spencer
Mental note: when interviewing Jon Spencer from the Blues Explosion - the trio of Spencer, guitarist Judah Bauer and drummer Russell Simins - do not, under any circumstances, suggest that the band...
View ArticleHall Of Mirrors: The Helio Sequence
Life on the road can be pretty stressful. Demanding their independence, The Helio Sequence often organised their own shows, acting as tour managers to maintain control of their own lives, their own...
View ArticleOnes To Watch - Romare
We’ve come to expect the electronically perverse from Black Acre Records, but Romare takes the proverbial biscuit. His inspiration is Africa. His approach is academic. His execution is cultured. The...
View ArticleThe Ride Ain’t Over Yet: Dinosaur Jr.
Popular music has often lived a cyclical existence. These days, whether or not you were there to live it, it would be hard to deny the returning influence of the punk pioneers and alt-rock heroes of...
View ArticleWin: Richard Hawley's Guitar
At heart, Richard Hawley remains a guitar player. Sure, the Sheffield songwriter may have made his name with a suite of richly orchestrated work, but Richard Hawley retains a deep love of the...
View ArticleMatthew Stone and the Rick Owens SS13 Soundtrack
For his Paris mens fashion Week show, Rick Owens turned to artist and shaman Matthew Stone to provide its musical accompaniment. The result? A collaboration between Stone, Owens’ wife/muse Michele...
View ArticleReggae & Dancehall #12
The Month's Goings-On In Dancehall and Reggae... NEWS CECILE and CHRIS MARTIN have been one of reggae’s cutest couples for a minute now but they’ve mostly kept their love on the low. However at this...
View ArticleDJ Marky
The minisphere of Brazilian drum and bass grooms its tail feathers with a label of guru status sharing a fiftieth release with a world now firmly aware of the scene’s vim. DJ Marky, Innerground label...
View Article10 Things You Never Knew About... The Stone Roses
The recently re-united Manc quartet are revisiting their legend. Here are a handful of oddities that sealed their reputation in the first place. 1. Before dabbling in music, Ian Brown’s favourite...
View ArticleTheir Library: Errors
Errors just can't help themselves. Less than 12 months after their last studio album - and it's accompanying remix compilation - the Glasgow group are readying yet another release. 'New Relics' is a...
View ArticleMaking A Noise - Flying Lotus
FeaturesAnd the Concept of ContextInterviewflying lotusInterviewclash magazineIssue 79until the quiet comes
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