Shelf Life: Record Collector
Sheffield music emporium...“A lot of the people that grew up in music boom of the 40s, 50s, 60s whenever – when there were maximum 4 TV channels and what else was there to do when the TV went out at...
View ArticleClassic Albums: Dr Dre - The Chronic
Mapped the trademark sound for the pacific stripFollowing his well-publicized split from N.W.A, Dr. Dre took to musical hibernation in his LA studio in ’92 and by the end of the year ‘The Chronic’ was...
View ArticleGilles Peterson: Worldwide Awards
A very personal playlist...Coming of age as a fusion DJ on London's pirate radio scene, Gilles Peterson has never lost his thirst to uncover new music.Throughout his radio shows, label work and live...
View ArticleOTW #465: Embers
Vast, epic rockEmbers may be four unassuming guys from Manchester but they make music that could soundtrack a supernova. Late last year when Clash clapped eyes on the video for the seven-minute ‘Hollow...
View ArticleRory Attwell: All Aboard The Lightship95
Prolific production and the perils of land legs. Finding studio space in London is a tricky business. Spiralling rent costs on commercial buildings, allied to developers’ insatiable appetites for...
View ArticleRoy Ayers - Live Gallery At The Jazz Cafe, London
First in a trilogy of London showsPhotos by Mark Ashby
View ArticleTheir Library: Speech Debelle
Literary influences explored...Known for her cold-as-ice flow and visceral world play Corynne Elliot, better known to the masses as Speech Debelle, portrays herself as a rapper with...
View ArticleNo Homo: Searching Through The History Of Hip-Hop's Closet
With a history of hate for homosexuality, hip-hop is home to a tirade of slurs if you listen carefully.Twenty years ago, Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg told us that “bitches ain’t shit”, and whether that bitch...
View ArticleOf Course You Exist: The Pictish Trail
“They’re songs which sound – when I listen back to them – like I’m exhausted..."Sitting in a London cafe, Johnny Lynch almost struggles to push himself forward. Continually modest about his own...
View ArticleSingles Round Up - January 14th
Featuring Factory Floor, PEACE, The Heartbreaks and more...A guitar is a machine to make noise with.Some people may use that machine to make polite noises - that's their decision. Some people may decry...
View ArticleOTW #466: Chvrches
Sinister electro pop This Glaswegian three-piece had the music industry banging on their door six months ago when label Neon Gold premiered debut track ‘Lies’ online. It’s a booming slice of...
View ArticleHMV Closing: I Know The Feeling
A personal view...HMVs closure is highly visible hurt for a supposedly healing economy. There's has already been a lot of eulogies written for HMV. Not in the last 24 hours, but in the last four years....
View ArticleWildest Moments: Jessie Ware
"I was waiting for the backlash..."January. It may be a cultural cliché, but in the dank dawning of the new year, we take a moment of pause, and no one has more reason to than Jessie Ware.One year ago,...
View ArticleGlobal Playlist: Greece
Andy Dragazis reflects on his homeland...One of the oldest countries in Europe, Greece has dominated the headlines across the past 12 months.Sadly, it's been for all the wrong reasons. Financial strife...
View ArticlePersonality Clash: R. Stevie Moore Vs The Vaccines
Freddie Cowan chats to the prolific DIY one-man bandR. Stevie Moore is a prolific DIY one-man band. The sixty-year-old is, after thirty years and hundreds of albums, finally beginning to break into the...
View ArticleOTW #467: Temples
60’s psychedelia dragged into the 21st CenturyIt’s been a pretty good year for psychedelic music. Releases such as Tame Impala’s ‘Lonerism’ and the debut from Melody’s Echo Chamber have seen...
View ArticleNothing Arrived: Villagers
"People can often take a song to heart in a completely different way..."On Monday Villagers, led by Irish songwriter Conor O'Brien, released the follow up to 2010's 'Becoming A Jackal'. The debut was...
View ArticleThe Computers: Disco Sucks
An exclusive mix...There's more to dance music than just electronic beats, y'know...In fact - last time we checked - it's possible to dance to most things. The Computers seem to know this as well, and...
View ArticleClashMusic DJ Mix Podcast - Oliver Deutschmann
A sharp techno explorationBerlin mastermind Oliver Deutschmann relays a sharp techno exploration for the latest Clash DJ podcast. Deutschmann’s raw brand of analogue-flavoured techno and atmospheric...
View ArticleSwan Song: Rob Da Bank
The DJ and Bestival founder's ideal final day on EarthHow would you spend your last day alive? Rob Da Bank would introduce Alan Titchmarsh to Benga.Where would you like to wake up?In the yurt at the...
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