Broken Bells - The High Road
Broken Bells is a collaboration between James Mercer of The Shins and Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton of Gnarls Barkley and DANGERDOOM who has produced artists like Beck, Gorillaz, The Rapture and The Black Keys. This year they have released their self titled debut album to much critical acclaim.
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Coming up next week are a 4 piece electro/electronica/post rock band from Glasgow. They’ve released two albums so far. I like some of the tracks on the first album, though I am not totally convinced by the album as a whole. Their latest album “Come Down With Me” is a cracker, you should definitely [...]
Some beautiful ambient music to chill you out after the recent sub tropical Amsterdam weather.
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I have to admit that I have been mesmerised by the latest Tortoise album, “Beacons of Ancestorship” (their sixth). Its their first release in five years and it goes off like a bomb. At heart an indie outfit the band cross genres with reckless abandon, from Jazz to Rock, Punk to Hip Hop, Dub [...]
Black Milk is back this week in Amsterdam playing the small room of the Paraidiso on Friday night. We’ve covered him when he played last year here. If you feel like seeing a talented hip hop artist this weekend check this guy out.
Black Milk - “Losing Out” featuring Royce Da
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The Cat Empire are from Melbourne Australia and this year they are bringing a bit of summer sun to Europe. This band has been around for about ten years and have released four albums so far.
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TAKE (aka Sweatson Klank) is on Pooh Bah records hails from the LA beat scene. He released his debut album a couple of years ago and has put out numerous singles and 12′ over the years. Recently he has done remix work for artists such as Flying Lotus. He played in the Bimhuis last summer [...]
Atmosphere are an indie hip hop duo from Minneapolis, Minnesota. They have been together for 11 years and have six album releases under their belt. Last year they released an excellent album titled “When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold” that featured heavily on my playlist. On that album tour they played [...]
This morning when I was reading about the latest release from Bristol’s Joker I realized that that I had not yet written a recommendation for his upcoming gig. 19 year old Joker is on the Hyperdub label which should be enough of a clue to hint at the diversity and quality of his music.
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