Rebekah Raa sounds like she was named by a lion. She’s the singer with Stricken City, a north London band well-versed in awesomely spiky new wave pop. And she’s pals with uber-dude Sportsday Megaphone. She is, in short, amazing.See Stricken City at the Old Blue Last soon. Look out for them soon on ACTH Recordings. [...]
25.02.08.
Not so long ago a full, bushy beard was a pretty good guarantee of the owner’s awesomeness. A plague of bearded hipsters later and true believers are harder to identify. Yet despite the vagaries of fashion the awesomeness of OG beardos like Destroyer will never be in doubt. A great Queen Bitch-era Bowie impression and [...]
01.02.08.
BLK JKS – Lakeside In which our favourite dudes provide further evidence of their total awesomeness.Re-up: BLK JKS – Lakeside [mp3] [Buy]
01.02.08.
Last week we interviewed the Cool Kids in an empty nightclub. They’re great dudes whose enthusiasm inspired us to declare today Rappy Rap Day– a contrived way for us to introduce some of the amazing new rappy rappers that soundtracked our weekend. First up is Timbaland protege Izza Kizza whose ultra-modern metaflows mark him as [...]
01.02.08.
Late Of the Pier – Bears Are Coming In which three tribes led by three (wise?) men traipse through a forest towards a bleeding box and the floating triangle within. Sounds odd? Wait until you see the ending. Like the song, and indeed the band, this is eccentric, compelling and hard to shake.
01.02.08.
Free Blood – The Royal Family In which John Pugh bellows like a crazy man in the middle of a desert and Madeline Davy beats the crap out of a suit of armour before they meet up and get down in a strobe-lit palace.
01.02.08.
Hey Chloe Sevigny! Nice top! We were wondering how to get our hands on one of Luella‘s ditzy floral Peter Pan collar blouses, when we stumbled across this little gem from Kim Fowley on said designer’s website. Brilliant, just brilliant. Now we want the blouse and we want to change our name to Bubblegum. Fashion [...]
01.02.08.
The Count & Sinden (ft. Kid Sister & J2K) – BeeperIn which Kid Sister looks outrageously cute, Catchdubs tends shop and crazy Chi-town kids dance on lightning legs. The Count & Sinden (ft. Kid Sister & J2k) – Beeper (Fake Blood Mix) [mp3] [Buy] Alphabeat – Fascination (Count Of Monte Cristal And Sinden Remix) [mp3] [...]
01.02.08.
How do you become 2008′s most talked about rap crew? By sampling old Eddie Murphy films and trancepop guru Robert Miles. Being awesome also helps. Hood Headlinaz – Soul Glo (Ft. Mata, Mali Boi, Lil’ St. Lois & Money Addict) [mp3] [Buy] Hood Headlinaz – Rollin’ (Ft. Jackie Chain & Jhi-Ali) [mp3] [Buy]
01.02.08.
We thought Richard X had gone to ground, but oh no, he’s producing new stuff for Annie, St. Etienne and the amazing Ebony Bones. When he’s not busy with pretty singers we like, we hope he still makes glitchy, Visage-snatching electro doodles like this from five years ago. M*A*R*Y – 73 Club [mp3]
01.02.08.