Ones To Watch

Nearly year end, eh? When it’s year-end-list-time at magazines and blogs, record labels usually show what they’ve got in store for the next year. So do Ninja Tune, Big Dada and Brainfeeder Records with their ‘New Artists for 2012′ compilation. And it does sound very promising, what the two traditional British bass music labels and – more

Psychologist is the alter ego of Iain Woods who makes bastard-future pop that is by turns delicate, vulnerable and utterly uncompromising. Currently releasing the second in a brace of E.P’s that have been released weeks apart but are conjoined like a musical puzzle, the enjoyment is to be found fusing the pieces to make one – more

Com Truise, who we earmarked as a Ones To Watch earlier this month, is putting together his debut album to be released through the ever dependable Ghostly International – the label he signed to earlier this year. Due for release this July, the album is called Galagtic Melt and features 11 brand new cuts. We – more

Sometimes you know just by looking at a band that they are going to be famous – which is no barometer of whether the music is any good it’s just the way things go right? AlunaGeorge are one such band – a youthful duo with a look to die for and a fantastically odd approach – more

I can tell you nothing autobiographical about DVA Damas. A mysterious 10″ record arrived on my desk some time in the last three months, disappeared and then like Houdini was back like magic. I subsequently played the record of stripped back rhythms that sounded like the B-52′s on smack repeatedly, studied the run out grooves – more

Young Athletes League, a nice young fresh synth house duo from Dalston, London, are creeping up on the hype-scene with their enchanting style of looping dance pop. I first became aware of them through their fantastic rework of the cheesier than thou classic, Phil Collins’ ‘Another Day in Paradise’ retitled ‘Jag älskar dig’. Even though – more

Recently Kenton Slash Demon listed these guys as one of their favourite artists they were listening to in our 21 Sauces Of Inspiration feature. We should listen to K.S.D. more often, this new Danish neo-soul duo are simply spectacular. Nothing short of being one of the more fresher and innovative artists we’ve heard for a – more

We decided to do something different this week and feature a label instead of an artist. Hippos In Tanks is a label based out of L.A. started by Barron Machat and Travis Woolsey. Artists such as White Car, Sun Arow, Gatekeeper and Hype Williams are all on their roster. H.I.T. describe themselves as – “a – more