Wily XL Sign Wiley.
XL Recordings is to release the debut full-length of the Dizzee Rascal co-conspirator, producer\MC Wiley Kat.»
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daniel_h has written the following articles:
re: - Alms
There is no guarantee that all will find something behind the drones and clatters that the second re: record to a large extent constitutes. However, for those that reach its core, it can be an endlessly complex and evocative creation.»
Midnight Movies - Midnight Movies
We all have to find our niche, but to have it found for us can be problematic. This it the sound of a decent debut being drowned in filler and self-perpetuated expectations.»
Subtle - A New White
Anticon members join forces with assorted musicians and release record on the ever evolving Lex. The result: beguiling, eclectic, head-phone-hop brilliance.»
Beans - Down By Law
Beans’s music since his time in Anti-Pop Consortium resembles ever more the hip-hop of a fractious neon-lit future, and in that regard his new single Down By Law bodes well for the eviscerating mind-warp that forthcoming album ‘Shock City Maverick’ promises to be. Feel it.»
The Hold Steady - Almost Killed Me
Sometimes records come from an unexpected direction and burn with a fearsome brightness. Les Savy Fav labelmates The Hold Steady's debut is a quite infernally good, stupid-smart rock album.»
Yungun - The Essance
North-London MC Yungun's debut full-length stands toe to toe with its contemporaries, bouncing between reflective melancholia and straight up dance floor bangers.»
Elizabeth Anka Vajagic - Stand With The Stillness Of This Day
Constellation Records issues the moving debut of this folk artist, which expands the label's palette while including typical contributions from a host of their established musicians.»
Antennae - I Disappear
Miami-based Botanica del Jibaro are the hip-hop off-shoot of a bona fide electronica label. Their second 7" release is a melancholic gem.»
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
'Seven Swans' is a folk record that marches to the drum of an inner devotion. The result: one of the most beautiful releases of 2004.»
Part Chimp, Joeyfat, Shink at Tunbridge Wells Forum, Sat 17 Apr
Joeyfat are more entertaining than your typical math-rock band. Part Chimp take your typical math-rock band and tear them asunder in a raging chest-shaking mess.»
Sixtoo - Almost A Dot On The Map: The Psyche Years (1996-2002)
Chances are you haven’t heard of Sixtoo. This retrospective is a near essential overview of the Canadian hip-hop visionary's prolific mid-nineties period.»
DJ Signify - Sleep No More
Sleep No More marks the emergence of a producer whose potential has come to fruition. Featuring Buck 65 and Sage Francis, this is an insomniac's vision of instrumental hip-hop's future.»
Lou Reed - Animal Serenade
Newsflash: Lou Reed releases mediocre live album. Man on street reports "an utter lack of suprise".»
Dedbeat 2004 Announces Line-Up
So you thought Pontins wasn’t cool? Well you were wrong, son. The UK’s best – and, indeed, only - major Underground hip-hop festival has announced its line-up for 2004, and will be occurring within the unquestionably hip Holiday Centre’s home within Hemsby on Sea, Norfolk.»
Junior Senior - Shake Your Coconuts
'Shake Your Coconuts' is an an idiot-savant of indie-rock rhythm. On the count of three: "Just keep on dancing now! Just keep on dancing now"!»
Franc - Baby You're A Rich Girl
Smoke and mirrors, a touch of tuneful potential, and - at the moment - very little actual essence.»
Lex Get Fresh in 2004
The indomitable Lex Record’s release schedule for the eafirst half of 2004 has been released...»
Lex Records Profile: An Interview With Tom Brown
Tom Brown is the chief of the much praised Lex records, the roster of which includes (among others) Sage Francis, Prince Po, Boom Bip and Andrew Broder. He spoke on his plans for what's already shaping out to be the best year yet for the label.»
sole - Selling Live Water
There is a big picture, but the paint is running. ‘Selling Live Water’ is a hip-hop masterpiece, and a vivid corner of the canvas. THE hip-hop album of 2003?»
cLOUDDEAD - cLOUDDEAD
If there was ever an album worth losing yourself in, this is it.»
Planquez, Charlottefield, Headquarters, Noize Reversion at Forum, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Sun 23 Nov
Charlottefield over-shadow the bands they support in a magnificent display of chanelled frustration, but the ensuing acts account themselves well nevertheless.»
Buck 65 - Talkin' Honky Blues
These are exciting times for hip-hop. Times are changing, things be mutating. And I know I shouldn’t rhyme ‘-ing’ with ‘-ing’, but it just doesn’t seem to matter quite so much anymore. Welcome to the future.»
Broken Social Scene - Cause=Time
Can Broken Social Scene swim? Can they make a record worth swimming to? Can 'Cause=Time' soundtrack the journey?»