Arthur Beatrice have had quite a lot of people talking for a while, surprising then that ‘Midland’ is the first song they’ve posted online. They have teased us with a couple of tantalising live studio videos and various snippets of film containing some ambient noise (of theirs I assume). That said, ’Midland’ is quite lovely, it will be released digitally in March and on 12” vinyl from Open Assembly in April. [photo]
CAVES dropped his When You Were Paryting, I Was Dying. EP yesterday, via Absent Fever, and the young beatmaker/producer has created a stunning debut, full of electronic pop and soul with each track harbouring it’s own distinguishable personality. Stream EP opener ‘Eleven Twenty’, above along with the second track ‘Final Decision’, where he make uses of a Warpaint sample. We would love to feature the rest of the EP rich here because it is all worth your time and this space, but instead, you can download the whole thing for free here.
Hear another track from the imminent TOPS cassette Tender Opposites, which drops later this month (28th) on Atelier Ciseaux in Europe and Arbutus Records for the rest of the world. We already got our pre-orders in, and we strongly recommend you do too by clicking here. You can also stream two other Tops tracks, titled ‘Turn Your Love Around’ and ‘Diamond Look’, here. Stream the beautiful ‘Double Vision’ above, the final track on Side A of Tender Opposites.
PARISWHEEL - Hot As Tears from Soft Care on Vimeo.
New video from Parishwheel for ‘Hot As Tears’. The track is taken from their debut Wait EP, which dropped a couple of weeks back. You can download the Wait in it’s entirety here.
Great video for one of our favorites cuts from Still Corners debut full length from last year. Directed by Georgia Hudson
We recently got sent over Epic, a tape by Don Cash, from new incarnation Spring Break Tapes. We highly recommend you pick up the whole thing for 7 bucks before they all go. Spring Break sum it up in a better way than we ever could “Epic is far from just a rap tape and Don Cash is far more than just a rapper”. Nuff said. Stream ‘On the Strength’ above.
Dean Blunt of Hype Williams has dropped 30 minutes of new work entitled The Narcissist II. Stream the thing while it still exists. Hype WIlliams have got a new album proper coming via Hyperdub in April.
New video from Wildthings for ‘Crook’, the first track taken from the new /\ EP. You can grab ‘Crook’ for free below or download the whole of the /\ EP here.
mp3: Wildthings - Crook
A while back we feature a sneak preview of ‘Proxy’, taken from the imminent Futures Ep from RxGibbs, and now you stream the EP in it’s glorious entirety over at Cascine’s Soundcloud. This is our pick, titled ‘Lumiere’, which is available to stream above. The Futures EP drops digitally on the 21st of February, via Cascine, and be prepared to experience at least some form of SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder).
Chromatics tease us once more with a typical classic disco hit from forthcoming album Kill For Love. Directed by the always perfect Alberto Rossini and Rhys Balmer. We can’t wait for more.
Holy Page have been pretty damn good to our ears in recent times, introducing us to delights from Michael Myerz and Stephen Steinbrink among a whole load of others. Here they offer up a mammoth 46 track compilation in a limited edition two tape set, Body & Blood. Pick up a copy and have peak at their Bandcamp to stream the whole thing.
Jam City - The Courts from night slugs on Vimeo.
One of the most mesmerising videos we have seen so far in this short year. New video from Night Slugs’ own Jam City for the titled track to a his new double-A-side, which drops on the 27th of February. Watch the video for ‘The Courts’ above and try and guess what the next gold object to appear will be. It’s really fun. Directed by Daniel Swan.
Pumping new track from Hard Mix, which comes with a personal message from Noah himself: “For any of you that are getting over a previous relationship…This new song goes out to you. Happy Valentines 2012!”. Our own message is: “For any of you longing for the weekend, to physically get over your that relationship…”. Stream ‘Her Love Forevermore’ above.
Yesterday the internet hooked us up with Jessie Ware for the first time in a year with amazing new track ‘Running’, produced by Dave Okumu of The Invisible. Today we get hooked up once again as Dave’s South London trio are back with new cut ‘Protection’. It’s the first thing I’ve heard from the group since their Mercury nominated debut back in 2009 and is the first single from a new album due later in the year. It’s quite simply sublime.
Happy Valentine’s from London’s Charlie XCX. Grab the the free download of ‘Valentine’, for today only, below.
Seeing as it is Valentine’s Day.
