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16th June 2016

MODEL 86

London producer Model 86’s creative blend of electronic and hip-hop continues to develop beyond any predictable boundaries. First catching our attention with Holdin’, the tracks fusion of sliced samples are a refreshing throwback to hip-hop’s golden era producers like...

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10th June 2016

AARON

“So many people telling me I should be living easy” Summer is here and whilst 2016’s summer-months usher in the prevalence of factor–50, lurid green alcoholic mixers, and nostalgia-tinged internet-memes like Simpsonwave: it’s clear listening to London-based Aaron’s new...

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26th April 2016

ONDEADWAVES

From the second onDeadWaves’ latest release, ‘Blue Inside‘, tip toes across your ear drums, it becomes strikingly apparent that this song will tell you a sorrowful story. The tale is told beautifully by the lead singer’s almost whispering voice...

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21st April 2016

BABEHEAVEN

Remember that patronising idiom “in one ear out the other” when your focus drifted at school? When trigonometry or chemistry couldn’t quite steal your attention from girls, boys, or scrawling genitalia on text books? Or those flapjacks half dipped...

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10th March 2016

MARRIED TO THE SEA

For the past nine years, Liverpudlian trio Married to the Sea have been hard at work perfecting their vision of rowdy pop that people can dance to. In that time they’ve supported everyone from Ra Ra Riot and Idlewild...

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29th February 2016

JOY CROOKES

It’s astonishing to listen to Joy Crookes’ debut single ‘New Manhattan ‘and think that the South London singer/songwriter is just seventeen years old. A beautifully understated slice of sultry R&B pop, ‘New Manhattan‘ is artful and controlled, yet manages...

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18th February 2016

FLORRIE

Today’s feature comes from London based singer-songwriter Florrie. Previously she’s provided drums for the likes of The Saturdays and Kylie Minogue and her new track ‘Real Love‘ gives us a catchy, stylish take on modern pop. Florrie takes the blueprints for a...

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17th February 2016

DAVE

“This is Jekyll and Hyde. Have you ever had a war with your mind? It’s like I’m two men.” As Grime re-emerges from its latest existential crisis, Dave (aka Santan Dave) is a 19 year old MC fighting to...

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12th February 2016

TUSKA

Today’s tip from Tuska cleverly combines that jolly synth-pop which has been so well-received in recent years with just a hint of driving psychedelia as popularised by Temples and Syd Arthur. But where those bands might lose themselves in...

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