Fatima, Yellow Memories
A testament to both new soul and the beat scene with live-band ambitionsFatima is a singer from Sweden, now living in London and signed to Alexander Nut’s digital funk fortress, Eglo Records. Yellow...
View ArticlePopcaan, Where We Come From
Popcaan is a former protégé of dancehall’s most popular and vilified artist, Vybz Kartel, who recently received a life sentence for murder. In 2010, Vybz and Popcaan (and boss chick Gaza Slim) released...
View ArticleVarious Artists, Hyperdub 10.2
Shimmering R&B reductions and summery, groove-laden house and grimeDubstep, funky, grime, UKG, jungle; at Hyperdub, the fast-mutating rhythms of the British underground are rigorously preserved, to...
View ArticleLa Roux, Trouble In Paradise
A personal record from today's rare private pop star“All along I’ve had feelings I can’t help, makes me want to kiss and not tell/ And all I want is to come right out of my shell, makes me want to kiss...
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Masters of the Now: Shabazz Palaces and Black Constellation
Though he had spent nearly a decade away from making art, when Nep Sidhu heard a pair of self-released 2009 EPs by the hip-hop group Shabazz Palaces, his creative dormancy immediately ended. The...
View ArticleRustie, Green Language
Showing off a new set of powersThree years after Glass Swords, Rustie’s muscular first album for Warp, the young Glaswegian producer has developed a new set of powers. On its follow-up Green Language,...
View ArticleMapei, Hey Hey
Nondescript and almost schizophrenicIt takes a lot of gusto for a new artist to bet it all on one single, released a year before an actual album is due. In the case of Mapei, “Don’t Wait,” the single...
View ArticleCooly G, Wait ‘Til Night
Combining dancefloor energy with melodic, dreamy, intimate directionOn 2012′s Playin’ Me, Cooly G‘s first full-length, the South London dance producer ventured into the vocal booth and narrated her...
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