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Record Review: Newks (ENG) – Credence EP (Urban Kickz Recordings)

Last week Plymouth based techno producer Matt Holberton aka Newks released his new EP Credence, a work of both smouldering restraint and controlled intensity. It’s arguably his most functionally focused and disciplined in form since his return to the techno fold in 2018 after a 15 year absence.  It boasts four hard wired tracks possessing […]

Night Hikes Share Affirming “Belltown” Ahead of New LP Chalice

Seattle dream pop duo Night Hikes, made up of Olivia Godby and Matthew Farrel, have released their hazy yet focused new single ‘Belltown’ in the lead up to Friday’s release of their second album Chalice. A hybrid work that’s equal parts jangle and dream pop, these influences work superbly in tandem with softly enunciated vocals […]

ARCHIVIST DROPS DARK, TENSE EP

Seattle producer Archivist (Alex Markey) released his new Chutes & Ladders EP last week. Across its four tracks, the Secondnature collective member employs instinctive attention to percussive detail alongside incisive and pounding beats that have manifold dimensions. They underscore a deep and dense structural approach which is complemented by generous doses of meticulously crafted transcendental […]

PROFOUND NEW VIDEO FROM PERFUME GENIUS

Perfume Genius has shared a new Floris Sigismondi directed video for the profound ’Die 4 U’, a track off his brand new album No Shape, our current album of the week. A theatrical Mike Hadreas dances slowly around empty chairs and a grotesque lifeless lover, metaphors for which become a little clearer at the end. No […]

PERFUME GENIUS ANNOUNCES NO SHAPE

Perfume Genius, the project of Seattle based artist Mike Hadreas has just announced the upcoming release of his fourth long player No Shape. It follows up 2014’s amazing Too Bright and according to notes on the album promises quite a divergence from past work. The evidence is in the first single to come from the […]