Features

“This song transports to a USSR discotheque. We dance in a peculiar way and smile at each other, shaking our heads and snapping our fingers. It’s as if we’re watching ourselves on a little old black and white TV set.”

“I listened to Faust a lot over the last 18 months and I reckon some it has seeped into the music I’ve made in that time, here and there, but that’s never a bad thing! I’m super excited for the big box set of their 71-74 stuff that’s coming out soon, especially the unreleased album!”

“If you’re anything like me, the idea of New Order with a woman singing sounds like a dream combination and Martha Ladly proves it on this fantastic 80s blast. Ladly was in Martha and the Muffins but wasn’t the main Martha. This single features Peter Hook on bass, “pan pipes”, strings arranged by Simon Jeffes of Penguin Cafe Orchestra and glorious synth washes & stabs all topped with Martha’s charming vocals & an epic hook on the chorus.”

“The impassioned delivery of lead singer Edna Wright atop that percolating groove grabbed me *instantly* upon hearing it. For decades I’ve been flummoxed as to why this was not a major commercial success for them.”

“I listen to this album a lot. The Obeah Man by Exuma. The song “Mama Loi, Papa Loi”. I just love the pounding drums and the beautiful female vocals. Such a sense of abandon, like attending a voodoo ritual!! And he’s clearly unhinged!!”

“I really like Johny’s voice in this track. It encapsulates an energy that’s hard to put your finger on but that feels ubiquitous right now. The emergence and madness of life post virus.”

“I love it’s sheer simplicity, it’s post Dylan and Velvet’s sensibility, it’s pre-shoegaze sensitivities, it’s beautiful use of the world of glitch undermining the sentimental nostalgia of its video and the killer two lines of the chorus, ‘I don’t want to know your friend’s, I just wanna be your Tugboat Captain baby’.”

“Shirley Collins has said that when she sings, she can feel past generations standing behind her. It’s impossible to know how many ghosts would surround her singing “Hares on the Mountain” – it’s a song that may be two hundred years old, perhaps more, passed from mouth to ear and sung by many unknown singers before her.”

“Her use of distortion throughout the track adds a knife-sharp edge to her lush sonic palette. The sheer vulnerability of the lyrics are mesmerizing”

“It has taught me to let go and be very in tune with myself when I write vocal lines. It really inspires me and makes me want to go crazy and experiment vocally too.”

“Taking emotional responsibility for my actions often feels impossible because of the abuse I have experienced and the mood and personality disorders I have. In a fight, flight, or freeze situation, I will flee every single time.”

CAPTAIN ACCIDENT – LUCKY 7 LUCKY 7 IS THE FEATURE WHERE WE ASK ARTISTS TO NAME THEIR 6 FAVOURITE SONGS BY OTHERS, AND A LUCKY 7TH SONG OF THEIR OWN… CAPTAIN ACCIDENT creates a unique blend of roots reggae, ska and rocksteady. A sound that is transformed to the live...

CASINO ROCKETS – Lucky 7 LUCKY 7 is the feature where we ask artists to name their 6 favourite songs by others, and a lucky 7th song of their own… Halifax four-piece CASINO ROCKETS operate within a world of alt / math / post-rock, utilising intricate guitar patterns...

CLEOPATRICK – Lucky 7 LUCKY 7 is the feature where we ask artists to name their 6 favourite songs by others, and a lucky 7th song of their own… CLEOPATRICK are the most exciting new band to hit the music scene in a decade. Primal distortion colliding with killer...

“Sonically, there’s a lot going on here ; Melodic and traditional licks go hand-in-hand with the more experimental and noise side of T::T. The tribal rhythm section, the psychedelic guitar solo and the trombone one at the end, the break with the quiet flute, the use of the ‘taisho-koto’ (vintage electric mini-koto, kind of like if a type-writer and a slide guitar had a baby), the elements of surprise, the contrasts…”

BLONDES – Lucky 7 LUCKY 7 is the feature where we ask artists to name their 6 favourite songs by others, and a lucky 7th song of their own… Covid is a twat. Every single death a tragedy. Lives have been forever changed. Businesses closed, never to reopen. Friendships...

“This mix is pure euphoria. I love St Etienne and I wish I could’ve been a part of hearing this in the early 90s. Can only imagine the joy it brought when dropped in clubs/house parties/record shops!”

Amelia: “I’ve gone for three songs that I’ve had on my brain quite badly. All three are just so catchy. I feel slightly guilty even choosing them, in case they just infect more ears. But they are also very good.”

“This song is a one-off, the lyrics and melody are flawless and truly transcendental. Somehow it seemed to have touched Donny in a way we can only imagine. His vocal delivery is so excruciatingly intense. Listening to this song makes you forget that anything exists. You can hear his pain, his joy, his journey. One of the best.”

“Everything is so beautifully woven. The bass and guitar sound almost alarmingly human in their interaction. The bitter and funny vocals, delivered with a mocking scowl are made moving by their contrast with the amiable la-la backing vocals and blithe instrumentation.”