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For the Record: Atlantic At Pacific.

August 30th, 2010

Released last Monday on Alchemist Records, Atlantic At Pacific’s debut EP, Weddings, is some perfect listening for a sunny summer afternoon, if we ever have one again. It is no surprise to me that the group hail from Santa Cruz, a place I have never been but gather must be one sunny place to live. [...]

Yours Truly: Beat Connection.

August 7th, 2010

Beat Connection are a duo coming straight outta Seattle, Washington. They have just released their debut EP, Surf Noir, (available for free download from their Bandcamp) and are receiving a whole lotta love from the music press. Plowing a similar furrow as groups like Delorean and artists like Washed Out and Toro Y Moi, they [...]

It’s On: Elite Gymnastics.

July 29th, 2010

Confession time. When I first thought of writing this post, I thought Elite Gymnastics were just a minor thing, a group that got lucky with one great track, that track being ‘Is This On Me?’ However, after having now listened to the rest of their output (helpfully all available for free download on their Tumblr), [...]

“They Call it ‘Chillwave’. Nobody’s Chilling Here”: Washed Out.

May 28th, 2010

Chillwave does not exist. Or, if it does, the name doesn’t fit. Evidence – Washed Out. Coming out at almost exactly the same time last year as friend (and fellow graphic design-graduate, from the same college) Toro Y Moi, Washed Out (real name: Ernest Greene) has a very similar aesthetic. However, hip-hop is clearly a [...]

Blameless: Toro Y Moi.

May 25th, 2010

This post has been a long time coming. Since its release in January of this year, Toro Y Moi’s (translation: Bull and I) debut LP , Causers Of This, has slowly grown on me, easily becoming one of my favourite releases of the year so far. Coming a few months after his graduation from a [...]

Ten for October.

September 30th, 2009

01 The xx – Islands 02 Bok Bok – Ripe Banana 03 Lil Silva – Different (Kingdom Remix) 04 Untold – Stop What You’re Doing (James Blake Remix) 05 Basement Jaxx – Scars (Sbtrkt Remix) 06 Blackdown – Concrete Streets (Zomby Remix) 07 Flying Lotus – Disco Balls 08 Washed Out – You’ll See It [...]

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as of July 19th

01 Peverelist – Better Ways Of Living
02 Space Dimension Controller – Journey To The Core Of The Unknown Sphere (Kyle Hall Im Only Breathing Remix)
03 Machinedrum – Carry The Weight (Bok Bok Remix)
04 Mount Kimbie – Crooks And Lovers LP
05 Team – Anml Life
06 Terror Danjah – Menace
07 Sbtrkt – Blau
08 Quest – Smooth Skin
09 Joe – Digest
00 L-Vis 1990 – Forever You

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