Category: Music

New Music: Look, Stranger!

Quirky, eccentric yet understated pop that shouldn’t make any sense but does. Check out here.

New Music: Monument Valley

Monument Valley (ie Londoner Ned Younger) has been causing a bit of a storm of lately when his beautifully Tongues EP & book was released, alongside tours with the likes of Daughter and Benjamin Francis Leftwich. His new single, the darkly tender ‘Your Cover Blown’ is coming out on May 7. Check out here.

Mike Skinner (ex The Streets) to produce new Man Like Me album…


… and this excites me to no end. The band’s new album is due for release later this summer and is produced and mixed by Mike Skinner. Originally on board to mix one or two tracks, Mike loved the music so much he insisted on working the full album and re-launching his record label The Beats to release it on!

The new single, ‘Squeeze’ is an electro/grime sex anthem for the 21st century, featuring Johnny Langer’s trademark observational lyricism. The video will be out soon. Included on the album and re-worked by Mike Skinner is previous single and live favourite ‘London Town’, which will be re-released in time for the Olympics:

The band will play a special one-off launch show at London’s Dingwalls on May 24. More tour dates to be announced.

New Music: Miriam Bryant

This has to be the one of the best songs I’ve heard probably all year- its so intense and epic and thrilling all at the same time. English born and Swedish raised Miriam Bryant, 21, found herself secretly visiting the remains of her family’s burnt down house a couple of years ago. Singing herself thrilled by the moody environment, and reminiscing a childhood with constant presence of music, this was when and where she realized she would spend the rest of her life expressing herself through singing and performing.

Over the next years Miriam will have to overcome her aerophobia when being welcomed to the bigger stages.

With childhood friend Victor Rådström, 20, writer & producer, Miriam is now releasing her debut single, “Finders, Keepers”. Check out here.

Neneh Cherry

Neneh Cherry was one of my childhood obsessions (remember this?) Anyway, Neneh’s been on and off the radar for a while and now she’s back in a new project with The Thing- releasing their debut collaborative album, The Cherry Thing, on 18th June via Smalltown Supersound. This new album, Neneh’s first in 13 years, features the music of such diverse artists as The Stooges, MF Doom, Suicide, Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, and Martina Topley-Bird, plus original pieces by Neneh and The Thing’s Mats Gustafsson.

A mixtape for the weekend

Courtesy of DJ Smiles. Almost 20 full minutes of bangers to get you pumped for the weekend!

  • Mike Posner – Blackout [Remix]
  • Missy Elliot feat. Ciara & Fatman Scoop – Lose Control
  • Rihanna – Talk That Talk [Alessio Silvestro Remix]
  • Flo Rida feat. Sia – Wild Ones [Justin Sane Remix]
  • Lloyd feat. Yung Joc – Get It Shawty
  • Mike Posner – Looks Like Sex [DJ Kue Remix]
  • Usher – Climax [Kaskade Remix]
  • Ciara feat. Chamillionaire – Get Up
  • Madonna – Girl Gone Wild [Avicii Remix]
  • Nelly Furtado feat Timbaland – Maneater