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Fever Ray - First Impressions.....

So this morning I arrived at work and in my inbox was a message from a colleague telling me he had the new Fever Ray album if I wanted to listen to it. Who is Fever Ray? I asked myself. So I went to the googles and found out that it’s the new side-project Read More...

Posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 7:01 PM by Lloyd | 1 Comments

Filed under: The Cure, Bjork, Kate Bush, Depeche Mode, Peter Gabriel, Fever Ray, The Knife, Yeasayer

New Bjork single features Thom Yorke

So Björk has a new single called Nattura , which features Thom Yorke on backing vocals. It is due out on the 20th October and has been recorded to help protect the Icelandic environment. Nattura shares its name with the website Nattura.info a portal for Read More...

Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:19 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Radiohead, Bjork, Thom Yorke

Darkness on the edge of town: The Fink interview

Ninja Tune is not the kind of label you would expect to find an intimate singer/songwriter bearing his soul, but Fink is not your average singer/songwriter. Coming from a background in house, acid jazz and hip hop, Fink brings something new to the acoustic Read More...

Posted Thursday, October 09, 2008 7:39 PM by Lloyd | 2 Comments

Filed under: CD, Interview, Feature, Tricky, Bjork, Portishead, Massive Attack, Ninja Tune, Jimi Hendrix, Fink

Mali Music: A guide to some of Mali’s great recent exports

If you’re looking for an introduction into the music of Northern Mali there is no better jumping off point than Tinariwen. Formed in 1982 in the Tuareg rebel camps by Ibrahim Ag Alhabibe, Tinariwen’s first recording available outside of Mali was 2002’s Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 12:00 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Tinariwen, Bjork, Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba, Mali, Ali Farka Touré, Toumani Diabaté, Amy Sacko, Taj Mahal, Etran Finatawa

Foto na Dans - Pantomime op herwinbare klanke

From the lilting opening notes and the choir of angels, that are reminiscent of Vespertine era Bjork, it is clear that Foto na Dans have reinvented themselves. Yes the influence of Muse, which was so dominant on their early recordings, is there, but it Read More...

Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 12:08 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Radiohead, Fokof, Springbok Nude Girls, Bjork, FotoNaDans, Muse

Four Tet - Ringer EP

Four Tet, aka Kieran Hebden, has been a busy boy. Keen to dismantle the folktronica labels that greeted his album Pause , Hebden has been remixing the likes of Björk, Radiohead, Battles, Madvillian and Beth Orton. He has also produced the album Fire Escape Read More...

Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 6:12 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, Radiohead, Bjork, Battles, Sunburned hand of the man, Madvillian, Steve Reid, Four tet

Stereogum offers free Bjork Tribute

Following on from their excellent tribute albums to R.E.M's Automatic for the people and Radiohead's OK Computer , Stereogum have launched their free download of Enjoyed a tribute to Bjork's second album Post . With Covers by Liars, Xiu Xiu, Final Fantasy Read More...

Posted Tuesday, April 01, 2008 12:03 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Liars, Bjork, Stereogum, Xiu Xiu

Earth Intruders: The BJÖRK Interview

Icelandic pop princess and noise terrorist Bjork is dancing to a tribal utopian beat. In 1967 the Beatles said, “All you need is love”, to soundtrack the summer of love, now four decades later, in a climate of war, fear and terrorism, Iceland’s Bjork Read More...

Posted Friday, July 13, 2007 11:36 AM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, Interview, Feature, Bjork

Some cool Shit on the Web!

So trawling the net yesterday I discovered some cool music related odds and sodds that I thought I should share. First up Matthew Perpetua from Fluxblog has launched a new blog called Pop Songs '07, which is dedicated to writing about the songs of R.E.M Read More...

Posted Tuesday, April 24, 2007 11:32 AM by Lloyd | 7 Comments

Filed under: Talking Heads, Tom Waits, R.E.M, Bjork