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Album Review: Treetop Flyers – The Mountain Moves

With their debut single ‘Things Will Change’ – released in early April – Treetop Flyers had already set the pace for their forthcoming debut album. The British five-piece chose to record The Mountain Moves in sunny Malibu, California and it certainly possesses a West Coast, 60s vintage rock …

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Track Premiere: Ursa Minor – ‘Hurt’ (ft. Remix by Pedestrian)

Electronic alt-pop songstress Ursa Minor, aka Gabrielle Cooke, is no stranger to PlanetNotion. Following on from the critical success of debut EP ‘Shell’, we are now pleased to announce her glorious return with new single ‘Hurt’, out May 27th on Invader Records. Straying somewhat from her operatic training, …

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Video: Betty Who – ‘You’re In Love’

It’s so refreshing to listen to a love song that’s just genuinely happy. Living in times when dark pop rules, and everything seems at least tinted with melancholia, Betty Who crashes onto the scene with massive sing-a-long choruses that defy the moody and pining. Having raved about the Sydney songstress here …

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Introducing: Daithí

The sounds of Galway production whiz Daithí aren’t exactly what his SoundCloud profile picture might let on. Perhaps it’s just me who was misled by his highlighted, side-swept hair and violin prop, assuming the accompanying music to be fiddle-heavy and introspective. Alas, how wrong I was. Blissfully joyful synth textures …

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News: Mother Clucker sets up ‘Shack’ @ Shacklewell Arms

Starting from May 23rd, the cheeky chicken purveyors at Mother Clucker return for their second residency, taking over East London’s The Shacklewell Arms for what will surely be six glorious weeks of fried treats. A sell-out success at previous location The Endurance, MC remain committed to their Deep South roots …

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Live Review: Postal Service @ Brixton Academy, 20/05/13

Matt Tomiak considers the wistful history of The Postal Service as he at long last watches them play live at the Brixton Academy.

If a week is a long time in politics, then The Postal Service would surely agree that a decade is one hell of a long time in …

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Track Premiere: Andreya Triana – ‘Song for a Friend’

As an insight into just how things have changed for Brighton-based soulstress Andreya Triana, ‘Song for a Friend’ is second to none. When we last caught up with her in Notion 047 (way back in 2k10, kids), the nascent songwriter and Bonobo collaborator was hot off the heels of …

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BOTW Track: Pure X – ‘Thousand Year Old Child’

In a recent chat I had with Pure X frontman Nate Grace, the Texan native told me how the trio’s sophomore record, Crawling Up the Stairs, was the result of the group “deciding to make a ‘studio album’,” and having “a lot of time to experiment and fine tune …

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News: Field Day Radio

Taking over London’s Victoria Park on May 25th, Field Day is just around the corner. Now in their seventh year, the festival’s organisers have put together a special Field Day Radio show, themed around this year’s Village Mentality, which brings nostalgic fete activities such as the human wheelbarrow, …

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Introducing: DIANA

In desperate need of an uplift this afternoon, DIANA‘s much-anticipated debut album has come as a breath of fresh air. Don’t let the name (or the picture) fool you; this Toronto outfit is actually a four piece, not one of whom is called Diana. Blowing us away with their …

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