Being in the most talked about new band in the world must be a strange thing. Before Rough Trade signed Alabama Shakes late last year the band were relatively unknown in their home town, now the quartet have a top 3 selling record and a fan-base of A-listers worldwide.
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As the beautiful and haunting Holland comes to a close, the plucked guitar gradually fades away and Al Spx is left alone to sing ”And to dust we will all return.” Welcome to ‘doom soul’, a term devised by Spx to describe the sound of Cold Specks; one which sees her …
Yep, that’s right, X Factor alumnus and all-round fierce lady Misha B unleashed her new mixtape onto the internet just a couple of hours ago. Called ‘Why Hello World’, it commences with Ms B singing the title lyrics and teasing us with a minute’s preview of one of her original …
Following on from my success with games such as ‘Which Annie Album Is Best?’, which involve listening to two albums over and over, back to back, with great pleasure and without ever resolving the question, I have recently instigated ‘Which Is Best: Polica or Gayngs?’ and have been playing it …
Mike Milosh is a musician who resides part-time in LA, and the rest of the year in Berlin. He is signed to !K7 records and has been making music under his surname since around 2004, when he released his first record You Make Me Feel. His delicately constructed electronic instrumentals …
Planet Notion was introduced to Rhye no more than a month ago. Soon after some careful research, we watched the NSFW yet incredible video for their first single, ‘Open’, which suitably was released on St Valentine’s Day. It opens with the beautifully original lyrics ”I’m a fool for that shake in …
Israeli post-funk, nine piece instrumentalists, The Apples are soon to release their latest single, Thang / Powder. All of us here at Planet Notion think that you’ll be sucked into their world of jazz/soul/funk/the list goes on…sound as quickly as we were. Think big band, mixed with AIM whilst …
So you didn’t win James. I know everyone said you would; the papers, the bookies, your mum, hell even behind that minimal electronic modesty you probably thought you had it in the bag too. Alas the reality was that some Barclaycard Mercury Music Prizes just weren’t meant to be won …
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