Let’s be honest, when you hear the mammoth ringing bells, fuzzy power-pop guitars and upbeat vocal chants of Guards‘ ‘Ready to Go‘, it’s pretty impossible to imagine the track’s accompanying video being anything but a whirlwind, summer adventure. Well, that’s exactly what this savvy Manhattan three-piece have …
As the Great British summer begins to gradually – make that very gradually – creep into view and festival season begins to raise its hazy, hungover head, we here at PlanetNotion have found ourselves longing for the sort of monumental musical moments that have you shouting along into the wee …
On ‘Nono/Yoyo‘, Devastations members Conrad Standish and Tom Carlyon – here known as Standish/Carlyon, unsurprisingly – create a surreal, dream-like sound world that’s equal parts psychedelic trippyness and smooth, lush dance pop. The track’s accompanying clip, which you can stream below, perfectly matches the burned out, solarised …
With her new single ‘Sweeter in History‘ and a forthcoming third album both on the way, it’s all change for Aussie starlet Gabriella Cilmi. Alex Cull caught up with her for a chat about pursuing her ideal style, carving out a niche all of her own, and …
It’s hard not to be a little inspired by Wildarms, aka Brooklyn producer and FADER associate editor, Duncan Cooper. Skipping over any sense of melodrama or over-exuberant romance peddling, his songs under the Wildarms moniker are thinly-veiled tributes to the subtler beauty in an everyday relationship, allowing samples and …
Check out the third installment of Hayley’s column. Catch up on #1 and #2 which helped us to get more into books and uncovered some hidden literary gems…
There’s a book I read because I adopted a fear from a Woody Allen movie. This is not a psychologically healthy …
On Tuesday last week, Alex Mattsson premiered his AW13 collection at the London Film Museum. The event, which included a live performance by much buzzed about Brooklyn rapper Zebra Katz, marked the unveiling of the Gothenburg-born designer’s latest work: a collection inspired by The Mongrols – an immigrant Latino …
Alex Cull spoke to Wild Belle about their forthcoming album, playing at David Lynch’s club, and flirting with the fashion world. Check out an exclusive behind the scenes film shot in Jamaica, where the brother-sister duo shot their video for ‘Keep You‘, at the bottom of the page. …
L.I.E.S., or Long Island Electrical Systems, has been putting out records by an eclectic group of bands that’ve been dubbed as “outsider dance.” The head of L.I.E.S., Brooklyn’s Ron Morelli, has had a solid output of more familiar groups like Legowelt and some exciting new talent, too. Embracing vinyl …
On their much-hyped debut album Maurice Narcisse, Brooklyn post-punks EULA take their audience captive, shoving down their throats a smorgasbord of influences that read like a who’s who of American alternative rock. That’s not to say the three-piece sound derivative, though. They sculpt and mould their musical forefathers into …
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