‘Unique’. It’s a word that’s been used and abused by pretty much everyone to describe things that in are, in fact, distinctly average. But when PlanetNotion heard the quivering, gravelly vocals of Holy Esque’s Pat Hynes, it was an adjective that immediately felt justified in its use.
Glasgow four-piece Holy Esque was born in 2011, …
English band Hurts have blown up in the music sphere with their debut album Happiness. They’ve received great reviews and reached the top 10 in several countries. Their dark, vaguely dystopian take on pop music has gained them a significant following. The group, made of singer Theo Hutchcraft and synthesis Adam …
There’s something going on up north, and you all need to know about it. No, not Manchester, not even Newcastle –it’s Glasgow.
The biggest city in Scotland is rapidly becoming the number one destination to fulfil your underground electronic music needs. Gone are the preconceptions of deep fried food and …
Naming their primary influences as space and 80s film soundtracks, Glasgow’s Apollo Gets the Girl send spiralling synths careening over celestial skies. Theirs is a sound indebted to early naughties indietronica and mid-eighties synth-pop, with frontman Jack Violet having more than a whiff of Ben Gibbard about him.
Their debut …
Kicking off a new partnership with Red Bull Music Academy Radio, we’ll be bringing you a selection of some of the hottest festival sets, DJ mixes and live recordings from around the world, streamed straight through PlanetNotion. First up, Warp Records’ unmissable producer, Rustie.
Glasgow’s prodigal son has been creating …
Midnight Lion are a Glaswegian two piece rightly unafraid of a big pop sound. The EP Sleeping In The Woods is the follow up to their debut single ‘All Greatness Stands Firm’
Firstly, let’s deal with the paisley elephant in the room. This EP does include a Prince cover – …
If you’ve ever wondered what Lemon Jelly would sound like if they listened to Super Furry Animals then this album is for you. Die Hard possess a warm fuzzy quality, giving the impression that it was recorded in the bath or underwater. Mostly, it sounds like it’s destined to be …
Glitch-dubstep has a been an electronic watchword for a good while now. It’s a genre that breeds from long hours spent in front of computer screens and intimate knowledge of which knob to twiddle where. It’s been catapulting artists from bedroom desks to mixing decks successfully across the summer (think …
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