Latest Music Releases & Reviews

Warm chords and straight stepping rhythms are order of the day as Calibre navigates through varying shades of liquid drum and bass. [more]

Early eighties NYC-based post-punk outfit Liquid Liquid are one of those names that always seems to pop in reference to more contemporary influences upon the likes of LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture and !!!. [more]

This month, Dave Spoon takes the baton for the fifth chapter of the irrepressible Toolroom Knights series. [more]

Queens English is a bit different from the average UK hip hop act for one simple reason: there’s so many of them! [more]

A certified star for more than a decade, Nas is one of the few voices in hip hop who can drive change. [more]

There can be no doubting that David Guetta is the current crown prince of the commercial house scene. [more]

Quiet Village has crafted the perfect slow-mo soundtrack to the morning after a big night. [more]

You would have thought that DJs as well known as Shamus and Baby Gee might have ramped up the Wild label a little... Unfortunately this is not the case on Wild Weekends, and although I predicted as much I’m still disappointed! [more]

Hot on the heels of her critically acclaimed self titled debut album, Santogold returns alongside mash-up king Diplo with Top Ranking, a mixtape of epic proportions. [more]

Onionz has produced a really nice progressive track with 'Nothing But Love'. Bringing S.N.O.W on board to deliver the vocals direct from Brooklyn, New York City, is a masterstroke as he has always been able to bring the vibe of his legendary borough. [more]

With 'I Believe' the Happy Clappers have produced a track immersed deep in the gospel traditions of Aretha Franklin and piano driven house. [more]

FPS might be a relatively unknown name in the scene at the current time, but it won't be long until we see this duo dominating the top spots of charts all over the globe. A truly brilliant release. [more]

Both 'Kalimba' and 'Give Up to Get' bring an amazing array of tight beats and tasty melodies that are almost genre defying in there composition, but with a solid backbone of funk and soul that the Manchurian maverick is renowned for. [more]

It really is good to see quality accessible house coming out of the Australian underground. Sydney based outfit Kaseo recently released their dirty electro house mega bomb Kill the Radio. [more]

Pnau are back with 'Embrace', the latest single off their new album, and it's come with a bunch of remixes. [more]

Another generic hip-pop track about how much money these brothers are stacking, and how they are doing this shit better than you could ever imagine. It's catchy, you can get your grind on to it, but it's nothing new. [more]

The launch of a homegrown label is a milestone which indicates the growth in popularity of a given sound within a region - a surefire indication that the spread of a genre is gaining significant momentum. [more]

Since Simon Dunmore at Defected re-opened the doors to Strictly Rhythm, we've been blessed with a constant outpouring of New York house from the legendary label. [more]