The Lion's Roar First Aid Kit

The Lion's Roar by First Aid Kit

Managing to sound both American country and English folk simultaneously, First Aid Kit's voice is something akin to Joan Baez, which is quite remarkable considering they come from Sweden. Unlike Baez however there is a manly quality to the voice, giving rugged power to the delivery that does not detract form the melodic tone but rather bolsters it with a haunting beauty. There is also that wonderful flute that gives it that olde-english, medieval, time of myth and legend feeling.


There are moments in the song where she crams more words into a bar than it seems possible, and it reminds me of that scene in Love Actually (when you have a mum and sister who genuinely think it's the best piece of cinema ever conceived, you don't have a choice but to watch it at christmas) where Bill Nigh, in his age of self awareness, draws attention to the incredibly crass moment in which they stuff and extra syllable into the the second line. Rather than this being crass here however, it works, giving the words the urgency that their meaning perhaps doesn't convey. 

The Beach by Age of Consent

The Beach by ageofconsent

Firstly, sorry for lack of post's in the last week, I have temporarily relocated to Geneva to help out at radiofrontier.ch which is the only commercial English language radio station in Switzerland. I have also had some problems with SoundCloud (kind of regret writing such a blushing article on them not two months ago) which has made it difficult for me to embed the player but where there's a will there's a way.


This track is the first single from london based Age of Consent, it sounds suspiciously like David Bowie's Ashes to Ashes in parts but I think that's why I like it. The whole track has a great rousing quality to it, just what you need to get out of bed on a cold Genevan morning. 

This is the forthcoming track from Lifted Music's latest signing Falinox and it sounds like Star Trek untucking the Spandex, doing body shots off Spok's ear lobe and finally letting it's hair down.

http://www.kmag.co.uk/falinox-interview.html

Raiden KSP interview

Have a look at this interview with drum and bass heavyweight Raiden under his new alias KSP.

http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/raiden-ksp-interview.html

CloudToy, 25 Years of J.C.

CloudToy, 25 Years of J.C. by CloudToy

The CloudToy Blog in association with the sky proudly presents: 25 Years of J.C.

Tomorrow marks the 25^th anniversary of the greatness himself J.C. and in honour of this the CloudToy Blog dedicates this mix to him.

As usual this is a collection of tunes that didn’t get a mention on the blog but as a runner up prize they get to take part in J.C.’s birthday celebrations instead. So enjoy the mix and lets all raise a small bottle of Frosty Jacks to the man himself.

Many of these tracks are available for free download so see please bellow for details. This mix can also be downloaded from the embedded waveform above.

1)   Educated – Dimbleby and Capper (free download soundcloud.com/dimblebyandcapper)

2)   TranceGender (Adeptus remix) – Picture Plane (soundcloud.com/pictureplane)

3)   Eatfish – Gonjasufi (sufisays.com)

4)   UFO – Reptillian Sex Parade (free download soundcloud.com/elcucorecordings)

5)   Un Gran Circo - DJ Melo & Steve Starks (free download soundcloud.com/elcucorecordings)

6)   Nuclear Season – Charli XCX  (free download from charlixcxmusic.com)

7)   When Friends Survive – Paper Crows Discopolis Remix (soundcloud.com/discopolismusic)

8)   Teeo – Vadoinmessico (Crystal Fighters) (free download soundcloud.com/vadoinmessico)

9)   Perry Sounds – Daft Beatles (Mash-Up) (free download soundcloud.com/daft-beatles)

10) Dark Arts (Drums of Death Remix) – Starlings (soundcloud.com/starlingsmusic)

11) Wretch 32 “Don’t Go” - MJ Cole DUBB (free download soundcloud.com/mj-cole)

12)  Cloud Control - Death Cloud (Ghosting Season Remix) (free download soundcloud.com/infectiousmusicuk)

13)  Original Don Feat Partysquad (Dawn Golden and Rosy Cross Remix) – Major Lazer (soundcloud.com/dawn-golden/original-don)

14)  A.S.A.P Rocky – Bass (free download soundcloud.com/hypetrak/asap-rocky-bass)
15) Beast Break (B.O.B. V Zeds Dead) – DOSVEC (soundcloud.com/djwhatt)
16) Contamination - knhbtz & cprim3 (free download soundcloud.com/kanahbeatz)

Collin McLoughlin - Relapse

Collin McLoughlin - Relapse by arjanwrites

Love the R and B and dub cross over thing going on in this tune, gives bags of attitude and meaning to a track that with a bad arrangement, could have sounded really lame. What really works in this is the juxtaposition of that Craig David like vocal with the heavily distorted drums and that incredibly low, rumbling bass, good work.

Metalheadz The History Sessions

Check out the incredible back-to-back line up at the up coming MetalHeadz night bellow.

http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/news/metalheadz-history-sessions-at-cable.html