Archive for May, 2011

Club buster “Groovejet” alighted upon our airwaves in 2000 and has never really left: it’s just been crowned the decade’s most played track on radio and even better, it did present us with Sophie Ellis-Bexter. And in the years since, the London-based songstress has certainly made good on that opening statement, with a delectable catalogue [...]

Making its debut here late last year was Zadig & Voltaire, a French cult label with all ten fingers in the rock ‘n’ roll aesthetic. Created by Thierry Gillier (whose dad is the co-founder of Lacoste) in 1997, Zadig & Voltaire has collaborated with the likes of The Kills and Mark Ronson, so there’s no [...]

A little while back we brought you a sneak peek at Justice’s fab new track called “Civilization.” The cut was so catchy that even the folks at adidas immediately fell in love and picked it for a commercial. This time though, the track comes with its very own Edouard Salier directed clip of ancient icons [...]

Back in the day, Wykidd Song was busy planting the Singapore flag around the globe as one half of Song+Kelly 21, a label that during its heyday, found its collections on the racks of major retailers like Harrods, Selfridges and Neiman Marcus. But like all good things, the label came to an end in 2007 [...]

Just last year, you couldn’t turn a corner without being confronted with indie’s hottest entity, The Drums. The Brooklyn group was hailed as the coolest band in town, the band you have to listen to, the band with a plan and everything else in between. But drummer boys Jonathan, Jacob and Connor will have you [...]

By now, you should know that Converse comes backed with a rock solid century-spanning rep and heritage – it having been the footwear of choice for rebels, rockers, tennis punks and anyone else with an edge. Case in point being its Jack Purcell shoe: with 75 years behind it, it’s been as at home on [...]

Once upon a time Diplo may have been best known as that guy who produced M.I.A.’s über-catchy “Paper Planes”, but those days are far behind him. His numerous projects as a producer, DJ, filmmaker, label owner (Mad Decent) and zombie-slaying Jamaican rebel warrior have kept him fixed upon multiple spotlights all at once. Whether he’s [...]

Just in time for the new weekend, we have a new track from The Weeknd called “Rolling Stone”! Little is known about this enigmatic Canuck but we can best describe him as, bear with us now, Siouxie Sioux gone r’n’b. Just downcast, reverby acoustic airiness peppered by singer Abel Tesfaye’s almost Craig David-esque crooning. This [...]

Born Thomas Wesley Pentz , the man goes under many aliases: Diplodocus, Wes Diplo, Wes Gully and oh yeah, one-half of Major Lazer. One thing you can never call Diplo, though, is predictable. His dilettantish devotion to music experimentation, from the mash-up staples (‘80s pop, electronica, Dirty South hip-hop and Miami bass) to sheer auditory [...]