Beck’s Morning Phase phase is over. Welcome back ‘Party Beck’. After teasing some artwork and a song snippet, genre-hopping artist (and recent Album of the Year Grammy winner) artist Beck has returned with a dreamy, dancey new song called Dreams....
It’s already June! Here are XXX new tracks. Recommended playback volume: loud. 1. Seinabo Sey – Younger. Epic. 2. Okay – ignore the lyrics here. Melbourne’s Air Max ’97’s beats are BRUTAL (that’s good!) 3. KrankBrother – Child’s Play. Arpeggiated...
Some new stuff from sister folk trio The Staves. Following up posted tracks Steady, and Black & White comes Teeth White, which is not a toothpaste advert. The video is filmed in a bar room, one of my favourite rooms...
Dan Auerbach dropped a gem of a solo album, just as the Black Keys were breaking through to the mainstream. His album flew a bit under the radar, as the Keys did back then. He now has a new band...
We’ve featured UK duo Aquilo quite a lot on these pages, probably more times than I’ve exercised in the past year. It’s hard not to feature them, when they drop songs like last year’s I Gave It All, and most...
Apologies for the lack of posts the past week – I’ve been sort of sick. Anyway, enough with the bad news, let’s talk good news. CFCF, who have featured many times on these pages, return with a bit of a...
We haven’t heard too much from horn-filled band Beirut lately. We saw them at Field Day in London in 2012, and a couple of videos from their excellent last album, and that’s the last of it. Good news – the...
You know the drill – a new month, a new letter from your landlord saying the rent is late – but, a new monthly playlist from PeteHatesMusic to make you forget all of your troubles. We select 9 great tracks...
PHM favourites Django Django continue to drop new stuff from recent sophomore release Born Under Saturn. The band previously topped our Best of 2012 album charts, and also released new songs First Light, Reflections and Beginning to Fade. The UK...
More gorgeous stuff from UK duo Aquilo. They nearly topped our Songs of 2014 list with I Gave It All. They have also given us gems such as Losing You and more recently Better Off Without You. The track is...
When I first discovered Icona Pop, they were an unknown indie pair, making quirky and innovative electronic-tinged tracks such as Manners and their entire Iconic EP. I even caught them in a small pub in London 3 years ago as...
Daniel Johns is beginning stage 3 of his musical metamorphosis. The Aussie singer fronted 90s-00s grunge (and later somewhat experimental) rock band Silverchair. He then teamed with Paul Mac for stage 2, in the band The Dissociatives. Stage 3 is...
7 tracks to be listened to loud (it’s mandatory) this weekend. 1. dFreshCo – Driver (Prod. by GxWay). Straight outta… Delaware. 2. The Magician – Together (Original Mix) This is the alter-ego of Stephen Fasano – a brilliant Belgian producer who...
A few months ago, we posted Jamie xx’s contender for this year’s summer jam (even though it was only March). Jamie xx is trying to outdo himself in the summer jam department, with his latest track I Know There’s Gonna...
The June 2 release date of Florence + The Machine’s new album How Big How Blue How Beautiful is fast approaching. We’ve heard tracks like the title track, What Kind of Man, and Ship To Wreck in the run up...
