Somewhere between the rich, percussive instrumentation of Daphni and the layered synth hooks of M83 resides Tropics, aka Southampton artist Chris Ward. His music delivers a tropical warmth garnered from from vintage synths, Rhodes piano, guitars, real drums – whatever the 25-year-old multi-instrumentalist can lay his hands on. Watch him perform Home and Consonance on a south London pub organ…
Sam Rickett and Tom Clarke play Kowloon Bridge for us in the second instalment of an exclusive unplugged session filmed on the Thames beach by St Gabriel’s Wharf. The duo are fine purveyors of shoegaze soul, drawing on influences as diverse as Bon Iver, James Blake and Four Tet to create their dreamy fusion of electronica and live instrumentation.
A periphery band in every sense of the word: Cloud Boat are located just inside London’s M25 boundary where they have been cutting their own musical path since 2011. With their debut album now a fortnight from release, we caught up with the pair to discover how their sound has evolved since their first slice of R&S woozy electronica two years ago.
Brand New Heavies are back after a lengthy hiatus and for many they’re sounding better than ever. These acid jazz pioneers have Forward, their first album in six years due out very soon and are due to embark on a whole summer of touring. As a taster you can watch the band play an exclusive version of their big hit Dream on Dreamer for M…
Ealing’s finest the Brand New Heavies are celebrating almost 30 years together in 2013 with new album Forward. These acid jazz pioneers are heading back out on the road to mark the release and showcase their new material as well as their classic hits. Watch the group play an acoustic version of their new single Sunlight.
The music of emerging talent Nadine Shah is steeped in melancholy and romance, echoing the murder ballads of Nick Cave or the brooding passion of PJ Harvey. Watch her phenomenal performance of forthcoming song Dreary Town for the Almost Famous showcase last week.
Cicero Buck are singer songwriters Kris and Joe Hughes. Watch the duo perform an acoustic version of No More I Love You, a song written by Joe and made famous by Annie Lennox…
Darling BOY is the latest incarnation of singer songwriter Alex Gold. He’s already won over the likes of Steve Lamacq and Glen Matlock from the Sex Pistols. Watch him perform Bless Your Bones exclusively for M…
Darling BOY is a punk who claims to write songs from the gut which he delivers from the heart. Watch Darling BOY perform an exclusive version of Air Conditioned Gypsy, the title track of his current EP, for M…
I am Kloot’s John Bramwell performs M an exclusive version of b-side The Finest Things in our final acoustic session. Hear the band’s frontman run through a song they have never played live…
Organisers of the Glasgow International Jazz Festival have revealed full details of the 2013 programme, which features British jazz legend Stan Tracey CBE and renowned composer Burt Bacharach.
The National Theatre (NT) is to host to a new cross-arts project exploring the power of sound, with electronic producer Matthew Herbert and NT associate director Ben Power at the helm.
IMS NEWS: Ed Banger’s Pedro Winter, Ministry’s Lohan Presencer and K7’s Horst Weidenmuller are among latest names to sign up to the Association for Electronic Music (AFEM) industry body.
A new opera celebrating the life of suffragette Emily Wilding Davison is launching at the Hippodrome Theatre in Todmorden this summer.
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