September 24, 2014Charging through new bits of music and had to pull back to give this a shout-out. Coming in limited edition wax and download at the end of the month comes is this six-track LP from Austin Cesear, titled West Side. Austin Cesear debuted on on Public Information back in 2012, coming straight out with the much-loved Cruise Forever full-length, turning a…
September 22, 2014That time of year again; f**k Christmas, The Dead Albatross Music Prize has rolled around once again, and we’re damn excited. Full disclaimer up front that once again I’ll be sitting on the panel, judging those infinitely more talented than I, and no doubt expressing outrage and delights in equal parts at where my selections end up. Only it’s second…
September 19, 2014As promised, even more radio archive to rake you through to the end of the week. Full two hour Awkward Movements show below, archived from it’s original broadcast on NTS last week. We stuck pretty firmly in the electronic space with the exception of a slight dubbed out detour to check out WhoDemSound, El Mahdy Jr. and the madness that…
September 17, 2014We’ve got your whole week sorted with radio and podcasts this week. The last NTS broadcast will be going up soon, and if you haven’t checked Raynulds’ Wifey podcast yet make sure you do. This one here’s something different to the way the crew normally operates though, with no decks involved or track list, as it was a full original recording with…
September 16, 2014The good folk at Wifey have recently delivered on to us their latest podcast, number 21 in a an ever-good series of mixes, and it’s absolutely cracking. Our man Raynulds (once known as Ray Nulds, soon to be Dr. Reynolds) steps up in serious ways, showing off proper deck skills and some of the best selection you’re likely to hear…
September 15, 2014Considering how much we’ve been rinsing the likes of Dakim, D/P/I and Ras G on the NTS show, and the fact that they’ve released some of our favourite albums of the last two years, I was surprised to see this is the first time we’ve taken to writing up something on Matthew David’s Leaving Records label. To be fair, this…
September 12, 2014You’re going to have bear us with for a bit of a lengthy post here, but discovering this man’s work has been a rabbit-hole of rewarding discovery. Happened to catch Cyber Dreaming on ABC a couple of months ago, a short documentary around graphic artist Stuart Campbell, and the long-form directorial debut of Indigenous director Majid Heath. Cyber Dreaming focusses primarily…
September 10, 2014Stoked to have had this come across my plate, a wicked release we might’ve slept on had it not been flagged for attention by one of the extended Awkward Movements family for NTS. The trio of Beep! consists of Michael Coleman, Ospovat and tUnE-yArDs bassist Naytronix aka Nate Brenner, and they make spectacular music. Doom synths meet jazz with a…
September 8, 2014Apologies for delay with posts, show updates, and the rest. With Dead Albatross Music Prize around the corner it’s been pretty hectic couple of weeks for Paul Ackroyd who brought us this show, and the last period spent in Melbourne meant no chance of me poking my head out of records until now. No track list yet, we’ll get it…
September 1, 2014There’s been much written on this book already, but having properly immersed myself in it at last, I had to get some love up for it. Following on from Clarks In Jamaica, One Love Books have chosen to document Hudderfsield’s historical status as a dub and reggae capital outside of Jamaica in the ’70s and ’80s. Despite being geo-specific, Sound System…