The Big Five: the following tracks are a selection of those submitted through Musosoup that deserve your close attention!
Spotify 'Hot Picks' Playlist Update: BRIDGES / Knife Club / Bonze / Maigret Jnr / The Lighthouse
Over the last few weeks we dug out some gems on Musosoup.com and here are the results featuring words by Chris Sharpe & Emily Thomas (Lost in the Manor) + guest reviews via Fin Ryan of Big House Music / Folk This Events.
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Listen/review: Lady Moon & The Eclipse
“Star Gazing” is an apt reminder in difficult times that we should always look up.
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Listen/review: Leland Sundries - Greyhound From Reno
There’s something atavistic about Leland Sundries’ cerebral punk n’ roll approach
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Listen/review: Les Gordon - Colours
Rather than drawing you to hone in one component or element, Les Gordon asks you to stop staring at the bricks, kick back, and enjoy the wall.
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Listen/review: Little Dragon - High
The song is a dreamy, gentle message of love and substance
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Listen/review: LIFE - Euromillions
Any dissent, and there’s a lot of it about, is to be embraced. It helps when delivered to a champion tune, of course.
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Listen/review: Les Gordon - Carole
On this track the French enigma crafts something that's similar in feeling to Bonobo’s Black Sands but with shades of Debussy shining through.
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Words by Tim Hakki @TimHakki
Listen/review: Little Glass Men - Cycles
Resolutely escapist and almost mischievously playful, it’s the aural equivalent of stumbling upon a magical fairy dance deep in a verdant woodland somewhere, or something like that.
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Words by Tim Hakki @TimHakki
Listen/review: Liana Bank$ - Benji
It’s actually the twelve bar blues masquerading as an experimental pop song.
Read MoreListen/review: Low Leaf - Pupil of the Universe
Low Leaf is on her own wavelength spiritually and musically, but we can be thankful that she has brought us along for the journey.
Read MoreListen/review: Les Gordon - Shiho & Kyoko
Like everything he’s put out so far, you can hear an artist with an inimitable voice.
Read MoreListen/review: Les Gordon - Paradise
Continuing in the same unmistakably smooth and balmy vein, Les Gordon offers yet another flawless pearl brimming with ineffable tenderness.
Read MoreLost In Transmission 7
Presenting five crack new tracks to help you celebrate winter's end (hey, there's no harm in being optimistic)
Read MoreLost In Transmission 5: 18/12/15
In need for some summery tunes? Head no further, our latest playlist features the latest sounds from Jude Woodhead, EPISODES, Haize, Labradoor and Childcare. Wrap your ears around it...
Read MoreLost In Transmission 3: 17/11/15
Introduce your grateful ears to Lost In The Manor's latest curation of choice cuts, featuring The Drink, Band Of Gold, Blackmale Beats featuring Meakoom, Joon Moon and Love Nor Money
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Listen/review: LAGS – Fear, Control, Mothers
The lashing six-string, growling rhythmic rumble, throaty melodic roar and overall Hurricane Jaoquin levels of energy mark 'Fear, Control, Mothers' most clearly as A-grade punk rock, and LAGS as a band to get psyched about
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Listen/review: Luo – Ebb & Flow
The jaw-dropping percussive engine takes top billing on ‘Ebb And Flow’, blending the trad and the tech to craft a showcase pitching up between downtempo dubsteppy nocturnes and adventurous post-rock.
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Live review: Let's Eat Grandma at Camp Bestival 1/8/15
'The 15-year-old girls from Norfolk are an experimental cross between MGMT and Haim. It was deliberately DIY, the musical equivalent of a Jackson Pollock, and entirely captivating.'
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Live review: Long Teeth at The Finsbury 1/8/15
"Long Teeth’s key strength lies in dynamic contrast, tonight showing how pared-down guitar, bass and drums can pull out drops and crescendos worthy of the dancefloor dedicated." And if you did have to compare them to a pizza...
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