Tag Archives: Cocteau Twins

[Video] – Garnets – “Dance Of The Chloroplasts”

Check out Garnets’ cold new video for “Dance Of The Chloroplasts”.

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[Introducing] – On Volcano

If, like me, you were barely old enough to string sentences together during the early nineties heyday of shoegaze, the genre’s ongoing revival is something of a blessing. On Volcano, a four-piece group from Tampere, Finland, provide the latest aural treat for revivalists. “New Blood”, their second EP released late last year, is a little [...]

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[Desert Island Discs #11] – Keep Shelly In Athens

All of the songs listed below were personally chosen by the artist or blogger above. I got in touch with a lot of artists and bloggers who were all kind enough to get back to me and take part in Desert Island Discs. If you’re unaware of the concept behind Desert Island Discs, check out the basic [...]

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[Listen/Download] – New EP By Star Slinger – “Rogue Cho Pa”

Does this guy ever let up? Star Slinger, not content with constantly posting new shit from morning until night (or so it seems), yesterday upped an entire new EP of jams that he apparently just had hanging around his flat doing nothing, probably running up the electricity bill, eating his food, and playing Katamari on [...]

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[Listen/Download] – Nicki Minaj – “Moment 4 Life” (Star Slinger Remix)

It is an interesting question: are remixes original works of art or are they simply a reinterpretation of someone’s else’s art? I think most people fall on the side of the former, but I am sure certain people are hesitant to crown remixes as true works of art given their overt use of source material. [...]

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[Introducing] – Star Slinger

Star Slinger is nothing if not prolific. The solo electronic project of Mancunian Darren Williams, Star Slinger ‘formed’ in April 2010 and already has an LP, an EP, and numerous one-off singles to its credit. Most recently, Star Slinger teamed up with Blackbird Blackbird and Emay to release “Seeing Suge”, which can be heard here. [...]

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[Listen] [Discover] – Blessure Grave – [Post-Punk/Goth/Indie]

Dark, brooding, and Gothic, Blessure Grave from San Diego blend music from The Cure, Joy Division and Cocteau Twins into one frighteningly atmospheric and introspected sound that can either instigate a bad mood and get you out of one, but bad moods are awesome (they give you license to be a justifiable dick to anyone!) so why [...]

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