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I’ve misplaced my leg-warmers. Normally this wouln’t really bother me – quite the opposite – but I feel naked listening to Big Black Delta without them. The solo side-project of Los Angeles-based Mellowdrone’s founding member, Jonathan Bates; BBD knocks out dark, retro electronica that suggests more rock bassists ought to take time off from their day-jobs. [...]

San Francisco’s Melted Toys are a tough band to pin down. They’re certainly a shoegaze band, but their debut EP “Washed And Dried” explores such a variety of sounds within the mandatory, echoing trimmings of that genre that it’s not immediately clear just what form this three piece will settle on when they get round [...]

Buy the album from Amazon - Vinyl | MP3 | CD When New York Post-Rock band Battles start firing on all four cylinders they are a force to be reckoned with. Their songs build with a kind of intensity that doesn’t so much make you want to dance but feels like you’ve touched a live wire; you’re instantly more [...]

Growing up in the 80′s I had a steady stream of electro synth pop bands more than happy to release tracks for me to attempt the robot dance to. Greats like OMD, Kraftwerk, Gary Numan and Ultravox, to name but a few, introduced a whole generation to electronic music played via keyboards and drum machines. [...]