MP3: Marina and the Diamonds - Mowgli A new Queen has risen! Born alongside Micachu*, Marina was fed golden grubs, taught tiger stalking, and learnt to control the rainforest. With roars that ride the canopies, she chases the outsiders out. A big sha... more info

Marina and the Diamonds - Mowgli A new Queen has risen! Born alongside Micachu*, Marina was fed golden grubs, taught tiger stalking, and learnt how to control the rainforest with her eyes and voice. With roars that ride the canopies, she chases the o... more info

500-seconds of astonishment good. Ex-NME/tabloid darlings The Horrors are born again, proving that a really bad track record can be forgotten by one marathon performance, one huge jump across the sand-pit. With help from Portishead’s Geoff Barrow o... more info

Bat for Lashes lets loose, reaching deeper with second album Two Suns, introducing alter-ego Pearl. They swim through rivers of fantasy, dry off in the locks of golden boughs, warm up beside sparks of electronica and flames of dazed trip-hop. Debut ... more info

MP3: It Hugs Back - Work Day “Others Cars Go” was one of my favourite tracks of the last year, now It Hugs Back release their debut on the marvellous 4AD. Album Inside Your Guitar is just as dreamy, weathered, and soft. “Work Day” smooths and... more info

1. Link: Damn Arms - Desination Pt I: Yacht-house. 2. Link: The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition. 3. Video: James Yorkston - Woozy With Cider. 4. This National Geographic article about escaping North Korea is great too. Though you’d already you know... more info

MP3: Meursault — Salt Part 1 Salt Part 1 is arms stretched to 20 feet up, or two leagues below, reaching for bright and promising new worlds, More parts Beirut than Kraftwerk–Highland genesis, French dreams, European oils. more info

MP3: Meursault — Salt Part 1 Salt Part 1 is arms stretched to 20 feet up, or two leagues below, reaching for bright and promising new worlds, More parts Beirut than Kraftwerk–Highland genesis, French dreams, European oils. more info

Recently there has been much more listening and reading than thinking. The more I listened and the more I thought, the bigger that Meursault (mp3) become. Words come easy when you have something big to share. Salt Part 1 is arms stretched to 20 feet... more info

Photo credit. MP3:: Micachu - Golden Phone Does the London Philharmonic re-fixing one of your grim mix-tapes guarantee success? Micachu and The Shapes aren’t Pokemon masters but their electronica bleeps and kick-starts could be the soundtrack, if ... more info