Music Reviews, News, Interviews & Downloads
We have a whole host of Fixers related goodies for you to listen to.
Chad Valley’s recently released eponymous EP showcases his talents for taking the already infectious balearic pop of the eighties and cutting and adding luscious hazy samples in addition to incorporating a strong R&B edge.
There is something in the air tonight; an excitement, a cool youthful disorganisation. The future of music is here…and it’s in Peckham?! Words by Lauren Down with photographs by Paul Bridgewater.
Excellent, ethereal and a joy to listen to, it is a distant memory of summers gone by. This idea of an untouchable perfection and an unreachable idyll sets the tone of the EP; a melancholic heart beats throughout each of the songs – a vague oblivion of unsettling energy.
The collision of two electro-nerds who explore electronics and dance music in two *very* different ways. This reworking comes as a great example of how brilliant the outcome can be when the two come together. A TLOBF premier.
In what will be their first appearance on a London stage in over 3 years, The Concretes are set to play Kings Cross venue The Lexington on December 1. Opening for the band will be Porcelain Raft and ANR, not to mention DJ sets from Wichita Records and TLOBF. Win tickets inside!
Laura Snapes braves the Megabus (and cold) and heads to Cardiff to report guerilla style as the three day Swn Festival takes over the city. Today: Spillers Records, Chad Valley, Tall Ships, “Chippy Lane” and a gaggle of TLOBF friends and regulars.
The mainstream commercial and critical success of Foals and Stornoway has been unprecedented and a great victory for putting Oxford back on the musical map where it belongs. Sebastian Reynolds takes a closer look at two emerging scenes “Blessing Force” and “Ox-Fi”.