Bonde Do Role, Bonde Do Role With Lasers

If you speak Portuguese, Brazil’s Bonde Do Role are lascivious to the point of being foul-mouthed; if not, they’re just the best party band in the world. The eclectic trio’s debut album is a more authentically Brazilian experience than CSS, … Continue reading →

Digitalism, Idealism

Hailing from Hamburg, Digitalism are an electronic dance duo who tap into their city’s heritage of speed-fuelled rock’n’roll. Berlin may still be in thrall to minimal techno, but Digitalism pile on the ideas and and feed their synths through guitar … Continue reading →

Von Sudenfed, Tromatic Reflexxions

Every leftfield artist sings Mark E Smith's praises. And this set with two electronica whizzos highlights exactly why, says Ben Thompson.

Battles, Mirrored

After a string of intermittently brilliant EPs, these hi-tech New York instrumentalists finally release their first proper full-length, and with it propel themselves into quite another league. There was always something uniquely enticing in their amalgam of machine-code guitar hooks, … Continue reading →

Maps, We Can Create

The 1980s goths Bauhaus put Northampton on the music map, but the town has had little to export since then. James Chapman, aka Maps, looks set to change that. Conjured up in his bedroom following bouts of depression, his debut … Continue reading →

Groove Armada, Soundboy Rock

Of the big 1990s dance artists, Groove Armada were the most anonymous. They came to prominence through the chill-out boom of 2000 with At the River, and then upended that audience with the supremely irritating I See You Baby. Keen … Continue reading →