Dawa was formed in 2014 by John Dawa (vocals/guitar), Barbara Wiesinger (vocals/percussion), Laura Pudelek (cello) and Oama Richson (cajón/percussion), after John and Barbara met Laura and Oama at a street concert at the Ragnarhof in May 2010. Their mutual enthusiasm and musical compatibility lead to the formation of Dawa. Dawa
Drab Majesty is definitely one of only a handful, of progressive artists making post-punk right now. Drab’s got a first single “Cold Souls” coming out, released from the album The Demonstration, due January 20 on Dais. It’s going to be the work of something way past humanity, as you can
Karl Hyde (Underworld) and Matthew Herbert are collaborating on an album taken from extracts of the stage show Fatherland. The play, conceived and written by playwright Simon Stephens and Scott Graham, in collaboration with Hyde, will be premiering at Manchester International Festival this July. Described as “a bold, ambitious show
Alt-pop quartet The Gift have been tipped for global success by countless publications, from The Independent to Drowned In Sound and Music Week. The band have collaborated (even co-written) with Brian Eno, opened for The Flaming Lips (during the 2003 Yoshimi tour) and are previous winners of an MTV Europe
The xx’s forthcoming series of sets begins on March 8th. The band will play seven shows at O2 Brixton Academy in support of their third album, I See You. The tour, which is expected to sell out, consists of a string of dates and will set a record for the
Lorne is a singer, songwriter and pianist from Berkshire, England. Lorne’s debut single titled ‘Bread Alone’ was released earlier this year gaining exposure through publications such as BBC Introducing and Clash Magazine – Lorne’s sound has been described as “haunting and personal”. Classically trained on the piano from age seven, Lorne was then
NexGen Record superstars Kachina will be supporting the Bloody Beetroots at Electric Brixton on June 23rd, presented by the Playground. Described as “music from the spiritual dimension to sharpen your senses and calm your soul” the UK trio tap into your emotions with sounds of dark and light, melodies floating
Daft Punk release limited edition “archival ink” photo from ‘Starboy’ video. A portrait painting of Daft Punk that appeared in The Weeknd’s ‘Starboy’ video has been given a limited release, Pitchfork reports. The edition comes in a classic cinema “one sheet” size, measuring 27″ x 41″, and features “archival ink
Catarina Barbier is MissinCat, the Italian-born songstress based in Berlin. Her forthcoming album Forces, includes the new track ‘Made Of Stone’ which has already racked up over 250 thousand plays on Spotify. Forces will be released on September 15th. Since her debut album release in 2007 the singer has captured
DJ Shadow, Dave Clarke, Gilles Peterson and Evian Christ will play the first Hong Kong edition of the Sónar music festival, its organisers announced yesterday. The event, due to take place over six stages spread throughout Hong Kong’s Science Park on April 1st this year, forms another ‘satellite’ event to
