Back in the 17th century, Mary Queen of Scots once had a beautifully crafted skull watch made in her honor. Not long after, her head got chopped clean off. That historical timepiece, with some notes from the Day of the Dead, have directly inspired Fiona Krüger and this Black Skull watch. Each hand-decorated three-layer watch keeps its […]

No one knows the moment when it happened. Sriracha used to be reserved for sprucing up yesterday’s pad thai, and then things changed. Now Sriracha, as either a brand or a flavoring, is so infused to everything pop culture that people will squirt it on tacos de carnitas with a straight face, as if there […]

SBTRKT breaks his recent silence by sending Mary Anne Hobbs a new track, which she giddily debuted on her BBC Radio 6 show this weekend. With “Hold the Line”, the British producer known to his mum as Aaron Jerome doesn’t stray far from the ethereal, moody beats that have made him one of the more exciting […]

Yesterday we shared the Disclosure-produced “You Stressin’” from Bishop Nehru, and today it’s a certified legend that collaborates with the Lawrence Brothers. Apparently the meeting of exceptional musical minds happened when Mary J first heard Disclosure’s “F For You”, and fell hard for the young brothers’ production. Inspired and on her own accord, the R&B diva […]

Binary’s EP Amber came out right before the vernal equinox on March 18, released through their own imprint, Echoplex Records. The music on this, their latest, engages as it builds. The confessional symbolism on the first track (and their first single) “You Need the Blue Key” establishes the London-based band’s place in the universe of industrial shoegaze — […]

Growing up in the wilds of Lancaster, England, the duo known as Bondax are coming up strong. Just 17 & 18 years old, the kids known as George Townsend and Adam Kaye are dropping some nice tunes as of late — the most recent being “You’re So” which you can pick up HERE. Stream the […]

Gebrüder Teichmann, aka The Teichmann Brothers, are an experimental Techno duo operating out of Boogie Down Berlin. They’re literally siblings, and have been making music together since as far back as they can both remember. They swear by analogue machines, fight for the preservation of analogue sound carriers, and don’t really care much about rigid […]

There are few, if any, labels that can match the roster of the immaculately curated Ninja Tune Records. One of the newer names in the label’s their stellar bullpen (which includes heavyweights like Cold Cut, DJ Food, Kid Koala, Amon Tobin, The Herbaliser, et al) is Philadelphia’s own Starkey (ak PJ Geissinger), who brings his […]