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COVER FLOW: Cut Copy, ‘Zonoscope’

“We certainly are using all sorts of electronic instruments, more synthesizers, computers, all of that, but contrasted with more organic sounds, more organic percussion. Since [frontman] Dan [Whitford] came across the image a few months ago, he’s stuck with it, and thought that it summed up what we wanted to get across.” [Cut Copy’s Tim […]

NEEDLE EXCHANGE 043: An Exclusive Mix By … Thunderball

Words by Sid Barcelona We’ve created a mix that represents many facets of the Thunderball sound. We are inspired by ’60s and ’70s cinema, Latin, funk, dub and soul, and try to incorporate these elements into cinematic grooves that shift from scene to scene in our own imaginary film. In this mix we debut some […]

DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Florence and the Machine, “Strangeness and Charm (Live @ London’s Hammersmith Apollo)”

In case you don’t keep up with Florence and the Machine‘s Lady GaGa-like popularity in merry old England, the following new song was captured live at London’s Hammersmith Apollo recently. Between her two sold-out nights at Terminal 5 this week and the bound-to-be-a-hit-single status of “Strangeness and Charm,” it looks like our former cover star […]

TEST PRESSING: Hype Williams, “Businessline”

Presenting a No Fear of Pop premiere, along with three old, indescribable tracks from the British duo that’s well on their way to becoming the Next Salem (i.e. a total love-or-hate proposition that’ll leave many people crying foul)…