TuneSmith Archive
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At just 15 years old, this bird may be yet to fly the nest, but Jasmine van den ...
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The small but mightily formed independent label Peacefrog Records has just released an album by new artist ...
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Mutant pop: you’re probably a fan even if you don’t know it. It&...
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She’s won a Grammy, toured with Peter Gabriel, worked with leading lights such as Ron ...
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Forget any debate about the merits of the genre known as, ahem, ‘chillwave’. Hazy, sun-bleached ...
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In this age of instant information, it’s puzzling that the Phoenix Foundation has managed to ...
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If you’re as keen to explore musical frontiers as you are geographic ones, this release ...
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Bukola ‘Asa’ Elemide is a Paris-based Nigerian singer who’s making a name for ...
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Standing next to bass bins in sweat-soaked nightclubs has rather lost much its appeal for the original ...
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Yikes! Stop what you are doing. Turn the gadgets off. Lock the people you live with in ...
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Chilly Gonzales’ live shows are infamous for their enthralling mix of dazzling musicianship and screwball comedy. ...
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The future has never sounded so retro: Daft Punk are here to prove it. They pretty much ...
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It’s a shame that this box of songs has slipped past many people’s ...
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Tough times breed good music, and here’s a case in point. Born out of compassion ...
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Seu Jorge leapt from the favelas of Rio to international attention as the crime-ridden Knockout Ned. But ...
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Upon reaching a certain age, it’s no bad thing to admit that your days on ...
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There’s a black cloud hanging over this album that, in theory, shouldn’t be ...
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These Australian siblings don’t make complicated music. Theirs is an art born out of relatively ...
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Pop music you can dance to is always a good thing. New Young Pony Club happen to ...
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Recorded in Brussels, Mallorca and France by a Viennese singer (Tanja Frinta), an Italian drummer (Giorgio Menossi) ...
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It is a particular brand of Top-Shop-pop that will take Marina Diamandis from obscurity to the mainstream. ...
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As the offspring of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, Charlotte Gainsbourg’s musical pedigree was always ...
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Discovering Pink Martini is the equivalent of accidentally stumbling upon a hidden, slightly seedy music club that ...
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The small but loveable record label Claremont 56 has been quietly celebrating the record-detecting talents of committed vinyl ...
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The Very Best’s music is so international it feels like a United Nations of dance-pop. ...
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You may not know it but you’re probably quite familiar with Zeep’s music &...
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You might not know much about this intriguing band from Gothenburg, but rest assured their musical pedigree ...
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Despite the shelves of Cornershop being stocked with sonic treats from genres far and wide, the one ...
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When the first Nouvelle Vague project was initiated in 2004 it seemed, on paper, to be ambitious if ...
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Have you ever wondered what would the ultimate band sound like? Well they would certainly need some ...
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There’s a mystery that surrounds this album. Despite being released in the US last autumn ...
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The bird in question here is Inara George, while the bee is non-bumbling keyboard player Greg Kurstin, ...
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This year is already shaping up to be a great one for hot new breakthrough and (thankfully!) ...
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With a background in rural southern Mali, living 30 miles from the nearest town, Issa Bagayogo is somewhat ...
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The concept of math-rock might sound as appealing as stapling your hands together, and as about as ...
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Anyone who has experienced the heat, dust and sheer expanse of Arizona’s widescreen landscape will ...
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Without a Karen in sight, this trio is made up of Mallorca-born pianist Marc Meliá Sobrevias ...
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An instant Balearic classic that glides effortlessly between library music, film soundtracks, easy listening, acid rock and ...
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Sampling or bastardising music from the past is certainly not a new trick. The leading exponents of ...
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You have to forgive the name. Kraak & Smaak are from Holland after all. That’s ...
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Fans of the Mr & Mrs Smith CD compilations will have heard Plantlife before. Fronted by musical ...
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If you need some summer-conjuring sounds, the fast-rising Brazilian producer DJ Dolores has enough fireworks in his ...
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At the age of just 18, Laura Marling is fast making her mark through a blatant talent for ...
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The IT crowd are about to become the it crowd. Whilst one set of letters represents Hot ...
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Somewhere on the outer perimeters of Soho and Norway, there’s a tiny but fascinating underground ...
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On paper the idea of a jazz drummer covering house and techno classics is not necessarily a ...
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The Hot 8 Brass band are living, blowing, trumpeting proof that Hurricane Katrina did not wash the heart ...
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Mark Ronson might have already added his trademark ‘bounce’ to a clutch of pop faves, ...
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It’s fair to say folk singer Kenny Anderson is a songsmith extraordinaire. Holed up in ...
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Fans of Sigur Ros need to sit up and take notice of the latest album by Future ...
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It’s big, it’s loud and it’s a riot. The debut album ...
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Digitalism are two young men from Hamburg who will be making a lot of noise in a ...
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Nuclear-powered pop is how Swedish singer Robyn’s songs have been described – and you can hear why. ...
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My musical radar has begun to detect exciting waves of female-led pop on the horizon; the Pierces ...
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Here’s one for the Mrs Smiths out there. Delicate acoustics abound on this wistful and engaging ...
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Being a lone singer from Wimbledon, you might think it strange that Jamie T is being touted ...
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You don't often catch the words 'Australia' and 'great music' sitting merrily in a sentence together. But ...
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This’ll be in a few of the more discerning best of ’06 lists. Hailing from ...
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Please excuse us for singing our own praises, but many feel that our third compilation instalment is ...
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Here’s a find. A girl with an angelic voice who plays a mean lap steel ...
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If you don’t like your music raw or full of twanging guitars, turn away now. ...
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