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Black Polygons – ‘Agapanthe’ EP Review

05/02/2015 by Tom Roden

We’ll put our hands up and admit it right away; we’d never actually heard of Black Polygons until they were brought to our attention by Benin City when they unveiled their ‘Stay Positive’ demo last week. Turns out they’ve already produced two albums and an EP of their recognisable soundscapes, and they’re too cool to have a Facebook page. Well, who knew? ‘Agapanthe’ is the latest of these releases, a short ten minute EP of strange soundscapes that almost defy […]

Categories: Review, Track Review • Tags: Agapanthe Part I, Agapanthe Part II, Ancolie, Benin City, Black Polygons, EP, Mount Weak, Review, Sisyphus, Stay Positive

Benin City X Black Polygons – ‘Stay Positive’ Review

26/01/2015 by Tom Roden

We never make much secret of our love of Benin City, and while we wait for them to finish up on their album they’ve been nice enough to make public a short collaborative demo to keep everyone interested. ‘Stay Positive’ is a short demo (under two minutes long) that is a collaboration with “one of [their] new fave bands” Black Polygons, who provide the instrumentation. And it works very well, in a style very typical of Benin City – the […]

Categories: Review, Track Review • Tags: Benin City, Black Polygons, Demo, Review, Stay Positive

Video: Benin City – ‘Bus’

30/06/2014 by Tom Roden

Please be aware that this video, and therefore this post, might be NSFW. We usually like writing words about the videos before we share them, but this time words fail us. We can’t quite figure out what it is we’ve just seen, or whether we’re more confused than disturbed. Benin City’s ‘Bus’ wins the award for most memorable new music video we’ve seen so far. Ever. The video is below. We’re going to go lie down and try to make […]

Categories: Video • Tags: Benin City, Bus, NSFW

Benin City – ‘Midnight Malarky’ EP Review

24/06/2014 by Tom Roden

Get set for poetics, big tunes and energetic beats – Benin City have just released their new EP, ‘Midnight Malarky’. And it’s every bit as enjoyable as we hoped it would be. And it’s no secret that we’ve got quite a fondness for the band here. ‘Bus’ opens the album brilliantly – beginning with a simple riff accompanied solely by vocals, before the song’s big hook crashes in. And that hook is an absolutely irresistible musical Casanova, which forms a powerful […]

Categories: EP Review, Review • Tags: Alternative, Benin City, Bus, Dub, Kirk Spencer, Long Way Home, Midnight Malarky, Remix, Shanaz Dorsett

Benin City – ‘Bus’ Review

06/06/2014 by Tom Roden

Benin City have never disappointed us, and have always got a space reserved in our hearts. Which is actually more scary than reassuring, because the way of the universe suggests that sooner or later there’s a good chance Benin City will produce something which will break our hearts. But that sorry situation shows no signs of happening any time soon. In preparation for the release of their ‘Midnight Malarky’ EP on June 23 (we reviewed it here), the band premiered ‘Bus’ […]

Categories: Review, Track Review • Tags: Alternative, Benin City, Bus, Dub, Fires In The Park, Ghostpoet, Hip Hop, Midnight Malarky, R&B, The Line Of Best Fit, urban

Video: Benin City – ‘My Love’

05/06/2014 by Tom Roden

‘My Love’ is a great piece of emotionally-charged urban poetry from Benin City. Highly personal and dramatic, it’s less a song than a piece of poetry set to a powerful soundscape. It’s a great track, and the video accentuates the gritty urban aspect of the poetics – as well as the flurry of differing emotions and ideas that the track expresses and the artists believe make up the foundation of love. Ooh, arty.

Categories: Review, Track Review, Video • Tags: Benin City, Hip Hop, my love, poetry, R&B, RnB, urban, urban poetry

If You Like…: An A-Z of Unsigned Alternatives

05/04/2014 by Tom Roden

Have you ever wanted to find something new that isn’t too far detached from what you enjoy? Have you ever wanted to just be that little bit more hipster than your friends? Well we’ve made it easy for you. Here is an A-Z list of popular artists and, next to them, a nice unsigned alternative to the artist. It’s a quick and easy way of adding new colours to your music palette. If You Like… …Then Try: A Adele […]

Categories: Lists • Tags: 93 Million Miles From The Sun, 93MillionMilesFromTheSun, Adele, Ben Owen, Benin City, Bipolar Sunshine, Broken Hands, Cave Painting, Chris Drew, Damon Albarn, Dive Exit, Ed Sheeran, Fang Club, Fickle Friends, Foo Fighters, Gibson Bull, Goldfrapp, Hooton Tennis Club, Howler, Imagine Dragons, Izzy Bizu, Jay Rodger, Julian Casablancas, Kaiser Chiefs, Lily Allen, MBV, Missing Andy, My Bloody Valentine, Never Shout Never, Nevershoutnever, New Music, Oasis, Only Girl, Prince, QOTSA, Queens Of The Stone Age, Rae Morris, Scarlett Arcade, Sebastian Blake, Simon And Garfunkel, Tambourisco, The Assist, The Bots, The Cribs, The Darlingtons, The Inkhearts, The Phantoms, The Shy Lips, The Sunset Strip Club, The Walkmen, TOY, U2, Van Morrison, XTC, Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion

Benin City – Wha Gwan Review

02/10/2013 by Tom Roden

Every once in a while, a track comes my way which I find so difficult to write about that I take a good few days working at it. This can be for a number of reasons, but it is very rare that it is because the track is absolutely unique in its sound. But the new single from electro three-piece Benin City, ‘Wha Gwan’, is one of those rare tracks. It is impossible to compare this track to anything else, […]

Categories: Review, Track Review • Tags: Audio Doughnuts, Benin City, Fires In The Park, Wha Gwan

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