The Sound Influx Playlist 11.11.13

Okay, so we're a day late, and we took a week off. We're sorry, really we are. Sadly this isn't our day job and most of our day jobs are getting somewhat hectic as the Christmas break starts peering its chilly head.

Fear not though, we're back for a fourth edition of the Sound Influx Playlist.

This week we've gone very much remix and feature Monsieur Adi and Tourist as well as the likes of Sub Focus' track with Kele and Sudanim's working of How To Dress Well's &ItWasU. Without further ado, we should probably give it to you for your earholes to consume?




Featured tracks this week...

Sudanim - U Dont Have 2 Worry
by Braden Fletcher

How to Dress Well's record Total Loss feels like it came out ages ago now. It's been a year and it has definitely not dated. Conveniently, South London DJ/Producer Sudanim has reworked the highlight of the album &ItWasU into his own powerful beast. Keep a watch out for him and Her Records a lot in the future.

Grouplove - Ways To Go
by Braden Fletcher

They're finally coming back with their second record and with it will be doing a string of rather intimate shows in the UK so now seems like the best time to put the most recent Grouplove single, Ways to Go into the Playlist. It's huge sounding and with any luck, the band will finally erupt over here in the way they did in the US of A!

Bombay Bicycle Club - Carry Me
by Toby McCarron

A fantastic indie debut, a heart-felt acoustic album and a disappointing mis-match of a third album; this time Bombay Bicycle Club seem to be embracing their electronic side. Carry Me is Bombay's most dancey and arguably club ready hit to date. With swathes of synth and a particularly impressive high-budget interactive video. It's not there to be loved or remembered, simply to move your body to at 3am at club NME.

Well everyone, that's it for another week. We'll hopefully be back again next week and we hope you'll be with us.

In other news, the picture for this week's playlist is very much Movember themed. Grow them staches SI readers!

The Sound Influx Playlist: 28.10.13

It's only ruddy week three! One day we'll look back on this with fondness, remembering the time we had a feature that lasted for three whole consecutive weeks. How we'll drink.
This week, we've had a host of curators of the playlist from across the site; great to see a team come together to collaborate on this project.
In this, the third installment of The Playlist; our three featured artists are MO, Findlay and Swearin'.

Let's get straight to it then!




Mø - XXX ft Diplo

This is, in classic mø style, a chopped -up track with layers of samples and beats and her pretty laid-back delivery. It also includes the almost obligatory trumpet samples which have come to make mø's sound so distinctive. Diplo also plays a part, although this is Mø's moment.
Holly Read-Challen

Swearin' - Dust in the Gold Sack

You'd be forgiven for confusing Swearin' with their tour-buddies Waxahatchee; mostly because lead singer Allison Crutchfield is Katie's twin sister. Where Waxahatchee deal in refined sounds though, Swearin', as their name may suggest, take it a bit more FIDLAR. There's a definite cross between this and many of Wichita's post-grunge releases from the last year and we can't quite get enough of it.
Braden Fletcher


Findlay - Greasy Love

Bursts of static and Natalie Findlay's sexy yelp usher in another cracking single from the young Manchester songwriter. "I know it feels good when he sucks on my blood" she shrieks as her backing band leap from popping bass to strident garage rock riffs that channel The Kills on a three day bender. It's short, sharp, sleazy and seductive. What more could you want?
Max Sefton

That's all for this playlist, enjoy.

The Sound Influx Playlist: 14.10.13

Whilst we endeavour to bring you music to listen to inside our reviews and general posting activity; there's obstacles everywhere as to what we can bring you and how. Granted, most of those obstacles revolve around our quantity of content, but when it came to creating a playlist for you we had a few problems at root level.
What platform do we use? How many tracks do we include? How popular can a band be before we're definitely playing tracks you're already very familiar with? How old can a track be before we can't put it in the playlist? Most importantly though, how do we present it to you?

In creating this 10-track Soundcloud Playlist on a weekly basis, we hope to have laid as many of those questions to rest as is possible. It's concise, available on mobile, bandwidth friendly and gives us the opportunity to keep it all pretty fresh.
We've also got three featured tracks each week to give you a little insight into our collective minds. We don't have a Sound Influx HQ, we don't have an office, never-mind an office stereo, but what we lack in hardwood flooring we make up for in collective knowledge across the web.
So, without further ado, here's the first Sound Influx Playlist.

Featured Tracks

Hoodlem - Firing Line

This mysterious Melbourne-based electronic pop act caused a wave of interest with their debut track, 'Through'. This second release however shows off a much more dynamic and interesting side to their songwriting that is equally as impressive.
Rob Bramhill

Jungle - The Heat

Gaining a steady traction of hype from some well chosen viral friendly youtube videos (the breakdancing child showcased in the 'platoon' video is a highlight) UK duo Jungle look set to make quite a splash. Signed to Chess Club Records, original home to pop prospects Chvrches and MO, 'This Heat' showcases some serious groove and subtle dance undertones that deserve to reach a broader dance-floor audience.
Toby McCarron

Katie Malco - September

With her newest EP, Tearing Ventricles; Alcopop's finest solo artist Katie Malco has created a live, piano driven selection of tracks that are guaranteed to pull on your heartstrings. September is possibly the most beautiful of the lot. It can often be difficult justifying listening to music on the sad-side, but there's almost never a need to justify spending some time listening to Katie Malco. She'd be as big as the Ben Howard's and Laura Marling's of the world if she recorded a proper record.
Braden Fletcher