Playground magazine

The work of Tasseomancy, the musical project of the Lightman twins (the two ladies dancing at the live shows by Austra) leads Javier Calvo to reflect on the esoteric, even necromantic side of modern m...

We analyse Lana Del Rey from a fashion perspective, a world that likes to feed from exotic musical figures once in a while, to earn authenticity points. Is Lana Del Rey its new star product?

Damien Jurado recommends that we read Groucho Marx and Allen Ginsberg, but he gives us almost no clues to understanding how “Maraqopa” - his eleventh album, named after a city that he visited in a dre...

Porcelain Raft doesn’t believe in the dream-pop conspiracy, and he assures us that he doesn’t have any sort of obsession with dictators, even though he has played in North Korea. And by the way, he ha...

Field Music is one of those oddball bands, small and marvellous, who form part of the fine print in modern pop. A band that is big because of its singularity. They'll be playing at Primavera Sound, an...

As an appetiser for the C.A.L.O.R. Party next Friday at Siroco in Madrid, we're offering the full and exclusive stream of “Qvasi Naves”. It’s the second EP by BFlecha, due out in the next few days on ...

The Ritual Without Myth exhibit - currently on display in London - gives Javier Calvo the opportunity to explore certain connections between liturgy, ritual, and witchcraft in certain groups and audio...

Is soul-pop the music industry’s strategy for short-term sales success? According to the latest releases in the UK, this appears to be the case. But in the middle-term, the outlook for this phenomenon...

BBC Radio 1 premieres “Headphones”

Listen to “Au Seve”, the first title on Broadwalk Records

Watch “Neptune” and listen to “Softkiss”

The duo presents “Hurricane”, a video full of visual stimuli

Download the oneiric “Fairwell 22”

Geo-magnetic storms on “Toldyall”

Johan Agebjörn and Le Prix remix “Days Don’t Fade”

The new man at Mad Decent presents us with “Harlem Shake” and “Yaow!”