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ATrackS 4- December

ATrackS 4- December

So you may have noticed the site sort of shut down for a while- this was due to difficulties with our web hosting, which I’m pleased to report have now been resolved, so feel free to expect a fairly regular dose of music/culture/life from now on. 1. JUSTIN VERNON’S LIFE...
ATrackS 3: September

ATrackS 3: September

1. JAMES BLAKE APPEARS ON BBC’S ESSENTIAL MIX AND ANNOUNCES NEW EP James Blake DJ’d for BBC Radio One’s Essential Mix yesterday, and as well as featuring an eclectic bunch of songs by everyone from Salem to Snoop Dogg, he also played a range of his own previously unreleased material....
London Fashion Week: Autumn/Winter '11.

London Fashion Week: Autumn/Winter ’11.

London Fashion Week is ranked among the ‘top four’ events of its kind, placing it alongside Paris, New York and Milan. Commencing on the 18th of September, over 100 designers will showcase their new collections in a variety of venues, but which ones should you look out for?
The Alternative Freshers Guide.

The Alternative Freshers Guide.

Chances are a lot of y’all have just found out what University you’ll be hittin’ up in September. You’re probably feeling a mixture of excitement and apprehension, particularly if you’re fucking hip and don’t want to spend an entire year living with some bitches you don’t like. Hold on children,...
Spotlight On: Hjaltalin

Spotlight On: Hjaltalin

Having ended many a night hunched over a night cap in a nostalgic trance listening to Sigur Ros, I was intrigued to hear that a rockier equivalent was bursting onto the scene. Perhaps some glacial atmosphere music to begin a night rather than end it? Not quite; what I discovered...
Alexisonfire, 2001-2011

Alexisonfire, 2001-2011

So, alot has gone on with Alexisonfire this past week- namely, they broke up. Frontman George Pettit announced the split on the 5th August over at the band’s official website, mentioning Dallas’ and Wade’s exits as the cause for the break-up, and adding that replacing them ‘would run the serious...
Song Of The Week: Bwana - Baby, Let me Finish.

Song Of The Week: Bwana – Baby, Let me Finish.

This track was recommended to me by a friend, and I’m totally glad that it was. Bwana is difficult to find online, as I discovered when trying to track down some more of his songs. He’s not on last.fm yet, no wikipedia, there are a few YouTube videos floating around,...
5 Fashions: A/W Looks from Fashion Week

5 Fashions: A/W Looks from Fashion Week

So the summer sales are drawing to a close, and the fashion world has its focus firmly set on Autumn/Winter. Never fear, ATS are here to steer you through the trends to watch out for as the days get shorter and the temperature drops. Here are 5 key pieces that...
Song Of The Week: Jay-Z & Kanye West ft. Otis Redding - Otis

Song Of The Week: Jay-Z & Kanye West ft. Otis Redding – Otis

With their forthcoming album Watch the Throne due to be released in August, Jay-Z and Kanye West recently premièred our Song of the Week, Otis, on Funkmaster Flex’s Hot 97 radio show.
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2012: Things We're Looking Forward To

2012: Things We’re Looking Forward To

2012 is now upon us, and in between fretting about the end of the world and wondering just where the hell Beyoncé’s baby is, At the Sinema have been thinking about some of the things that we really are looking forward to in the coming year. Arrested Development Being Less Than A Year Away It’s...
Elite Gymnastics - Ruin 1/Ruin 2

Elite Gymnastics – Ruin 1/Ruin 2

Elite Gymnastics are from Minneapolis. Technically. But they’ll let you know in an instant that this has little baring on their music -- according to a recent interview, their “musical home is the internet”. Their love of K-pop, a music genre fast growing in popularity in the western world due to the use of the...
Flying Lotus's 30 minute Thundercat Mix

Flying Lotus’s 30 minute Thundercat Mix

Ethereal, orchestral and utterly soulful, the mix is well worth a listen.
Remix Wednesday: My Morning Jacket vs. The Muppets

Remix Wednesday: My Morning Jacket vs. The Muppets

Yes, you read that right- for the upcoming Muppets movie, My Morning Jacket (as well as other big names including Weezer, Andrew Bird and Sondre Lerche) have covered a Muppets classics for a tribute album entitled Muppets: The Green Album. The track is called Our World, and apparently appeared on a Muppets Christmas Special called...
Stream Japanese Voyeurs' Album, 'Yolk'

Stream Japanese Voyeurs’ Album, ‘Yolk’

We at ATS have been salivating over the prospect of Japanese Voyeurs’ debut album ‘Yolk’ dropping, and that day has finally arrived. When we sat down with the guys earlier this year, vocalist Romily Alice had this to say about the record: ‘We tried to give it some really good dynamics, so there’s alot more...
Song of the Week: SVP by Teams

Song of the Week: SVP by Teams

Our Song of the Week is the sultry and summery ‘SVP’, courtesy of Teams. This ambient little number is perfect background music for those of you lucky enough to currently be experiencing sunshine. In the words of Teams himself, ‘Dive in, splash around. Get soaked in those extra wet tropicult vibes. Blam. Blam.’ Well, you...
Remix Wednesday: Parenthetical Girls vs. Xiu Xiu

Remix Wednesday: Parenthetical Girls vs. Xiu Xiu

If you’re familiar with Parenthetical Girls, you may be shocked to hear they’ve released a remix EP. They’ve spent the last year slowly revealing their new album Privilege in four parts- that may not sound all that obscure, but the four parts have been released separately, each on vinyl, each with only 500 copies in...
ATracks 2: July

ATracks 2: July

Yes, ATS’ music and news hybrid is back, simultaneously keeping you up to date with all of the latest goings-on in the world of music, and providing you with a killer playlist of musical goodness. 1. TWIN SISTER ANNOUNCE TOUR, NEW ALBUM AND SINGLE Twin Sister’s highly-anticipated debut album, In Heaven, is due to drop...
Song of the Week: Givers- Up Up Up

Song of the Week: Givers- Up Up Up

Givers may be the only good thing ever to come out of Hurricane Katrina. It was because of this awful natural disaster that University of New Orleans classmates Taylor Guarisco and Tiffany Lamson had to return to their home of Lafayette, Louisiana , where they met Kirby Campbell, Nick Stevens and Josh LeBlanc- and so...
10 Most Anticipated Summer Albums

10 Most Anticipated Summer Albums

Summer is upon us- in the UK, that means optimistically stocking up on bikinis, being surprised that it’s raining in June (despite the fact it always does), and unaccountably getting sunburnt anyway. But in terms of music, the summer is set to be full with amazing new albums- here are the ATS staff’s 10 most...
Reviews of Shows on the Telly: Glastonbury

Reviews of Shows on the Telly: Glastonbury

It's that time of year again - the sun is momentarily shining for a brief blip in the eternal onslaught of rain in British summertime, holiday makers look to flee the turmoil of their mundane existence for a fleeting week in the sun, and festival goers ready their wellies and silly straw hats. And this...
Review: Suck It And See

Review: Suck It And See

  The Arctic Monkeys are a band whose albums fundamentally represent their maturing, both as band and in their personal lives. Listening to Suck It and See, it’s clear that this is now a band of men, writing about love and women. This is perhaps Arctic Monkeys’ graduation, after the ‘college experimentation’ with a more...
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