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Calvin w/ Offaiah & Fans 2 August 2019

Hello! Fancy some music?

1. Rudimental & Sub Focus - Trouble ft. Maverick Sabre and Chronixx

Remember that time when I told you I wasn’t really impressed with Rudimental’s new track and was expecting them to come up with something proper? Well, anticipation’s over. We finally have Trouble – a delicious dnb cut with some help from the likes of Sub Focus, Maverick Sabre and Chronixx. With the latter two it’s impossible to get away without a certain level of Caribbean sound which goes so well with the typical Rudimental brass game and Sub Focus’ deep beat-substance. As soon as you hear the track you can pinpoint the people involved; however, that doesn’t necessarily spoil the harmony or the wholeness at all.  

2. Wolf Alice - Beautifully Unconventional

The Song! In an interview on Radio 1 Ellie said the track was inspired by that Winona Ryder/Christian Slater film. And, really, it’s so obvious that it could be easily added to the score of Heathers, both because of the lyrics and the slightly 80’s vibe to it. On top of that, to me Ellie herself is so like Winona, I wonder what kind of video they might put out… After the brilliant My Love Is Cool Wolf Alice are on to new, unexplored musical territories. Still, it looks like we’re in safe hands and Visions of a Life would be no less of a treat for our poor music junkie souls.

3. Elli Ingram - Better Alone

The album’s ready. It’s called Love You Really and it’s out September 15th. That’s our second taste from it and we can’t wait to wrap our ears and hands around it.

Better Alone

4. LCD Soundsystem - tonite

With the release of Everything Now last month the whole drama around Arcade Fire is now over. Luckily, we still have LCD. Why I put these two bands together, in one basket? Well, allegedly legendary status in music, long-anticipated new records (and rather curious promotion campaigns), socially-conscious lyrics and those sweet 80′s disco flashes. Do I need to say more? Tonite is in one league with Dance Yrself Clean and Daft Punk Is Playing At My House and it makes you want to grab your dancing shoes just as much. When you listen to the lyrics - even more just because you need to shake that vast feeling of emptiness off.

5. Buddy - Type of Shit ft, Wiz Khalifa

It should be clear by now that for some reason I like Buddy. Recently he announced a new EP with the romantic-floral title of Magnolia. New singles are pouring and again, we have another guest-star, giving a helping hand with a verse.

Our third course this week is Bastille’s take on Basket Case. Along with Dan Smith’s voice, string and brass sections, which have long ago become their trademark, we can now add covers to that list with an honest heart. With a good portion of creativity and wit, Bastille are reworking the term “cover” in every way imaginable - they are turning songs inside out, making them something different and basically - their own. It’s not by chance that fans put them in a completely new “category” - “There are normal bands/singers who do a one song cover. Then there are Bastille." With Basket Case we get an unexpected but an excellent rendition of the Green Day classic so nicely fitting into Bastille’s world - a bit depressive, a bit desperate and childish but still with an uplifting melody. And, to be frank, who wouldn’t recognise themselves in the character from the song, 20+ years ago, or today?

Basket Case 

And because there’s still loads of music which I am missing out, let’s limit the damage as much as we can. As far as albums go, Chase & Status have finally blessed us with Tribe after what felt like a lifetime. And the wait was worth every long, single day and month. Grime, garage, d&b, dub, reggae. It is just everything we’ve ever dreamt of, plus some experimental stuff and a radio-friendly song for us all to be happy and satisfied. Personal favourites – Nervous (!), Tribute, Don’t Stop, Real No More, all 17.

Gearing up for a record, Nothing But Thieves deliver “I’m Not Made By Design” - another track with killer vocals from Connor. Gorillaz share a new take on their delicious dance anthem Strobelite, this time with Kaytranada on board, while Skip Marley makes his appearance on our weekly entry with Refugee. 

Label ALL FIRE Styles House Date 2025-10-31 Catalog # AF2502 Length 5:10 Tracks 1 OFFAIAH, Kyle Kinch – The Pressure (Extended Mix) 5:10 FileCat – OFFAIAH & Kyle Kinch – The Pressure [AF2502].zip