Like Johnny-5 and Steve Guttenberg cruising down sunset boulevard in the A-Team van listening to Huey Lewis and the News… it’s easy to break out all the “vintage 80’s” clichés when listing to Binary’s finest Nightwaves, but that’s only because their latest offering is so thoroughly convincing.

Late Nite Tuff Guy’s ‘Tuff Edits Volume 1’ was a complete revelation here at Tashed towers, so we’re understandably delighted that we can bring you a sneak preview of ‘Tuff Edits Volume 2’ – out 19th April on Lightspeed Recordings.

Is a penchant for mildly interesting drum patterns really all you need to be labeled as math rock? The answer it would seem, is yes. That shouldn’t however deter you from checking out Maps & Atlases…

At 6ft 8″ tall, Tobi O’Kandi isn’t your average looking lead-man of a four piece London band named O. Children, which is currently causing a huge stir in Europe. Then again, O.Children are a far cry from any other band you might be listening to this Spring…

Raised on a strict Californian diet of sun, sea, surf and imported Japanese anime, Devon Hughes AKA Rhythm Droid ditched the comforts of the west-coast to immerse himself in the hyper-accelerated heart of Tokyo’s infamous creative hub: Harajuku. Tashed went on location to chat with the 29 year old producer…

The NY duo of Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel, known collectively as Phantogram, released their debut LP ‘Eyelid Movies’ on Barsuk Records earlier this year to rave reviews all over and they most definitely caught our attention.

DJ-KICKS has gotten the best of the best for compilations over the years. From the likes of Thievery Corporation, Tiga, Four Tet, Erlend Oye, The Glimmers, Hot Chip, Chromeo, K&D etc etc.. they rarely get it wrong. And this time round Juan Maclean takes centre stage.

Darkened alleyways, blood-spattered negligees, guttural-voiced, anonymous killers with large and varied knife collections… it’s all in a day’s work for Antoni Maiovvi – unabashed prog junkie, slasher flick enthusiast and general disco don.

Its been a crazy week for us, but when we heard there were at least 3 new singles leaked on the net, we indulged and live to tell the tale.

The world fell in love with Caribou’s ghoulish single “Odessa” when it spilled onto the scene a few weeks back, with a video capable of inducing fuzzy nightmares so creative you wish you could go through it in HD all over again.