The Big Sun - Pants!

Following on from the release of their "Sticklebacker" E.P, Oxford based group The Big Sun, fronted by teen singer Berry but featuring members of Ride & Candyskins, have released their latest single. Entitled "Pants!", the song is a more subtle effort than the out and out pop of their debut release, with an almost jazzy feel to the recording. It's as if Kate Nash has relocated to Paris and has set up shop in a smoky, bossa nova café. Former Creation boss Alan McGee has allegedly taken an interest in signing the band, so only time will tell if the group make a splash.

"Pants!" is available to download for free.

Fixers - Swimmhaus Johannesburg

A great philosopher once wrote, Naughty naughty, very naughty "To look forward, one must first look back." It is with these words that I look at the latest song from Oxford based 5-piece Fixers.

Their latest single, "Swimmhaus Johannes," mixes 00s bass sounds, 90s house piano and beats and 80s sample manipulation, and also contains the best emergency sirens this side of the theme tune to "The Bill."

This is music the word fun was invented for (and if it wasn't this song, then I imagine it was somewhere in the top 5)



Swimmhaus Johannesburg by Fixers.