11:10 am  •  17 January 2012

10:18 am  •  12 October 2011

A slight delay in timings to get this out there as the TM team at HQ have been working on event numero II especially for you. Here is our 20+10 best of 2010. I didn’t come up with that as a catchphrase it’s just there was so many good albums out there from last year, that 20 or 10 just wouldn’t be enough. This year our winners were Salem with their dark, forward thinking ‘witch house’ album King Night. I asked Paul Hanford our HQ music wizz to describe Salem’s new album in a few words: ‘Voodoo electronics, sustained mood, the ambience of early Sabbath relocated to the deepest, darkest american backwaters. Salem fashion an intensity and beauty out of the simplest forms making them the most intriguing act of the year.’ 

We’re also really sorry Rihanna didn’t make it into the list, although Rude Boy was the track of the year, the album came out in 2009. We still love you.

Here’s the list you have all been waiting for:

1. SALEM – KING NIGHT

2. CARIBOU – SWIM

3. THESE NEW PURITANS - HIDDEN

4. KANYE WEST – MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY

5. GIL-SCOTT HERON – I’M NEW HERE

6. GAYNGS - RELAYTED

7. TWIN SHADOW - FORGET

8. GOLD PANDA – LUCKY SHINER

9. TAME IMPALA - INNERSPEAKER

10. MIA - /\/\/\Y/\

11. SLEIGH BELLS - TREATS

12. PANTHA DU PRINCE - BLACK NOISE

13. BROKEN BELLS – BROKEN BELLS

14. FLYING LOTUS - COSMOGRAMMA

15. MATTHEW DEAR – BLACK CITY

16. BONOBO – BLACK SANDS

17. MOUNT KIMBIE – CROOKS & LOVERS

18. ARIEL PINK – BEFORE TODAY

19. FOUR TET – THERE IS LOVE IN YOU

20. FOALS – TOTAL LIFE FOREVER

21. WALLS - WALLS

22. BIG BOI – SIR LUCIOUS LEFT FOOT…THE SON OF CHICO DUSTY

23. DEEERHUNTER – HALCYON DIGEST

24. BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD – SUMMER HEART

25. PHOSPHORESCENT – HERE’S TO TAKING IT EASY

26. BEACH HOUSE - TEEN DREAM

27. DRAKE – THANK ME LATER

28. AVI BUFFALO – AVI BUFFALO

29. GLASSER - RING

30. EL GUINCHO – POP NEGRO

10:22 am  •  26 January 2011

We’re big supporters of Bibio and have been since the Mush days! Look out for this guy in 2011!

11:04 am  •  15 January 2011

Our curator here at Tago Mago has a sunday show on http://www.londonfieldsradio.com/ so if you are suffering from the blues one crisp frosty Sunday this winter, have a little listen. 

4:24 pm  •  4 December 2010

After the success of TM1, we bring you TAGO MAGO 2 at the Queen of Hoxton.

Live music, interactive art installations and much more..

Announcements soon.

12:52 pm  •  4 December 2010

Here is the poster for the 11th of November.

8:33 pm  •  3 November 2010  •  1 note

Cry

Gayngs, From out of New Orleans famous Project Magnolia? or ‘Straight Outta Compton’?. No this isn’t a fresh outa jail Percy Miller signing like Soulja Slim but rather a Minneapolis based 10CC inspired supergroup. When Ryan Olson had the idea of joining forces with Solid Gold’s Zach Coulter, Adam Hurlburt, and Shön Troth he had no idea what would happen next…25 talented but very different musicians collaborating together in Justin Vernon of Bon Iver’s Wisconsin studio ‘April Base’. Yes! The birth of a retro yet contemporary sound. Brilliance in a world where perfection doesn’t exsist but a perfect musical family, Gayngs.

With airy, dreamy vocals, 70’s style psych slide guitars, jazz sax from Michael Lewis (Andrew Bird) and the retro pop of Lookback combined with Justin Vernons welcoming forsetto. Gayngs had the early demos ready of their first single ‘The Gaudy Side of Town.’ But Olson didnt stop there, next he bought in rapper P.O.S but not for his normal conscious hip hop vocals but instead a ‘Soul-inspired tenar.’

About 8 musicians later Gayngs was complete to work on the album ‘Relayted’. Track 3 on the album is a song called ‘Cry’ which is a rework of Kevin Godley and Creme’s hit version in 1985.

Welcome them in spring 2011, rumour says that Justin Vernon has even been working with Rick Rubin and Nicki Minaj.

Tago Mago.

10:24 am  •  2 November 2010

We love El Guincho here at Tago Mago HQ. Check out Bombay.

7:35 am  •  26 October 2010

5:12 pm  •  25 October 2010