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GROUPLOVE x Snakehips - Tongue Tied 2026
Read more . . . →Does the world need a dance remake of “Tongue Tied” fifteen years on? I asked that too, then played it four times, so apparently yes. GROUPLOVE’s 2011 original scored every coming-of-age trailer of that era, and Snakehips have flipped it into a proper 2026 club track without gutting what made it work. The “take-take-take” hook is still there, still absurdly catchy, now riding a garage-leaning beat with a bassline they clearly had a blast building. Hearing that chorus over a modern low end is a genuine time-warp for anyone who was around the first time. I got a jolt of...
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UK Garage, Explained: The Sound That Keeps Coming Back
UK garage explained: house sped up, vocals chopped to confetti, run through a South London basement. How 2-step birthed grime and dubstep, then refused to die.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestSundays. One email. Zero ballads from white guys in beanies. -
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Flava D, SKALAH & D Double E - Different
Read more . . . →This is UK garage DNA crammed into a dubstep shell, which sounds like a terrible idea until you actually hear it work. Flava D’s been doing things with bass music for years that most producers don’t even know to attempt. D Double E is on here and that alone should be enough to get you to click play. The way his flow rides the beat is effortless — this is what MC culture over electronic music should sound like. SKALAH brings a harder edge to the bass work. Together the three of them make something that doesn’t fit neatly into...
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Taiki Nulight & Scott Garcia feat. MC DT - It's A London Thing
Read more . . . →Scott Garcia made “It’s A London Thing” in 1997 and it became one of the defining tracks of the UK garage era. Taiki Nulight doing a 2025 take on it was always going to be a moment. The original had that specific bouncy shuffle that’s impossible to replicate without it sounding like parody, and somehow this version navigates that without embarrassing itself. MC DT is on here which makes sense — you need that MC energy for a track with this much history attached to it. Whether this is technically trance or garage or something in between depends on who...
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Bishu - BURST (feat. PROP)
Bishu brings UK Garage to Monstercat, which sounds weird to type, but it bangs. PROP's feature works and Bishu keeps it tight.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogMade for people who left the room during Yellow. -
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Synthetic & CLV - Funk Star (Be Polite)
Synthetic & CLV doing UK garage with a Monstercat budget. That bassline is obnoxious in the best way. You will move.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogIf you wear this and someone hugs you, that's a real friend. -
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Fred again.. - you're a star
Fred again.. put Amyl and The Sniffers on a Skream & Benga beat. Punk energy through dubstep DNA — it shouldn't work and it absolutely does.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogLooks like Helvetica. Sounds like a closing argument.
