Only a few years ago, James Ford and James Shaw were one half of the now-defunct British psych pop act Simian. Developed over a number of years, even as Simian were still alive and kicking, this ...

Simian Mobile Disco is made up of two of the hardest working men in dance music. Hell, any music. It’s taken musicOMH several months to track them down, and it’s not been personal – they’re just so ...

String Cheese is holding court at the 1stBank Center this weekend. That’s why the Fox is hosting SCI’s post-concert shows. The fun starts with tonight’s VibeSquaD party at the Fox. VibeSquaD’s real ...

James Ford and Jas Shaw cast eyes and ears back over their 2007 club classic When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When the fun is gone ...

Simian Ghost's new single is an ode to coming to terms with wasting your life making music. But it's cheerier than that sounds. Sort of. Reading on mobile? Click here to listen Swedish three-piece ...

So when the duo of James Ford and James “Jas” Shaw released its latest full-length collection this year, Delicacies, some fans were understandably confused. Unapologetically deep and dubby, the nine ...

Fun fact: Ford has produced Arctic Monkeys, and Shaw is currently building the second largest modular organ in South England. Why they’re worth watching: The big beat is back, and—with debut album ...

Simian Mobile Disco recorded their last album, 2012’s Unpatterns, through an array of devices, but for the forthcoming Whorl, the London duo limited themselves to a pair of modular synths, a sequencer ...

Winehouse beehives for the girls and Soviet-Bloc mullets for the boys; Manchester’s training-wheel fashion cognoscenti tottered out for a dance to the monkey beat at Music Box. Simian Mobile Disco are ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Gone are the misguided, commercialized efforts from Temporary Pleasure, instead replaced with nine minute, techno-centric odysseys. There are no vocals on this album, which should be a huge beacon of ...