MusicIncomingNathan Fake RecommendsWith new album Hard Islands on the way, Nathan Fake gives us his recommendations.ShareLink copied ✔️May 13, 2009MusicIncomingTextNed Beauman Can you recommend…… three new bands?I don't know many new bands but..The Present - on Loaf recordings. its Rusty Santos's project, he'sproduced Animal Collective and Panda Bear albums.Bibio - he's not very new but he's just been signed to warp and his new album sounds ace (from hearing samples of it.)Hudson Mohawk … three old bands?The Beach Boys, Van der Graaf Generator, Hawkwind.… a film?Zatoichi, directed by Takeshi Kitano.… a book?The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson… a record label?Paw Tracks… a website?Astronomy picture of the day - http://apod.nasa.gov/apod… something on YouTube?Limmy's 2-minute version of American Werewolf In London -… a radio show?I can't remember the last time I listened to the radio......… something to do on a day off?Do email interviews.… a song everyone should hear?John Callaghan - I'm not comfortable inside my mind.Nathan Fake's new album Hard Islands is out 18 May and an album mix can be downloaded on Allez-Allez, while Bleep has an exclusive pre-release download. He will be touring over the next few months kicking off with the Hard Islands album release party at Corsica Studios on Friday 15 May. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREListen to our shadowy Dazed Winter 2025 playlist7 of Chase Infiniti’s favourite K-pop tracks Jean Paul GaultierJean Paul Gaultier’s iconic Le Male is the gift that keeps on givingMeet The Deep, K-pop’s antihero ‘This is our Nirvana!’: Are Geese Gen Z’s first great rock band?10 of Yung Lean’s best collabs‘We’re like brother and sister’: Yung Lean and Charli xcx in conversationIs art finally getting challenging again?The only tracks you need to hear from November 2025Inside the world of Amore, Spain’s latest rising starLella Fadda is blazing a trail in the Egyptian music sceneThe rise of Sweden’s post-pop underground