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  Malachai, 'Return to the Ugly Side' (Domino)

  February 22, 2011 – Cheerfully ignoring stylistic boundaries, Brit duo Malachai (formerly Malakai) polish their cut-and-paste skills on this follow-up to last year's tantalizing Ugly Side of Love. Wistful singer Gee and subtle sampler Scott incorporate psychedelic electronica, sleepy funk, and clattering garage rock, crafting a surprisingly unified piece that drifts through your subconscious like a pleasantly odd dream. …
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  Hot Band: Malachai

  March 3, 2010 – "In the fall of 2008, after signing with, making an album for, then getting dropped by Island Records, Malachai found out they were really screwed. The British psych-rock duo's name, then spelled "Malakai," already belonged to an American rapper. …
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• Malachai, 'Ugly Side of Love' (Domino)

  December 23, 2009 – Much like countrymen Clinic, the Bristol pair of Gee and Scott wear masks and funny hats and are smitten with '60s pop, ska, and '70s agit-punk. But Malachai's mashes are terse, loopy, and murky, spurring Portishead's Geoff Barrow to release their first single. While "Shitkicker" evokes Clinic's m.o., the duo dash in a quote of "Buffalo Girls." Dusty drums propel "Warriors" as they sneer lines from the famous movie of the same name. …
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