After an extended layoff, we decided to get off our sofas & give you a festive gift by recapping what Garage & Bass had to offer in 2023. With award categories for best producer, best tune & best album to name a few… you know there’s going to be mass debate! & that’s before we’ve… Continue reading ITG Awards 2023 – In The Garage With Phonetix and BrainZ – ITG 015

All your playcounts on Spotify are fake! Or are they? We tread the delicate boards of discussing music marketing on streaming platforms and ask how much is to be believed. We also take a look at some fresh bangers from Ed James, Digital Koala, Adam Kronik, Shunji Fujii, Howden & Bakey amongst a whole bunch… Continue reading All Your Playcounts Are Fake – In The Garage With Phonetix and BrainZ – ITG 014

We’re back after a somewhat longer than usual layoff to discuss the latest goings-on in Garage & Bass music, & that only means more hot tracks to discuss. We spotlight fresh stuff from Rhades & FM-3, SHOSH & Kelsey, Clarcq, Indigo Eyes & Blush_ko, Jon Buccieri and Sam Binga/Redders & Bakey. There’s a larger-than-usual run-through… Continue reading Pushing Garage n Bass To The Redline – In The Garage With Phonetix and BrainZ – ITG 013

It’s that time again to get tumescent with trumpets as we’re back with our monthly Garage n Bass round up. The tail-end of winter is always an interesting (read: sometimes bleak) time for the music release cycle, as the end-of-year rush stops and people start planning for that summer anthem. We talk about fresh tracks… Continue reading Jazzstep Boners – In The Garage With Phonetix and BrainZ – ITG 012

New year, same format… hey, if it ain’t broke – don’t try to fix it, eh? We’re back in 2022, fending off the January blues best we can by discussing the latest Garage & Bass smoke. In this episode, we discuss essential new releases from Backup Plan, Tyde, Ben Hydro, Hamdi, Tom Bull, Kyo and… Continue reading With Garage n Bass, Length Matters – In The Garage With Phonetix and BrainZ – ITG 011

Ordinarily, this time of year means binge-watching substandard TV whilst gorging on mince pies. But there’s been no time yet for either of us to do that – as we’ve been busy preparing this suitably festive-edition of ITG for you Garage & Bass fanatics! As always we run through all the essential recent releases you… Continue reading Xmas Special feat. ITG Garage n Bass Awards 2021 – In The Garage With Phonetix and BrainZ – ITG 010

It’s that time of year where every website is hyping up sales around some sort of darkened Friday. Us Brits seemingly adopted this crazed day revolving around spending as much money as you can straight after a public holiday that we don’t celebrate. Quite frankly, it’s baffling. Did not see any UK Garage discounts going… Continue reading Rise of the Johnny One-Play – In The Garage With Phonetix and BrainZ – ITG 009

31st October means one thing… Halloween? Nah bruv – it’s the latest episode of UK Garage’s finest podcast! In this episode, we showcase this month’s essential heaters from Claybrook, Charlotte Devaney, Aliki & Oppidan, MC Cobra & Ollie Weeks, Para, Ross From Friends and Tour-Maubourg & Wayward. We run through everything else you need to… Continue reading Is streaming bad for garage artists? – In The Garage With Phonetix and BrainZ – ITG 008

We’re back once again like the renegade master, chatting about the latest UK Garage tunes you need to hear! In this episode, we showcase must-haves from Impact & Soozy Q, Wiguez, Alltair & P-One, Depsky, Angus Green, Para and Oxossi. We run through everything else you need to listen to, & revisit a couple of… Continue reading To Beatport or not to Beatport – In The Garage With Phonetix and BrainZ – ITG 007

A month on from the last episode, & it’s time again for the lads to pilfer their way through the plethora of Garage on offer – in order to shortlist the stuff you need to hear. In this 6th episode, we showcase the latest must-haves from B15 Project & Lord TCO, BOP, Scott Garcia &… Continue reading Is UK Garage Being Gentrified? – In The Garage With Phonetix and BrainZ – ITG 006