Today, I am going to talk about a successful musician from Essex. Now, you may think that there is nothing particularly original, innovative or special about that. But let me tell you, Alex Day is different. On paper, many record labels would have sneered at his chances of success. He promotes his music through YouTube, allows fans to use and listen to it for free on his website, releases multiple songs at the same time,…
I first stumbled upon A Band Called Quinn through BBC Serial Drama, Lip Service. Described by Scottish pop pundit Jim Gellatly as ‘Scotland’s Best Kept Secret’, this Glaswegian quartet, consisting of Louise Quinn, Bal Cooke, Robert Henderson and Steven Westwater, produce a unique, fun brand of electro, indie pop that blurs the boundaries between music, film and theatre. The woman at the forefront of this band is Louise…
After 16 years, Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard decided to get back together, and combine they’re experience gained through all off this years of great work, to release a much awaited album. Dead can Dance – Anastasis Next Dead can Dance’s album it’s called Anastasis, and has eight tracks: Children of the Sun – 7:33 Anabasis – 6:50 Agape – 6:54 Amnesia – 6:36 Kiko – 8:01 Opium – 5:44 Return…
Peaking Lights (Soundcloud here) consists of Aaron and Indra from Rah Dunes and Numbers respectively, and they’re just the kind of band with an eerie, dreamy flow that just takes you away. Tape loops, weaving electronic pulses, harmonic voices and guitar, drums and synth, all of which make it the perfect soundtrack for walking through a haunted neighborhood, a misty forest or an abandoned river bank. Peaking Lights – “Dreambeat” (Official Video) from Urban Outfitters…
It was probably only a month ago that several of my friends and colleagues started talking about this band, “Snarky Puppy”. Despite my jazz/fusion background, the group had been completely unfamiliar to me. So of course the only thing that I could do was listen to every track I could get my hands on. Not much to my surprise, the collective had struck/slapped/punched me like few bands have the capability of. The clash of 90s…
I don’t know who heard about these three feminist punk rockers (Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina, and Yekaterina Samutsevich ), or Pussy Riot, until February this year, when they performed a protest song named “Virgin Mary, redeem us of Putin” in Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, with their faces covered with some balaclavas. The song is about claiming Virgin Mary to become a feminist and banish Vladimir Putin, and criticizes the support shown to Putin by…
Winter Jam will be headed to the West this fall! Most known for being the top selling tour in the world along with its 10 bands for 10 dollars. Newsong will be back again to host along with Dara Maclean, Group 1 Crew and speaker Nick Hall. Former American Idol, Jason Castro will also be joining the tour as well. This years headliner includes TobyMac along with Red. Check below for the full lineup.
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED) is a name created by the cleverly imaginative Orlando Higginbottom. Even his name oozes originality and creativity. You may have heard his song “Garden” which is featured on this album, backing the recent Nokia Lumia advert. He is definitely a new artist that wades in the mainstream and strides in the underground. Listening to this album for the first time after only hearing his song “Garden” made me realise his…
The sound of the nineties… the raw, rough-and-tumble, ultra-defiant and overly-angsty sound of the nineties…is more than alive in Eugene, Oregon. It is here that garage/alternative quartet Sol Riot has taken shape, going on to take the entire Eugene scene by storm. Recently, the band has released a fresh EP, entitled Start a Riot. Recording right now with Justin Pizzoferrato (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.), the group also expects to release its first full-length album, which is…
With his debut album, Loveblood, due to come out early may, having come second in the ‘MTV Brand New For 2010’, and playing shows all over Europe, things really seem to be getting exciting for King Charles. Having toured with acts such as Laura Marling, Noah and the Whale and Mumford and Sons, he has already been recognised as having some serious talent. The great thing about him is that after all that he still…
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