Category: music industry
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TOP 10 ONE HIT WONDERS OF THE ’80s
There’s a reason why we’re beginning to see an influx in ’80s music drilled back into today’s music. From Harry Styles plucking a-ha‘s Take On Me, to Kate Bush’s Running up That Hill becoming relevant once again within mainstream media for Netflix purchasing, the real (and perhaps only) reason why it’s coming round again is […]
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YOUR NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: 16/09
As we wave goodbye festival season and say hello to pumpkin spice coffee shops and woolly cardigans, take a deep dive into what’s new this Friday just gone for all things music… Seasoned singer-songwriter Marcus Mumford goes solo from his Sons and draws up debut efforts with self-titled. Relieving childhood trauma, it features poetic moments of […]
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Let’s Talk: Will the UK’s energy bill crisis affect our independent music venues?
“The uncertainty is the worst thing.” Today, The Guardian released a conversation piece surrounding an example venue of Band on the Wall in Manchester as our grass-root venues up and down the country face difficulty in startling energy prices skyrocket in order to maintain the upkeep of an already struggling venue industry. On an annual […]
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I’m Back!
As we see our nights drawing in earlier and I dust off my post-holiday blues from a weekend in Paris, we kick our feet up and whip out the keyboard again for another month of pure free-spirited reviews, talks and discussions on all things music. We’ve had many exciting releases already while I’ve been away, […]
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Are we losing our love of new music?
It’s not really the occasion to throwing statistics at you at this hour, but statistically, we are more genuinely disinterested in new music releases than we were say, 5 years or go. That’s according to a midyear report from US market monitor Luminate, anyways. As we know with the Kate Bush returning to the charts, […]
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