Tag: Commentary

• Jul 1, 2022

  Your New Music Friday: 01/07.

  As we bow out of June – waving goodbye to the first month of the summer for live music – we welcome July to the fold. With that, brings a whole new cacophony of new music to dabble into over the weekend… Shinedown: It All Adds Up, it’s new music! After 4 years from their…
• Apr 7, 2022

  Making GRAMMYs History: Jon Batiste and the Importance of Celebrating Black Culture

  //As someone who holds themselves in high regard with the know-hows and the who-haws of the music industry, I have to say, I was quite ashamed of myself not knowing or truly understanding the work of Jon Batiste. I was vaguely familiar with his work-ethic when it came to the composing of Pixar’s jazz-epic Soul…

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  Feb 24, 2022

  How TikTok Revitalised 2008’s Music: The Hayloft Story

  Despite remaining elusive and trodden from the apparent lockdown that sweeped globally, Mother Mother have had quite a year. I know we’ve discussed the power of TikTok on here before – but never regarding such a rekindling on this scale. But thanks to the trails and tribulations of TikTok, songs that once had their time…
• Feb 6, 2022

  Your Weekly Round-Up: First Week of February

  As our music industry heats up and festers from the Wintery blues of January, we start to pick up traction with some fantastic new material released or planning to be released all for anticipation of a stonkin’ Summer of Music for 2022. There’s something extra in the air this year, I can feel it. Despite…
• Feb 5, 2022

  The Changing of Man v Music: What Happened?

  With the recent release of Man v Music volume II in physical format over the past week, it has cast my mind to the original concept of what this blog was all about. Despite our favourable reviews and thought-provoking conversations here, Man v Music‘s original concept was never to be as forgiving as it is…