//Mama always told me, “Be a man”That I should get my shit together for real while I canLike yeah, whateverI said “Mama, you don’t understand”Cause I’m gon’ be stupid famous and rocking in a band.\\ Like most British alternative acts, we don’t like to do things by halves. Bitter and ruthless on studio approach, we […]
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New Music Friday: Bloc Party and Blossoms release new music
Spring sun is shining, festival season is upon us and excitement grows as both Bloc Party and Blossoms release new music, within a frantic splurge of juicy music goodness for New Music Friday. While aforementioned Bloc Party’s Alpha Games and Blossoms’ Ribbon Around The Bomb anticipate a festivity of alternative-indie goodness with summer cider in […]
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 […]
This discussion was influenced by a favourite thread post of mine. First raised on this day in 2004 by user banonbush via musicbanter.com, it was noted on that very day that it was a thread that simply wouldn’t get old with time … and he was right. Whether there is a subtle discrepancy between ‘downloaded’ […]
No music artist has ever inhabited the unforetold musical moments that this band has produced over their indie years and no music artist screams ‘refined with elegance‘ more than Florence + The Machine does. Perhaps in a whole subculture of her own, Florence Welsh‘s enchanting storytelling and lyrical prowess has been the forefront of music […]