The Blog Sound 2014 – Long List
Background : The Blog Sound Poll was first published in 2011. The idea behind the poll wasn’t to criticise the established “BBC Sound of” list as a concept, because for better or worse lists generate
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Pips Tips 2014 – A Dozen Bands to Listen Out For in 2014.
Ok so the BBC Sound Of 2014 has been published, we’ll say no more other than note that those claiming that any band are “the last hope for rock music, ” need to have a
Songs To Learn And Sing : City Calm Down, In The Valley Below, I Said Yes, SOS, Strangers
City Calm Down Whilst Melbourne 4-piece ‘City Calm Down’ continue to work on their début album which will be released in 2014, they give us a taste of what they have in store with their
Track Of The Day – The Sun Days – ‘You Can’t Make Me Make Up My Mind’
Quintessentially British indie guitar pop performed by a band who hail from erm… Gothenburg! It may be something of a faux pas to call yourselves The Sun Days ( try goggling it see how far
Interview : The VPME Meets – The Sundowners
We occasionally get the odd, and we mean odd in the strictest possible sense of the word, anonymous emails berating the fact that we aren’t a local music blog. Which makes about as much sense
Track Of The Day – The Fireworks – ‘Runaround’
The Fireworks are Emma Hall (Pocketbooks), Matthew Rimell (Big Pink Cake), Isabel Albiol (Things In Herds), and Shaun Charman (The Popguns, The Wedding Present) who between them create a hook-laden mix of fuzzy reverb soaked
Track Of The Day – Rose Elinor Dougall – ‘Future Vanishes’
‘Future Vanishes’ is the title track from Rose Elinor Dougall’s latest EP, and not a Tory Party policy aimed at the long term unemployed. It’s released today (18/11/2013) via You Records and mixes her trademark
Track Of The Day – Little Matador – ‘Liar Liar’
Musical genres eh? What are they like? Incredibly irritating ? Or if employed with a bit of thought, helpful to categorise a certain style for the avid musical librarian? The industry loves them, the more
Track Of The Day – Marina Gasolina – ‘London Surf’
Photo: Andre Ligeiro The current music scene is often accused of blandness, of playing it safe. Much of this is based on an assumption that the bigger record labels are more ‘risk averse’ than ever.
Track Of The Day – Marmozets – ‘Move Shake Hide’
We probably don’t feature a lot of what might be termed as ‘rock’, and we confess to having absolutely no clue as to what exactly math rock is ? Are Marmozets mathrock? Well they certainly
Track Of The Day – The Happy Hollows – ‘Endlessly’
The festive season will soon be upon us and as the year hauls its cadaverous austerity riven remains over the finishing line, we give you fair warning that anybody involved in the field of music
The Daydream Club – Found Ep Première
Adam Pickering and Paula Walker AKA The Daydream Club return with a brand new Ep to help sooth you into another working week. This ridiculously talented, insanely good looking duo release their latest self produced