“Five Trees” By Chapel Club [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/vonpip/five-trees-chapel-club” params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=af0700″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ] “Moody, majestic and magnificent,” just three words plucked from the myriad of superlatives that have been used to describe upcoming London based five piece
It’s the time of year when music lovers consider what will be the ‘soundtrack to the summer’? Rather than the usual euro-dance nonsense from the Greek Islands, hows about some pure, rocket-fuelled instrumental surf rock?
This week – Paul Weller- Free Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeahs remixes , The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Sweet Jane, Teenagersintokoyo, The Bang Bang Club , Charlotte Gainsbourg, Catherine AD free download, Mystery Jets
Picture a less imperious Ladytron or maybe Dubstar with empathy or even La Roux devoid of reedy voice and bad manners. With silver in her lungs and gold in her heart The Good Natured could well prove to be the most interesting act to emerge from the current crop of female electronic pop pioneers. . .
“A bit different from the last show here?” beams Marina outside her tour bus, basking in the afterglow of a triumphant gig at Liverpool’s Masque Theatre. Marina and I had previously agreed that her visit
This week Marina And The Diamonds Free Mp3, Ash release infamous “Slashed” footage, Scroobius Pip, Sound Of Guns, Johnny Flynn, Bridezilla, Emii. ______________________________________________________________________ Marina & The Diamonds A short version this week as I’m afraid
The Kiara Elles, Suzuki Method, Standard Fare, Live at The Zanzibar, Liverpool 14th May 2010 “When are you going to grow up and stop pissing about with pop music, you big girl!, You wanna get
There are some musicians and artists whose work you admire, informed as it is by existential angst, a sense of righteous injustice, and a wish to set the world to rights. However you wouldn’t necessarily
This week ;- Chapel Club, The Good Natured, Marina & The Diamonds, Rose Elinor Dougall, Delays, Catherine AD, The Shills, The Kiara Elles, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Paloma Faith and Magnapop ____________________________________________________________________________________
“Deluxe” by Lush [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/andy-pip/lush-ciao-15-de-luxe” params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=f1313f” width=”100%” height=”81″ ] Ever felt unappreciated, resigned to the fact that no matter what you do certain people will always be waiting to pour scorn upon your head?
Pic By Andy Fairbairn “I Saw You Blink” By Stornoway [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/sundaybest/i-saw-you-blink” params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=210ce7″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ] There are some cynical critics who may dismiss Stornoway as yet another band attempting to emulate the recent success
Such has been the hyperbole surrounding the female led synth pop revival that at times it’s been difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff and rescue legitimate contenders from the raging sea of PR propaganda. And so whilst lesser artists surf the tsunami of hype, French sonic auteur Emilie Simon has been quietly assembling something of a mini- electronic pop masterpiece in the shape of her latest album “The Big Machine. Emilie, hailing from Montpelier, in the south of France, a former student of musicology at the Sorbonn, specialising in medieval music and electronic contemporary composition, has been at the vanguard of experimental electronica in her homeland since 2003.