White Noise

So sometimes tracks come along that you just can't get enough of and when I first heard Disclosure feat AlunaGeorge 'White Noise' a couple of weeks ago, I instantly loved it. Hardcore Disclosure fans may be moaning a bit that it sounds too "mainstream" but to me it just sounds effortlessly cool. It's also hiding some pretty powerful lyrics in there too. LOVE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTwCgK-zTEs

'Just noise, white noise
I’m hearing static, you’re like an automatic
You just wanna keep me on repeat 
And hear me crying..'

BBC Sound of 2013

So the BBC recently announced their list for the "Sounds of 2013", the bands and artists they think will be making the biggest impact over the next 12 months.

1. HAIM
2. AlunaGeorge
3. Angel Haze
4. Laura Mvula
5. Chvrches

I like all that have made it to the top 5, and it would be difficult for me to choose a fave, but I have been listening to both HAIM and AlunaGeorge for the last few months and would definitely give them a High 5, or even a pat-on-the-back for the great tunes they are providing.. But I am currently really enjoying:

Chvrches - The Mother we Share (a track that has so much going on in terms of electro beats, synthesizers, gentle vocals, that it almost shouldn't work, but it completely does and it is unique and wonderful)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j73ZGLKu9Sc

The others that made the shortlist are:
A*M*E, Arlissa, King Krule, Kodaline, Little Green Cars, Palma Violets, Peace, Savages, The Weeknd, Tom Odell

Here's a few goodies to get you going:
Little Green Cars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoQCJqaNz8Q

Peace: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcf6iQDWPEo

Tom Odell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwpMEbgC7DA

Arlissa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF9HjYeOC30

Here's to 2013, Hoorah.

HNY

So another year over, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013

I saw the new year in on a roof in London, watching the fireworks

and enjoyed a few cocktails while a live band sung

                                             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhw_zbvxvb4

BEST SONG TO DANCE TO.. EVER.

Let's hope 2013 will bring lots of good music...

Merry Christmas Everyone.

Christmas has been approaching, well, since August time really.

But in the last few weeks the real countdown has begun - all the Christmas classics can be heard, anywhere and everywhere.

During this time Radio One has been getting artists to cover some of the biggest Christmas tunes.

They are well worth a listen - 

The XX cover Wham

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSc-9577mZ4

Jake Bugg - Happy Christmas (War is Over)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqZY26E3wWI

AND my FAVOURITE, the truly beautiful...

Lucy Rose - Merry Christmas Everyone... this should turn any scrooge feelings into ones of sparkle and cheer. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEhpTKnf5Kk

ARGGHHHHHH

sometimes there is nothing like the outlet of a bit of screamy angry punk pop music

Had a crap day? Pissed off about something?

Take a listen to these two tunes and SCREAM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poFXWUTEs1k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OV4oyd1yYs


Feel better now? I do.

Sounds of 2012

Another year almost over, WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE - we all cry?! Soon it will be 2013

But before the new year begins, I wanna take a look back at 2012

MUSIC has had it's lows (Taylor Swift - we are never ever getting back together (oh the pain)) BUT also some very very high highs...

I would probably have a different list of my favourites throughout the year, changing my mind everyday,  based on my mood, but I've given my overall top 10 tracks of this year a good go...Here they are:


1. Jessie Ware - Wildest Moments
2. Of Monsters and Men - Little talks
3. Rhye - The fall
4. AlunaGeorge - Your Drums
5. Theme Park - Jamaica
6. Jake Bugg - Two Fingers
7. Azealia Banks - 212
8. Haim - Go Slow
9. Jack White - I'm Shakin'

and a bit of good old GIRL POWER POP...

10. Girls Aloud - Something New

NEW MUSIC: TAKE ME BACK TO THE 90S

Minimal 90s beats seem to be sneaking their way back onto the music scene, but with new twists

These gentle electro bases, piano tinkling and dreamy vocals (floating over the instrumental) are a little bit lovely.

Rhye "The Fall"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJS5ywEIsA4

and

Tropics "Pop up Cinema"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmYQJmAjlDQ


I LIKE THEM.

Local, Duck.

All the Young, a 4 piece Indie band from Stoke-on-Trent (previously 'New Education') recently released (2/4/12) their debut album - Welcome Home.

And after touring all over the place - including 'Down Under', they were returning to their home town to play Sugarmill on 23/11/12.

This is a band that I have only really started listening to over the past few months, after stumbling across them when looking at going to some local gigs.

The night arrived and it did not disappoint.

The atmosphere was incredible, there was THE greatest buzz in the room, the place was alive with Stoke pride.

"We are All The Young, We are All The Young"

They have a true indie sound, similar perhaps to the likes of The Music, The Enemy and Sunshine Underground. A raw attitude and sound, which is actually missing from the UK charts at present.

Their songs could be labelled a little 'same old, same old' Indie, but their songs are anthemic and catchy. They might not be bringing anything particularly revolutionary or new to the music world, BUT they are injecting mine with a much needed dose of indie rock.

And after seeing them live, I would definitely call myself a fan.

Dry The River 29/10/2012

It was the 3rd time I'd seen Dry The River perform, a band that were named in the BBC's Sound of 2012.

I 1st saw them back in 2011 at the Hare and Hounds pub in Birmingham and that's where I fell in love.

This time I was watching them at Sugarmill in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, a great little local music venue.

It's safe to say Dry The River have well and truly got me eating out of their melancholic, folky, harmonious, poetic hands.

They are one of the few bands that when I watch them live I literally cannot take my eyes off them, you experience every word and every note with the band and the rest of the crowd.

They combine a vast range of genres into their music - folk, classical, rock, pop - it's all there and it really works.

Check out, well the WHOLE album, but my current favourites: Weights and Measures & Bible Belt. 

Grey Day

Wet, Cold and Miserable.

It's making me daydream about being sat on a beach, sunning myself, cocktail in hand.

Let your mind wander...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHKUxzQmm6E (In the Valley Below - Peaches)