Track / Video
Track: Konata – This is the Life
I’ll keep it brief, because time is short, and you should be listening to music out in the balmy summer evening, possibly with this on the stereo – the self-proclaimed ‘rebirth of Calypso’ from London’s Trinidad & Tobago born (damn it, he used to play the trumpet in the national youh orchestra there!) Konata Alleyne, …
Track: Rizzle Kicks – Lost Generation remix, plus new video
Alright then. We’re going to take this in reverse order. First up, DJs and studio partners Max Sanna and Steve Pitron have remixed Rizzle Kicks’ latest single “Lost Generation”, working their usual “club mix” magic (as purveyed for the likes of Jessie J, Sugababes, Robbie Williams and The Wanted) turning a “poppy hip-hop summer jam …
See: Fake Club release new video for Beauty Queen
We served notice about All-girl London five-piece Fake Club about a month ago when they first released current single “Beauty Queen”. Well now they’ve put out a video for it. It’s everything that you should expect: fast-paced, in-your-face, brash and ballsy, and cut up with unhealthy doses of pop and TV culture. The live sections were …
Track: Vandetta – Fly
The most important thing about a DJ is his voice. Her in Britain there’s two distinctive sorts of DJ; those that are interested in he music, and those that are interested in themselves. It’s quite easy to spot them – generally the former are on in the evenings, and the latter inhabit the daytimes. It’s …
New Music: Bubblegum Lemonade – Have you seen Faith?
Bubblegum Lemonade is an offshoot of sorts for Lawrence ‘Loz’ McClusky, who is usually one half of Strawberry Whiplash with Sandra McClusky. He makes what is essentially pure jangly indie-pop with both outfits, but out right now is a lovely 7″ vinyl (yes, that’s right now) on the fabulous Matinee records from the former, a …
EP: FunkinEven – Species EP
I’m useless with technology. Really – I’ll give you an example. The band I’m in on occasion did a pop festival in Aarhus, Denmark. It was a good bill, which culminated in Jens Lekman I recall. We were on about third on the bill, and when our time came, I walked out in front of …
Track: Sam Smith – Safe with me
If I were to strip a Car down, I would find that if it were a Porsche it would have fantastic manufacturing, fantastic engineering and the best components available, and if it were a cheap car (can I apologise there, I know absolutely nothing about cars) it might be good, but the quality of the …
See: Vuvuvultures release new video for Steel Bones, plus album launch news
Why is it scary stuff happens in Car Parks in films and TV. Yet in my life nothing even remarkable has happened in a Car Park. Once, when I was in a bit of a rush, I lost my ticket at the John Lewis car park in Sheffield, and I had to go to the …
See: New Video drop from Gentleman’s Dub Club for ‘Give it away’
We used to live in a flat in London. It wasn’t the biggest block of flats in the world, but there were about twelve flats in the block. We had the ground floor flat and the only noise from anyone we ever heard was from the flat directly above. Every now and again, they would …
Track: Ming City Rockers – Chic and the Motherfuckers
I have this friend. we went to University together. Just two ordinary slackers – when it was cloudy/rainy we played Snooker, when it was sunny we played golf. On occasion we actually went into University to see what it was we were supposed to be doing. Not terribly often though. He’s one of those …