pop
Not Forgotten: They Might Be Giants – They Might Be Giants (a.k.a. Pink Album. a.k.a. First Album)
Released into a musical landscape over-populated by purveyors of synth-pop, stadium rock, post punk, underground alternative, heartland rockers, disposable pop and The Smiths (the band that pretty much defined what the mainstream thought indie / alternative music was in the mid 80s, at least here in the UK), the eponymous debut of They Might Be …
Track: Von Sell – Miss Me
Miss Me is the new single from New York electro-pop artist Von Sell, taken from his self-titled EP, which is out this month, and follows on from the much lauded ‘names’, which hit #1 in the Hype Machine charts. The son of Israeli singer Esther Ofarim and German filmmaker Philipp von Sell, his destiny was …
Live Review: The Divine Comedy / Lisa O’Neill, The Foundry, Sheffield, 15/10/16
I last saw Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy under the banner of “An Evening with Neil Hannon” (rather than the full band line-up on show tonight) back in 2010 at Sheffield’s Leadmill. He gave a tour de force performance almost entirely alone, taking up instruments as and when required and giving an incredibly high …
News: Paolo Nutini announces second Hogmanay show
Paolo Nutini is giving an early festive gift to fans that missed out on tickets to his Hogmanay show, by announcing he will play a ‘Night Afore Concert’ on Friday 30 December. Organisers today announced that, due to overwhelming demand, Nutini will take to the stage in West Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh the night …
News: Busted Announce UK Tour For 2017
Following the release of their new single On What You’re On a couple of weeks ago, recently reunited pop-trio Busted have announced a UK tour! January 29th sees the start of this UK jaunt at Norwich’s NEA, and will grace stages such as London’s Hammersmith Eventim Apollo, before winding up in Dublin on March 1st. …
Track: Alyss – T S I E R
Taken from her forthcoming ‘Motherland’ EPm out via PMR on October 28th, T S I E R (an abbreviation of This Shit Isn’t Even Real) is the new single from Brighton singer-songwriter/producer Alyss. Following on from her debut EP Answers which caught the attention of many of the country’s tastemakers including Toddla T and Mistajam, …
Not Forgotten: William Shatner – Has Been
Can you imagine trying to pitch a William Shatner album to a record label in 2003? For decades he had been sniggered at for his various attempts at ‘singing’, with his much derided rendition of “Mr Tambourine Man” being a subject of much criticism down the years, though the reaction to that was nothing compared …
Album Review: Neon Hitch – Anarchy
Neon Hitch is a pop star for a new generation. Her big ballsy look and her love of the F word may give the more wholesome pop acts a heart attack, but her look and attitude certainly give her the edge in today’s market. It’s been a while in the making, after her debut single …
New KT Tunstall announces new album KIN, plus tour news
Scottish singer KT Tunstall has announced the release of her fifth studio album, entitled KIN. With her last album being released in 2013, two years ago nearly saw Tunstall leave the world of music: “As an artist I feel like I died,” she says. “I stopped. I gave up. I didn’t want to do it …
Les Ardentes Festival, Liege, Belgium. 2016 Edition
Belgium’s Les Ardentes Festival is now over ten years old, so this year it added an extra day, making it a five-day extravaganza. I’ve been to every one, and my role for most of them as onstage announcer has given me fly-on-the-wall access to it and how it operates. Unlike in the U.K., where the …