Here are four talented artists to watch out for in 2014, promising to deliver exciting new music in 2014. Ofei London producer and singer Ofei released some of the most intriguing tracks of 2013, preaching a bruised urban...
Stereocilia – Murmurations A murmuration is a “low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech.” It can also refer to a murmuration of starlings...
The normal response is to smile. Sometimes they laugh. Sometimes they grimace. Other times they nod and leave the room. Hastily, on the verge of rudeness. This is what happens when people come face to face with my kitsch for the...
A special kind of blue descends on these days following New Year. Before the gripes and grumbles of work supplant the hourless hinterlands of Christmas time, we find ourselves in an odd unwelcoming place. Torn from the bosom of...
My Gigs of the Year 2013 Suuns – The Exchange, Bristol “Gig of the year…best band on the planet @suunsband deserving of #nmehyperbole” Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Fleece...
The Best EPs, Mini-Albums, Mix Tapes and DJ Mixes of 2013 in no particular order D-Pat – In Bloom In Bloom by Dpat Chance the Rapper – Acid Rap Frog – Frog Ofei –...
Songs can do so much. They can evoke, evolve, emerge when you least expect it. Bury themselves. Make you shimmy, make you shake. Make you write. Create. Be still. Be wild. Allow you to connect to something real without knowing...
Here are my Best Albums of 2013… 1. Jai Paul – Leak “Music that sparks and fizzes, jumps around, disorientates, effervesces with playfulness. It is also deeply funky, sensual and soulful. It is quite...
Magnificent AK 47 October 20th St Georges Bristol Gathering Voices Festival of Song 2013 With as many costume changes as key changes, it is clear that the Magnificent AK 47 are not your traditional male voice choir. In fact, the...
We all grew up too quickly: got cool, got adult problems, got old. We forgot what it was like to be silly, how to enjoy the simple things, what really matters to us. We became cool and we became jaded. We stopped living in...