Tusks – ‘Ink EP’ [Review]
Sometimes, an EP is so good that you can’t quite get your head around it. So Read more…
Beardyman [Live Review – KOKO, London, 28/11/14]
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On the walk from Waterloo station to Camden, I passed at least three busking beatboxers. The faces were different, but the acts were the same – a combination of robot impressions, oppressively generic beats, and faithful and flawless impressions of a variety of non-percussive instruments. By the time KOKO’s dramatic facade came into view, the novelty of solo beatboxing had more than worn off; London was beginning to feel saturated by Beardyman wannabes. Read more…
Submotion Orchestra – ‘2L84U’ [Review]
For those of you who can’t wait for that Levin Brothers album, and are left craving something full and substantial to chill out to, this is the track you need. Read more…
Nathan Detroit – ‘Peace Of Mind’ [Review]
Old-school vibes with extra nostalgia and a contemporary twist? Sounds like the perfect end-of-summer soundtrack to me. Uni was a long time ago, but Peace Of Mind takes me straight back to all the best bits. Read more…
Chronographs – ‘D.O.T.S’ [Review]
Chronographs are one of my favourite bands of right now. Their current project – writing, recording, and releasing a song a month for a year – is, in my opinion, more relevant to modern life than the more traditional album release cycles still employed throughout the record business. Each time Chronographs release a track it describes precisely how they feel right now – or have felt very recently. Read more…
Boy Hits Car – ‘All That Led Us Here’ [Review]
UKIP. The BNP (and Nazi-aping BNP Youth). Xenophobia. Racism. Sexism. Homophobia. Hatred, apathy, and immersion in a parallel hyperreality that connects us digitally while disconnecting us physically from each other and the natural world.
Boy Hits Car stand in plain-spoken opposition to all of the above. Read more…
The Algorithm – ‘OCTOPUS4’ [Review]
“Nothing’s new in music anymore!”
“It all sounds the same these days…”
“Everything good was done decades ago. New music just sucks.”
These quotes (and more) are all common music-fan complaints. But anyone who’s ever said such things has never heard of The Algorithm. Read more…
Give It Away – Or Just Give Up? [Music Business Advice]
Free Music.
Having read those words, your brain is most likely already overflowing with thoughts, ideas, and opinions. Free music is, to say the least, a controversial topic that raises all kinds of questions, such as these: Read more…
5 Tips For Success: Submitting Your Music to Music Blogs
Note: Although this article is aimed at absolute beginners, more experienced acts may also benefit from the advice below.
So, you’re now the proud parent(s) of a beautiful new album, EP, single, or video. Maybe you’ve just given birth to the full set! You’ve dredged up your most emotionally turbulent memories; channelled them into your art; sworn and fought (and perhaps even calmly negotiated) your way through the songwriting / compositional process; suffered through painstaking take after take in the studio, striving to capture that elusive perfect performance; and finally it’s all done. You can’t wait to show off your baby to the world. You need help in getting the word out, you’ve found some awesome music blogs (such as this one – wink wink), and you’re wondering exactly how to make the most of this opportunity.
Here are five tips to help make your experience more rewarding, and less (or, ideally, not at all) painful. Read more…
A Guide To Project RnL – Part One
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Project RnL. Remember that name in 2014. Originally formed in 2010, it didn’t take long for this prog-pop juggernaut to rev its engines loudly enough to be heard by Dream Theater – the band still sitting prettily at the very top of the prog scene’s naturally complex hierarchy – and begin collaborating with DT keyboardist Jordan Rudess. That’s an impressive achievement, by anyone’s standards.