Without a song or a dance what are we?
I remember being at a show in L.A. in 2013 where Flying Lotus was the not-so-secret surprise guest, and the warm-up acts were asking the audience who they thought would be coming out to entertain us. Someone sarcastically said John Mayer, and the crowd laughed and jeered while in my heart I thought it wouldn’t... Continue Reading →
One of my favourite things about being alive is music festivals. Those crazy, sacred places where you get a sense of a different kind of world void of normal society’s rules, and where you know that all the glow-sticked, muddy-footed fellow revellers are there for a common purpose: for the love of music and fun.... Continue Reading →
This is a birthday post for one of my favourite music lovers, with whom I spent a few glorious years making memories soundtracked by these, and many other, tunes. She definitely deserves credit for introducing me to so much music that I now can't live without, and consider myself lucky to be able to consult her wikipedic... Continue Reading →
This year looks like it's going to be the year of my favourite music releases. Pretty much every morning when I wake up and scroll some news feed or other there's always a little teaser, or even better, a whole new single that gets me right in the gut - a tear was shed for... Continue Reading →
So, if you ever listened to Sam Smith’s über-ballad ‘Stay With Me’ and thought that it sounded kind of familiar, you were right. The male Adele just quietly settled a charge of copyright infringement by Tom Petty, whose people said that ‘Stay With Me’ sounded too much like the 1989 track ‘Won’t Back Down’. When... Continue Reading →
Today, I thought about living in the age of album leaks and what an unnecessarily destructive act of vandalism it is - Bjork’s album was released yesterday instead of sometime in March because of internet bean spillers, and Madonna had to do the same a few weeks ago. As a fan of music, I don’t... Continue Reading →
Ok, so before this year gets steamrolling with music I really love (I'm already smitten with an EP of dance tracks that samples space sounds recorded by NASA and an upcoming album by a band whose oldest member is only 16 (!)) I must share the tracks I loved in 2014. The year can be... Continue Reading →
Since music is basically the bricks that line memory lane (well, that and the sense of smell), and I’m also always listening to something old while discovering something new, it only makes sense that I appropriate #ThrowbackThursday for a bit of aural nostalgia. Sometimes I think that the universe puts certain music in my life... Continue Reading →
Every Sunday, Pigeons and Planes puts up a post called '15 Free Songs You Should Download Right Now', which is a great, guilt-free way to sample some new music from not-so-big acts and score a couple of great tracks for your personal collection. This week’s edition had several gems, including a sensational cover of James... Continue Reading →
So today was probably one my worst work days ever – and I’ve been there on a Monday hungover and sleptunder and have also survived the inner turmoil of having to spend the day with spilt soup in my bag wondering how I was going to carry it home when I left (it turned out... Continue Reading →
Dear Music, I Love You 