“Slop-pop. Like a lazy, half-arsed version of someone like The Vaccines or Howler” is what Joe Allan, a surf-pop singer/songwriter from Newcastle Upon Tyne calls himself. ”I’ve got some great ideas, all I need now is some money and some fellow music people to help me do them justice and put them into practice.” Joe Allan makes fuzzy beach-pop pieces of noise, [...]
Fri, Nov 2, 2012
Daniel Bedingfield relapses again by deciding to get naked for his new video, where he appears with a sexy, beautiful naked girl, playing the game of love, passion and fury. Looks like he has a thing for appearing naked – he did it the first time in his other video, Rocks Off, where a bunch [...]
Tue, Jun 26, 2012
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED) is a name created by the cleverly imaginative Orlando Higginbottom. Even his name oozes originality and creativity. You may have heard his song “Garden” which is featured on this album, backing the recent Nokia Lumia advert. He is definitely a new artist that wades in the mainstream and strides in [...]
Wed, Feb 29, 2012
Gorillaz just recently released their new single, “DoYaThing” which is available for free download on Converse Music, and also threw in a music video to go with it. James and Andre 3000 are great in the track, and you’ll be delighted to see how they’ve been depicted for the video, along with the series of [...]
Tue, Dec 6, 2011
Everyone’s favorite obnoxious punk band is back, after only 16 years! That’s right, I’m talking about The Dead Milkmen, who have an all-new album recorded and ready to go. The Milkmen broke up in 1995, but got back together in 2008 after playing a few shows that went well for them. After composing new songs [...]
Thu, Jun 2, 2011
Although far from being a Mr., Norway’s Monica Birkenes is one of the most impressive electro artists I’ve sampled in a while, and if you’re just about to contradict me, just hit play below and listen to her cover of Arcade Fire‘s Suburbs. Click on the small around in the right of the souncloud player [...]
Mon, Apr 18, 2011
My Morning Jacket‘s sixth studio release will be out in only a few weeks, and after the band offered the record’s self-titled, “Circuital“, up for free download, it has now thrown out another bone to fans as part of the Self-Hypnosis series. The feature is an exclusive for MMJ fans registered in the fan club, [...]
Mon, Apr 18, 2011
This summer, what’s possibly Madonna‘s most influential record “True Blue” will mark 25 years since it’s epic release. As an anniversary celebration for both Madonna’s True Blue and their own 8 year anniversary as a label, Paper Bag Records will be releasing a covers tribute album. Classics like La Isla Bonita,” “Live To Tell,” “Papa [...]
Mon, Apr 18, 2011
Stomping beats and a synth line which could even wake up the ’80s from the dead, describes Jesse Ruins‘ indescribably fresh “Dream Analysis”, in what’s the most anthemic track I’ve been granted to hear from a while now. Details are pretty scarce on the artist, but from what I understand he/she’s based in Tokyo and [...]
Mon, Feb 21, 2011
Although Nathan Williams can be safely considered a dickhead, I’ll have to grant it to the man that he’s indeed very talented, but what I really like about him is that, like most stoners, he has a well developed sense of humor and doesn’t shy away from self-deprecation. It’s enough to follow his twitter stream [...]
Sat, Nov 17, 2012
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