Just a quicky to wish a very happy, or should I say unhappy (in the spirit of tradition) Halloween. Addressing my target audience, I don’t really know how old you are, but I’m sure the younger readers will be out egging houses whilst the older ones will be hiding away, trying to give out the [...]

There’s been a definite change in direction for the music industry: any song that makes it onto the charts has it’s own set of remixes before you can say “cash-cow”. I made it my job today to dig through the mountain of material and find some of the real gems:
Rihanna Ft. Chris Brown- Umbrella
This is [...]

Deep down inside, it really pains me to say this, but Justice are no longer the clear heirs to Daft Punk’s large pyramid shaped throne. In fact, I would say they are close to being usurped from their ‘temporary’ position by Boyz Noize, a one man synth-king who regularly blows audiences away with his live [...]

Duran Duran ft. Justin Timberlake- Night Runner (produced by Timbaland)
Duran Duran, how low you have fallen. Resorting to a Timbaland beat to revitalise your career? Shameless…
As much as I know I should despise this song, it has ‘guilty pleasure’ written all over it in big bold letters. The calling card for it is that for [...]

Remi Nicole- Well, there’s a bit of a story behind this one: my sister and brother live in the same flat block as Remi, who’ll be a star by next year’s festival season at the latest. Granted, living next to her is a bit of a claim to fame, but the real message I want [...]

Music enthusiasts, unite. The new Hype Machine is being instated as we speak, but wont be open to the public until 10000 people are looking at the homepage at once. Got all that? In short, get over there now, and we wont have to wait an age to be back in touch with the music [...]

Artist: Radiohead
Album: In Rainbows
Rating: 9/10
[Slow Clap] Well done, guys, you’ve done it again. Not only is ‘In Rainbows’ a massive triumph over the machinations of the music industry, its quite possibly the best collection of Radiohead material recorded since the bands formation. The “you decide” price marketing scheme has garnered so much publicity that this [...]

I’m not feeling up to a full length post today (hard day at school, what can I say?) but I thought I’d upload a few tracks that I’m listening to at the moment.

Common (ft. Dwele)- The People
Fallout Boy- Hum Hallelujah
Placebo- Running Up That Hill

Bloc Party- Flux
Blackbox Remix- Positive Tension
Bloc Party- Hero
Bloc Party- 13 Version 2.0
Bloc Party- Skeleton
I think Bloc Party should take the award for most prolific band: you would be hard pressed not to like at least some of the tracks off of their last couple of albums. Since mid-2004 they’ve released:

Bloc Party EP
Little Thoughts EP
Silent Alarm
Silent [...]

One of my recent acquisitions was the latest album by Foo Fighters, named Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. Honestly, I was expecting it to be a bit samey/turgid like many of their previous offerings (aka a few standout tracks but on the whole disappointing). In short, I was badly mistaken- this album is by far [...]