It’s a unfamiliar feeling, when, at the tender age of 17, you encounter the feeling of nostalgia. But its almost 10 years to the day since the Fugees broke up, and I can still remember the day when I first heard ‘Ready Or Not’, and “The Score” brought the Fugees into the limelight. For those [...]

Me, looking disheveled and in mood mode

Admittedly, I’m not in the greatest of moods this evening after having been rejected from the university of Cambridge this afternoon, something which I wasn’t really expecting. I’ve been building this university up for a long time now, and to be honest, being rejected is probably the best thing [...]

I was flipping through the MTV channels today and saw the new Radiohead video for their first “In Rainbows” single, “Jigsaw Falling Into Place”. I’m not completely won over by the idea of this as the first single (Reckoner or Weird Fishes/Arpeggi would have been better bets IMHO), but you have to admit that this [...]

People generally like to set themselves challenges. Some are reasonable, whilst some might be stretching reality. A great example of the second is Sufjan Steven’s attempt to write a concept album for “the 50 states of America”. Yes, 50 full albums. Ambitious? Hmm… Foolhardy might be a better way of describing it.
However, as ridiculous [...]

Just a very short post today… How frustrating it must be to produce consistently good music through many bands without receiving much credit for it. A tribute must go to the following:
- Damon Albarn: Albarn has been the driving force behind many successful projects over the last few years. After Blur broke up and [...]

A few of the best ‘ft.’ tracks on rotation in my iTunes:Richard Ashcroft ft. Coldplay- Bittersweet SymphonyKanye West ft. Dwele- Flashing LightsTalib Kweli ft. Kanye West, Mos Def & Jay-Z- Get By (Remix)Sway ft. Pyrelli- Up Your SpeedNas ft. will.i.am- Hip Hop Is Dead
In the age of Timbalands, Chris Browns and Kanye Wests, songs are [...]

“Existence well what does it matter?I exist on the best terms I can.The past is now part of my future,The present is well out of hand.”Joy Division- Heart And Soul- Opening Quote To ‘Control’
A few weeks ago I went to see Control, a brilliant film which thus far I haven’t felt capable of talking about. [...]

The Britney Of Yesteryear

Britney Spears- Toy SoldierBritney Spears- Gimme MoreBritney Spears (ft. Pharrell)- Why Should I Be Sad?
When you spend a lot of time on the Hype Machine it’s hard not to notice who’s popular, and who isn’t. One name I didn’t ever expect to see on their front-page was Britney Spears, a woman who [...]

Rating: Lukewarm
Chris Brown- Kiss Kiss (Remix)Chris Brown (ft. T-Pain)- Kiss KissChris Brown (ft. Kanye West)- Down Chris Brown (ft. Big Boi)- Hold UpChris Brown- With You
The world really needs to lay off Chris Brown. Sure, he’s talented, confident (which some misconstrue as arrogance) and has a few flaws to his name but he didn’t [...]

Last night’s EMA Performance of ‘Back To Black’ was an obvious sign that things still aren’t right with Amy Winehouse. Throughout the song she looked bewildered, as if she didn’t know were she was. Whilst not being a particularly demanding song, Winehouse struggled to find the notes, and seemed to have lost ‘that voice’ which [...]