Once again, I have learnt one of the simple truths of blogging. It’s unpredictable! The popularity of a post is often unrelated to its length or quality: sometimes posts which I rattle out in five minutes are popular, whereas those which I labour over barely get off the ground. I’m not worried, but I think [...]

Watch this band. If you do anything today, make sure you check out Lightspeed Champion. I can tell you now, without a shadow of a doubt, that Dev Hynes is going to be big. As in, he will be remembered as one of ‘the great British songwriters’.
Explain? Well, a few months ago at the Paradiso, [...]

Webbafied- Can’t Tell Me Nothing/Garbage (Link 2)Webbafied- Phantom Part II (Link 2)
One of my favourite up and coming artists, Webbafied, has started to make some serious progress. I wrote a ‘Definitive Justice’ post a few months ago, and his tracks went to the top of the hype machine, as well as the post receiving a [...]

Some very scary and mind blowing events took place over the last few days. It has rapidly dawned on me that these next few weeks will be the end of an era. Just over a month today, I will be leaving school, and wont have anything to really work for any more. It’s both exciting [...]

Cut Copy- Going Nowhere (SebastiAn Remix) (Link 2)Cut Copy- Hearts On Fire (Midnight Juggernauts Remix) (Link 2)Cut Copy- Lights And Music (Link 2)Cut Copy- So Haunted (Link 2)
Someone told me it would happen. Within a few days of listening to Cut Copy, I would be unconditionally in love with their brand of electropop. And they [...]

Wolf Parade- Call It A Ritual (Link 2)Death Cab For Cutie- I Will Possess Your Heart (Link 2)Cut Copy – Lights & Music (Boys Noize Happy Birthday Remix) (Link 2)A Few Venial Sins is a twice monthly e-zine, with contributions in the form of poetry, gig reviews, general music articles and random pieces about food, [...]

Okay, so my time this evening is limited (AQA Chemistry revision is dominating at the moment), but I wanted to be one of the first to let you guys know about these new tracks.
Coldplay- Lost (Link 2)Coldplay- Life In Technicolour (Link 2)
Yes. Two more Coldplay tracks have leaked, weeks before ‘Viva La Vida’s release. ‘Lost’ [...]

Everybody Nose- CRS/Pusher T (Official Remix) (Link 2)
Oh yes. CRS have seriously proven themselves. Transforming a piece of coal into a diamond is a neat trick, and the strength of these three artists is unbelievable. ‘Us Placers’ was a brilliant piece of artistry, with a nice sample, good verses and, if this any indication, just [...]

I must apologise for not being able to reply to your comments: it’s out of my hands. My school has blocked my blog, for some ridiculous reason, apparently ‘pornography’, or so the filter says. Anyway, I can’t see, read, or comment on my blog: I am solely limited to posting and reading your comments through [...]

Okay, so I’ve been on the receiving end of a couple of harsh comments comments over the last few days, most of which were justified. I’m not here to whine- I realise that my page is read by progressively more people, but when you get comments nitpicking particular words in a sentence, its hard to [...]

Coldplay- Violet Hill (Cold Cut Remix) (Link 2)
Just thought I would share something with you: I was messing around with the new Coldplay single earlier on Garage Band, and my doodling turned into a remix of sorts. It’s just about good enough to post (aka not totally rubbish), so please leave a comment with your [...]

A few weeks ago the Arctic Monkeys officially announced that they would be moving back to the studio this summer to record their third album.
With this news came heaps of speculation, and already new songs are starting to appear. The first, ‘Sandtrap’, is a 2 minute live version, currently used as the introduction to ‘This [...]