Election Anthems 2010
In one of the most unpredictable election contests in our lifetime, yet another twist has been thrust into the mix which includes Right Said Fred piping up with a Lib Dem anthem – we kid you not. Comedian Danny Robins has been tasked by Newsnight to come up with three party anthems for the big day, [...]
Two Door Cinema Club Live Review
Two Door Cinema Club, The Garage, London – March 1st Two Door Cinema Club released their debut album Tourist History this week and as it’s been a regular on the RealMusic Blog playlist for weeks now we thought it about time we checked out the Northern Irish trio live. Plastic glasses of fizzy lager in [...]
Happy Australia Day!
Chuck another shrimp on the barbie and let’s a have a tinny for today is January 26th, the day the whole of Australia gives thanks for being from the same country as Kylie and Jason. Over the years Australia has contributed a mixed bag of artists to the international music scene, from worldwide superstars like [...]
Liam Frost Interview
He’s been compared to Springsteen and his recent second album We Ain’t Got No Money, Honey, But We Got Rain is frothing over with dark, melody-led, soulful pop. Now going it alone having split from his record label, Manchester-based singer-songwriter Liam Frost spoke to us about duetting with Martha Wainwright, writing dirty love songs and [...]
Singles Club
The first Singles Club of 2010 has five rampant slices of next-decade style pop that borrow liberally from the last century. Time-travelling pop you might say…
Take That + Robbie = ?
So it turns out that in between spotting aliens and UFOs – oh, and making his next album craftily entitled Reality Killed The Video Star – Robbie Williams is back in the studio with the Take Thatters, writing with his old buddies once more. Now I’ve been rolling this thought around my brain for a [...]
Close encounters of the famous kind
In my line of work I meet a lot of famous people: some blessed with tickly nearly-fame, others with sharp, pointy, face-splitting notoriety. Some who you’d walk past in the street without even noticing, some who you’d stop and think ‘now where do I know him from… was he the guy who pissed in Sharon’s [...]
Festival Withdrawal
So in my dayjob as a music journalist, I’ve been writing miles of copy about festivals – seeing bands, drinking cider from paper cups, having your tent blown away in a huge gust of piss, that sort of thing. And then it suddenly occurred to me that I really should have remembered to blag/buy a [...]
