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Wondering where you can catch the dynamic duo Two the Band playing live? Wonder no more as Gemma and Alfie announce appearances at this year’s Kendal Calling Festival in July. The line-up for this years Kendal Calling features Mahalia, Nina Nesbitt, Badly Drawn Boy, KT Tunstall and more! Tickets are still available through the festival’s […]
Loving the new thumping track ‘Wheel’ by French-Congolese singer Faty Sy Savanet aka Tshegue. With a hypnotic, electronic beat – the equally heart-racing accompanying video shows the Club Etoile Rollers – some as young as 13, careering around the streets of Kinshasa, fearlessly hanging on to the backs of vehicles as Tshegue flows “Just keep […]
Florence + The Machine’s interpretation of’Jenny of Oldstones’ which was featured during end credits of last weeks Game of Thrones, has smashed Adele’s previous reign for the number of Shazams in 24 hours. Adele’s ‘Hello’ back in 2015 racked up 200,000 Shazams in 24 hours while Florence + The Machine attracted 300,000 worldwide following the […]
If La Isla Bonita is where the tale begins, 33 years later we hear the update from Madonna as Madame X in Medellin. Noting similarities between the Queen of pop’s 1986 hit, in which the video shows a young and naive Madonna in catholic prayer wishing to run away to fictitious San Pedro, then writhing […]
A lot of artists I interview say they take their inspiration from nature and their surroundings but no one took that statement further than FKJ (French Kiwi Juice) when he performed live from Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, courtesy of Cercle. Cercle, known for filming artists in the most unique of settings, streaming it live on […]
The UK’s foremost Electronic music conference takes place at British Airways i360 Beachfront Centre on Thursday 25th and Friday 26th April 2019; with the full programme running from Wednesday 24th to Saturday 27th April at venues across the city. The i360 conference site, sponsored by Scan Pro Audio, features BMC Professional Conference Theatres 1 and […]
Westgate, Oxford, and Little Brother Eli spent an intimate evening with a small Backseat Becky’s crowd. Entering the brightly, pastel-coloured Breakfast Club diner, with sumptuous wafts of waffles, chicken wings and sweet potatoes in the air, the instructions were to head behind the SMEG fridge. Feeling a sense of illicit intrigue, I pulled back the […]
The past decade has seen some huge changes in the flavour of music coming out of India. No longer is it restricted to Traditional Classics, Bhangra, Filmi, Bollywood, the music now incorporates R&B, Pop, Hip-Hop, Folk, Jazz and Latin genres. Fading out are the coy and innocent women, playful men, formation dances and all things […]
Check out the new video ’25’ by eight-piece alt-soul collective Fieh. This toe tapping deep-soul track features an unusual video, directed by Jack A Bowden (Nike, Missguided), depicts the group initiating a new member, cult style. You can see the Wes Anderson and Tarantino influence here. Founded by 22-year-old singer and multi-instrumentalist Sofie Tollefsbøl, who […]
