RDGLDGRN – ‘Million Fans’
I’ve developed a startling soft-spot for old-school hip-hop over the years, so naturally my ears locked on to this raw breakbeat as I sat eating in a Bristol harbour-side cafe.
Here are five more songwriting skills to act as either an inspirational starting point, or to enhance a lifeless tune that might be knocking about in a drawer somewhere. The ideal length of… Continue reading
Ernest Hemingway never was one to beat about the bush. He was once asked to tell a story in six words, he wrote “For sale: baby shoes, never worn” and called it his… Continue reading
IV. Radiohead – Equipment “Picking Up Every Last Crumb” With the stellar development of technology and the studio’s capabilities becoming increasingly limitless since the sixties, it’s now almost impossible for a pop band… Continue reading
II. The Beatles – Equipment “The people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion” “We’d finished touring in ’66 to go into the studio where we could hear each other… and create… Continue reading
I’ve developed a startling soft-spot for old-school hip-hop over the years, so naturally my ears locked on to this raw breakbeat as I sat eating in a Bristol harbour-side cafe.
First off there are two videos, the standard one which can be viewed below – directed by band branding machine Anton Corbijn. The alternative is an interactive Google Chrome experiment that can be… Continue reading
Once there was a highly influential eighties punk-rock band, who showered the world with raw riffs and milk-curdling yelps.
Stream Alt-J’s debut album in its entirety below.
In what is now standard internet procedure (they’ve hired an entire team to build their creations), Google will upload its latest Doodle on Wednesday.
YouTube user QuintonSung has done the unthinkable (or perhaps it’s what everyone was thinking), and made delightfully precise 8-bit renditions of Radiohead’s most career defining albums, OK Computer and Kid A, in their monstrous entirety. It really… Continue reading
The predictably beautiful new single from Kristian Matsson’s new LP There’s No Leaving Now.
Probably one of the best films I’ve seen on contemporary art. Engaging, and funny. “The epic life of a world-class artist, jammed into six minutes.” Narrated by Tom Waits.