It was a warm summer’s evening when I queued outside of Scala in London for my first proper gig. I was sixteen and my brother had managed to secure tickets from a stranger on Facebook to see my favourite band at the time: Spector. When Spector eased into ‘Bad Boyfriend’, an overwhelming sense of belonging […]
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If your kink is quintessentially British songs, this will really get you goin’
The Kinks | You Really Got Me
My shoes stuck to the dancefloor of the large concert room as I worked my way around the tables, collecting empty beer glasses from noisy patrons. It was rock and roll night and I was halfway through my shift as a barmaid in a busy social club. The cover band were currently hammering out The […]
Even though I’m not the kind of person who’s always on the lookout for new music and new artists, there are times where I accidentally stumble across new hidden gems that eventually grow on me and I feel proud of myself. Something like this happened when I searched for “ocean blues” and the artist “Oceanator” […]
Many people will tell you that the greatest punk bands burned out or faded away in the 20th Century, and that more contemporary bands within the genre have little to offer. That couldn’t be further from the truth. In 2009, a band from the outskirts of London released one of the greatest punk records of […]
. I feel that music has a lot in common with the art of painting – it creates an image, an explosion of colors, feelings and visions in our minds without us even noticing. “Enero” is an exhibition of emotions and sensations that float heavy, yet free in an underwater gallery of the Universe of […]
After spending a year and a half in Argentina I discovered many small bands from South America. Those types of bands I would never have discovered without living there and meeting people who create and share what they love. Agua Oscura (meaning “dark water” in English) is one of those bands. The first album […]
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“Get off the Road, Toad” For Mike Cloninger Featured Song: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon It was the summer of 1973, and I was 8 years old. My family was once again traveling from our home near Asheville, NC, to Cocoa Beach, FL for another episode of the annual Coninger family vacation. There we would […]
SC.Undercover is the British R&B and Pop artist who has recently been on the radar of bloggers far and wide. But why? Back in 2017 “Broke and Sober” and “5AM on the Eastside” the artists first two singles found their way onto a number of Youtube channels. The songs received acclaim by various music enthusiasts. […]
To those who know, they know. If you ask a Radiohead fan to describe Kid A you’ll probably get a different response every time. Serene, transcendent, manic, discordant, and well, just about every other word that attempts to describe the ineffable. Pretty broad and abstract I know. However, they’ll also probably agree on one thing, […]
There’s a great relatability in a working class person singing songs about their hometown. Especially one with a way with words who can create a captivating story in a three minute song. Think early Oasis or the fantastic “Word Gets Round” by the Stereophonics. But it’s a relatability that often means their music diminishes or […]
