It’s at The Queens Head in Acton Street, Kings Cross.The line up is Charlie B. Costello, Moses Melkonian and Hugo William. I’ll try to go if work permits!
John Legend covers Adele’s ‘Rolling In The Deep’
Intense, minimal and amazing.
First Watch: Metronomy ‘The Look’
Check out the new video for ‘The Look’, the next single from Metronomy released in the UK on April 18th.
Free Download: Jon Fratelli ‘Santo Domingo’ (The Knocks remix)
Taken from his forthcoming new album “Psycho Jukebox”, it is at once strangely familiar, lyrically obtuse and so catchy it’ll make your head swim. It follows the free download of ‘Rhythm Doesn’t Make You A Dancer’.
New Music: Two Wounded Birds
This is a very cool band, with a surf/pop/rock sound. Formed in the late, sultry Summer of 2008, Two Wounded Birds are kids by the sea, making music inspired from the haze of their childhood. Long drives with Beach Boys compilations in the tape decks. Dad dropping Chess Records and Link Wray on the record deck of a Sunday morning. Afternoon showings of Grease on TV. Check out here.
New Music: Emin
So I’ve suddenly seen loads of posters on the Underground this last week advertising this guy. I had no idea who he was, as I hadn’t seen any word of him on the sites that I go on. A bit of research via BBC tells me ‘Emin is the heir to a billion-dollar fortune and the son-in-law of a president. But all he really wants to do is sing.’
Impressive. The music is pretty good pop, I’ll let the BBC give you a good picture of the sound… ‘think Enrique Iglesias and Chris Isaak, with a smattering of pre-Progress Take That – would fit comfortably on the BBC Radio Two playlist.’ Check out here.
New Music: Stooshe
New girl group from London with a very dirty song. I like it though, I don’t know if they’re actually doing this for the long run or whether it’s just one song but whatever, enjoy it! Check out here.
Thomas Holm ‘Lidt for Lidt’
My obsession with Thomas Holm continues. This is his latest single, ‘Lidt for Lidt’ – something to do with being too little, or such… There’s so much good music coming out of Denmark right now, very exciting. I wish people wouldn’t get put off by enjoying music that isn’t in English!
A big box of joy came in the post today
I don’t care- this box made me yelp. It’s cost me a fortune but you can’t put a price on your passion- no matter how camp it can be. This 6 CD box set has pretty much every Melodifestivalen track since the show was launched in it’s current format in 2002. There’s a book that comes with it. I didn’t get a chance to buy this when I was Stockholm last week (when I went to watch the real thing) so I had to order it via import. Just as well- it’s a massive box. This is definitely gonna keep me out of trouble for a few weeks…
Little Majorette release cute new single
Overflow is the first single from Little Majorette’s upcoming debut album “Rifle Heart” (Sweden Music/Universal Music, April 2011). Check out here.
New Music: If The Kids
New Music: YAAKS
New Music: Maverick Sabre
I always get excited when British hip hop artists like Maverick Sabre come on to the scene- this reminds me of Plan B (from his ‘I’ll stab you in the eye, yo, With a fucking biro, The same fucking biro you just used to sign your giro, You fucking wino‘ days). Check out here.
New Music: King Jacks
Hard British rock and roll. I like his style- it makes me want to punch something soft. The video features Danny Dyer, who’s known in the UK for his roles in gang films. In my view he is also pretty hot but anyway… check out here.
New Music: First Rate People
Beautiful, stylish indie/pop/dance. This is the sort of thing I would have playing at the back of a catwalk show. Check out here.
Yelle’s new video is rather fun
New Music: Barry Southgate
This is very Jason Mraz/ Olly Murs: super catchy, happy pop from a former Australian Idol contestant. Check out here.
First Listen: Robyn feat Teddybears ‘Cardiac Arrest’
Teddybears have previously worked with Robyn on ‘Cobrastyle’ from *that* album which shook the pop world crazy side. They’ve collaborated with her again on ‘Cardiac Arrest’- it’s got a cheeky upbeat poppy vibe to it which is just perfect to listen to on one’s birthday! Buy it here.
Stockholm: Melodifestivalen & Schlager
I went to Stockholm this weekend to watch the Melodifestivalen final, Sweden’s biggest TV show and a dream-come-true for any Eurovision fan. It was also a good excuse to check out Sweden. Stockholm was way bigger than I imagined it to be, and just take a look at the place we stayed in!
Melodifestivalen was at the Ericsson Globe Arena (known for hosting Eurovision in 2000), which is a giant ball shaped venue that is absolutely huge on the inside. The winner of the show goes on to represent Sweden in Eurovision- this year it was this song by Eric Saade:
Pretty spectacular, albeit the lyrics are a bit on the weak side… But judging by the bars and clubs around town, it seemed that this song by Danny Saucedo (which came runner up) was the favourite amongst Swedes:
After the show we went to a Melodifestival party at a club tucked away in a really odd part of the city. One of my favourite songs from this year (which didn’t get through to the final) was this tune by Jenny Silver:
It was heaven. Now back to the real world and new music! More pics on Flickr.
New Music: Diamond Doves
I instantly fell in love with their track ‘Club Night’, it’s epic in a subdued kinda way. Check out here.