rescuing musical virtue in distress.
If you think that there are no knew ways to fuse different musical genres, that the cross-pollination of sounds has nothing new to offer, that genre-hopping has no more fences to leap or styles to merge, then a quick listen to I Am The Sun, Brooke Benson’s single from the EP of the same name,... Continue Reading →
The good thing about being introduced to independent artists is that the music you hear is, more often than not, is the music they want to play, before producers add commercially-friendly touches and long before managers talk of shifting units, the music is written and played without the worry of losing fans or losing recording deals.... Continue Reading →
The fact that I have been saying the same thing more and more in music reviews lately means that there must be something going on. Some music is all about having fun, about letting off steam, about just enjoying the moment and moving on, and that’s fine, but I am finding more and more music... Continue Reading →
New musical forms don’t come along very often. And whilst the sonic building blocks of Nine Beats Collective’s music is pretty familiar, the trick, as always, is how you put them together, what you create with them. And what they build is fascinating stuff, spoken word nuggets of ancient wisdom driving a musical vehicle that... Continue Reading →
Some music is easily placed, its nature, function and inspirations are worn very visibly on its sleeve. And then there is music which inhabits more interesting spaces, where its nature is more fluid, the purpose less defined, music like that of Equinox’s Goodbye. Raising from a barely perceptible sound to a dark, ambient drone, the music... Continue Reading →
I started the day writing about how we live in a post-genre musical world when trying to describe how the cool of the underground was combining with more mainstream sounds to create a new, more palatable pop alternative. I end the day by writing about something that not only knocks down the generic barricades but... Continue Reading →
Mercurial, that’s the word. Martin Newell is indeed a mercurial beast. From progressive rock to shimmering and often skewed indie pop, never one to follow conventions and creating wonderful and quintessentially English music along the way. Latterly he has dedicated his time to being a poet, author and award-winning columnist. Here we find 2... Continue Reading →