ARTIST: Léon SONG: Falling SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? One of the beautiful things about how the music industry works these days is that there's been a return to the time when you released a song, sometimes a couple of times over, it grew in popularity steadily and you had … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Léon – ‘Falling’
Hellooo...so we are now on Day 5 of #15Daysof30Lists. Which means we're a third of the way to my 30th birthday. Woopah! Five lists of 30 favourites down, ten more to go. Thanks for all your feedback so far - don't forget to leave your comments below or Tweet me your thoughts on my choices. … Continue reading #15Daysof30Lists: Day 5
This is The Story of Pop: 1999. Every Thursday, it's your trip back in time to the UK chart movers and shakers from twenty years ago. This week: a one hit wonder from Canada that charted twice before becoming a late summer time smash... Formed in 1994, and taking their name from the Swedish liqueur … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 33)
Good evening gorgeous people - we are now on Day 4 of #15Daysof30Lists, where each day up to my 30th birthday on 26th August I am counting fifteen lists of 30 favourite things. Hope you're enjoying them so far! Don't forget this is an opportunity for you to learn more about yours truly as well … Continue reading #15Daysof30Lists: Day 4
Evening all, it's now Day 3 of #15Daysof30Lists, my series of blog posts where I make lists of my 30 favourite things by category every day until my 30th birthday, which is a week and a half hence. Why I'm doing it: so you can all get to know yours truly a bit better ahead … Continue reading #15Daysof30Lists: Day 3
Welcome to Day 2 of #15Daysof30Lists - where we continue on through my lists of 30 favourite things in the run up to my 30th birthday. This is a little something for you, the readers, to get to know me a bit better through the medium of lists, but also for me to find out … Continue reading #15Daysof30Lists: Day 2
Happy Sunday everyone - hope your weekends have all been good! It's our fifth anniversary today since we went online as well so happy 5th anniversary to your favourite corner of the web and mine. Soooo...it may not have escaped your notice that the blog's been a bit quieter over the last couple of weeks. … Continue reading #15Daysof30Lists: Day 1
ARTIST: Friendly Fires SONG: Silhouettes SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Firstly, we want you to count the number of indie bands that were launched about ten years ago. Now count how many of them are actually still worth a collective damn. That'd be about three, maybe four at a push, … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Friendly Fires – ‘Silhouettes’
Deconstructing the sights and sounds of the UK charts twenty years ago, this is our weekly series of posts we like to call The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: a fledgling Scottish indie rock act make the grade to the big leagues via an iconic Glastonbury performance... Some bands and artists really are the … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 32)
If you're needing a gentle midweek reminder of some of the amazing good things happening in the world, you've come to the right place, for this is this week's installment of The Good News Week. Although today is a good one just by default because my lovely big sister Mairi celebrates her birthday today, so … Continue reading The Good News Week (07/08/2019)
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