Something for Spring...

Something Old...

With the turning of the season marking a change - Spring finnaly Sprung this week, it maybe cold but the sun finnally rearing its head for a bit! More importantly with Pancake day last Tuesday and Ash Wednesday marking 40 days til Easter...what better way to celebrate than with a bit of the second coming himself, the almeity, lord of indie himself, Sir Ian of Brown and the Stone Roses. 

The Stone Roses formed in 83 before the release of their self titled 1989 debut album, which includes some other awesome John Squire riffage alongside Brownies lyrical genius. Stand out tracks such as 'I Wanna be Adored', 'Waterfall', 'She Bangs the Drum' and from the US release which includes the bands classic + some would say definitive track 'Fools Gold'. However, indie is my religion and being 40 days til Easter and all that Im gonna pick my favourite Roses track 'I am the Resurrection'. Filled to the brim with both melodic and lyrical genius, no more needs to be said really.... 

Something New...

Putting a face to the music that will be familiar to those who watch TV, as used in the Nikon ads and some pivotal scenes in TV series like Skins...'Welcome Home' is blissful. Radical Face are the Florida based solo project of Ben Cooper of Electric President fame. This track is taken of the album 'Ghost' which includes 'Winter is Coming' another similar track and something very leftfield 'Pigeon Teeth'. The video for 'Welcome Home' is shot ofcourse, using only Nikon lenses and makes for some great natural cinematics, enjoy....

Something Borrowed...

The Arctic Monkeys put out their pretty decent new single 'Brick by Brick' last week, taken from their forthcoming, 4th studio album 'Suck it and See' before playing a host of European festivals this summer. The MASSIVE hype of the first, undeniably awesome debut album 'Whatever People Say I am, Thats what Im not' in 2006 was a double edged sword as it not only brought massive critical sucess but also the wrong kind of fan base and record companies pushed for more commercial sound. This lead to the bands second album 'Your favourite Worst Nightmare' in 2007, which did include some great songs but lacked the depth of the 1st album. Alex Turner, mostly kept his feet on the ground and stayed away from the limelight + publicity and the 3rd album 'Humbug' which is a much more laid back, meaningful album was released in 2009 with hardly any hype or expectation and moved them back in in respect levels.

What better way to mark the occasion of another Monkeys album? Well, ofcourse I hear you cry...their cover of the Girls Alouds classic 'Love Machine', which it must be said is really a indie riff that was waiting to be abused by a proper band! This fan made video is pretty great aswell...

Something Blue...

"And now is the Winter of our dicontent, made glorius Summer by this Son of York..."

As old Willy Shakespeare wrote as the opening line for the epic 'Richard III', which has many a hidden meaning. For me, I interpret it as leaving the past behind, the coming of change and better times...much like winter turning to spring and the expectations and excitement that Summer brings!

Funnily enough, my childhood heroes, the mighty Supergrass also wrote a song with the same name, which is not only one of my favourite songs by them has one of the greatest indie riffs of all time. Taken from their 2nd album 'In it for the Money', not only is the track bloody brilliant but the dark + moody vid works perfectly....