Something Old...
Sit down kids and let me tell you a story! The story starts 30 years ago, A badly organised Conservative government was running Britain into the ground, Taxes were through the roof, the rich got richer whilst the poor got poorer. Natural disasters, Famine and War in far off lands filled the news whilst riotting on our streets was rife but for a little ray of light that the UK got a day off for a Royal Wedding of Charles and Di...flash forward to now, albeit names, faces and places may have changed the story is still the same.
Join with me and the facebook campaign to get the Specials 'Ghost Town' back to number one again 30 years on for the Royal Wedding! If you dont have iTunes you can also order from hmv for only 99p from Monday. What are you waiting for? life can only get better...remember the 90's? yea thats right kids, post recession spawned grunge...
So, in the imortal words of the mighty specials "Stop your messing around!"and celebrate the band that gave the country light when it was most needed with their unique mix of rocksteady ska fired by punk energy and attitude. I may even go as far as to dust off my pork pie hat and mohair suit to celebrate the rude boy look!
Hell, if you love as much as me download the entire 'Best Of' again, the band that brought the world songs like 'Too much too young', 'Blank Expression','Friday Night/ Saturday Morning' and my personal favourite 'A Message to you Rudy', turn it up LOUD!!!
Something New...
TV on the Radio have been one of favourite bands since I had the privilage to see them at a festival in the mid 00's. Having formed in 2001 in Brooklyn, NYC their music spans genres from post-punk to electro encompasing aspects of free jazz and soul.
The 5 man band setup (of Tude Adebimpe on vocals, Dave Sitek on keys/guitar and Kyp Malone on vocals and guitar; alongside Jaleel Bunton on drums and Gerrard Smith on bass) have worked alongside David Bowie, Beck and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs so need no introduction.
The group have to date released 3 crittically acclaimed studio albums and a handful of EPs, 'OK Calculator', title inspired by Radiohead obviously, and 'Young Liars' which includes the awesome 'Satelite'. Their debut album 'Desperate Youth, Bloody Thirsty Babes' in 04, includes the fantastic 'Starring at the Sun' and their 2nd album 'Return to Cookie mountain' the following year. It was their breakthru album 'Dear Science' which includes the genius that is 'Halfway Home', 'Golden Age' and 'Dancing Choose' that really brought the band to the attention of the world stage.
Last week they released their 4th studio album '9 types of light' which the band have released as a fantastic free movie on youtube, asking friends and fans to make vids for each single and fantasticly scripted voxpops, absolutely mind blowing...you can watch it here.
The album includes the single 'Will Do' and my personal favourite TVR song 'Repetition', enjoy....
Something Borrowed...
Something Blue...
Tonight, myself, my other half and our mates get the chance to see one of the most awesome artists in UK play his unique style of folk hip hop spoken word in front of a small audience in my favourite bar Telfords warehouse in my hometown of Chester.
The crittically acclaimed, award winning Slam Poet Dizraeli and his band the Small Gods (which includes Bellatrix, the World Champion Female beatboxer on bass) dont make bad music, check out their website to enjoy more of the genius.
I had great pleasure to see Diraeli with Bad Science for the 1st time play the tiny Chai Wallah tent at Beachbreak in Kent 09 and then my 1st small gods experience at a tiny stage at Glastobury last year, utterly brilliant. Their debut album 'Engurland, City Shanties', which includes 'Reach In/Out', 'Engurland' and 'Bomb Tesco' is lyrically and musically perfect, go now and buy it! My personal favourite track by them has to be the deeply moving 'Maria'....
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