Leon Jean-Genrebender
Can a passion for kit cars lead to assembling great music? Well it seemed to work with Leon Jean-Marie. The east Londoner, who’s family originate from St. Lucia is certainly starting to get a lot of attention. Island records plucked up the uber talented multi-instrumentalist and the world now waits in anticipation for his debut...
Grizzlies in Brooklyn
Is Brooklyn going to be the Brit School of America? Are we going to get bored? Not if you compare Vampire Weekend, MGMT or Beirut with Leona Lewis, The Feeling or The bloody Kooks. Its all gone topsy-turvy. Brooklyn is producing great British music. The Brit School is churning out American dross. They sound like...
Burn VHS
Spent far too long looking for good music today, and failing. Is there anything out there at the moment? Decided to go back through my playlists and refound this great pop track from VHS or Beta. The Louisvilleans have three albums on their backs, and this is taken from their latest, Bring on the Comets....
Grounded on Elbow
I have fallen in love with Elbow’s Grounds for Divorce. Probably the best guitar-lick ever. Elbow’s album The Seldom Seen Kid makes me think of Coldplay, if they were actually good. They could challenge for the best British band, and actually take the mantle so many of Elbow’s fans feel they deserve. Their next single,...
Like a Bird
Violinist and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird from Chicago seems to have quite a following in the US, and rightly so. He’s playing at IndigO2 (the dome) on 26 April, and will do my best to get to it. In fact give me a shout if you want to come a long! I’ll definitely buy his album...
