Entrepreneurs
Yately – somewhere west of London and near Sandhurst – is the home of Adam Crisp also known as Entrepreneurs. This means Yately could soon be home to one of the greatest producers in the UK. Last year Entrepreneurs gained some recognition with a remix of Marina and the Diamonds - but it seems what’s...
Frame the City not its Museum
Going to Seattle? Don’t go to the music museum. It’s shite. Do eat seafood, rent a boat with fishing rods or take a short drive past evergreen forests for a trip to Microsoft town. Other than the museum I struggle to come up with a reason why you wouldn’t visit Seattle – it’s lovely and also where Nate...
IAMAMIWHOAMI. Who?
Music videos rarely move my juices. What I do know is that Lady Gaga‘s Telephone is not nearly as annoying as Alejandro. The videos and the music. I also know that the new IAMAMIWHOAMI music video has put anything that poker faced bandwagon has churned out to shame. What’s better? I’d say the: music cinematography...
Non Doms
Student debt sucks. I finished attempting to increase my brain capacity over four years ago and am still about as close as world peace to paying it off. To avoid paying it back I may soon take the approach of the members of DOM and remove my surname from the face of the earth. Erik,...
Need a MNDR?
Talented and suave Mark Ronson may be - but subterranean sea deposits can flaunt more charisma than him. Or maybe it was just his way of dealing with another of those irritating as fuck Channel 4 presenters. At least during the most boring interview drawn out on celluloid they managed to play Bang Bang Bang - his latest...
Everybody Hurts
Synths and glam may have been part of my diet as an 80s child but I never totally fell in love with 80s music. It’s only now – and after the main revival of 80s chic has passed that am I coming to appreciate what the decade of decadence produced. Recently I went to Lovebox...
Holeytonal Loves a Big Beat
I love a great beat – doesn’t necessarily have to be quick – just quirky, interesting and ideally with a big bass. So open my Holeytonal Loves a Big Beat playlist on Spotify and get thumping. Dan Black – I Love Life Daedelus – Make It So (feat. Michael Johnson) La Roux – Tigerlily Peaches...
Veto Restore Faith in Danish Music
Denmark is home to the worst band on the planet – Alphabeat. Maybe thats why it took me longer than usual to open Veto‘s album Crushing Digits. Damn Alphabeat. The Copenhagen 5-piece, Veto, create electronic rock driven by massive hooks, synths, bleeps and pounding beats. With Troels Abrahamsen‘s soaring vocals lushly complimenting the textured landscapes....
Worry About Song of the Year Already
Ok. Maybe premature. A month into 2009 and I might have already found my song of the year. Peter Bjorn and John is made up of 3 Swedes called, Peter, Bjorn and er, John. I bought their previous album, Writer’s Block (iTunes) after stumbling on the track featured in this post. It’s a lot more...
Chewing 8-bit Lips
“Why don’t you post about female artists?” my friend asks. Well I have actually, when I rung about the glorious Bell. Gender, two genders or no gender – I don’t care so long as their music rings true. So, the fact that holeytonal features more male artists, or bands with male leads, is not the reason for posting...
Don’t Piss on My Toothbrush Esser
Part III? Deserved? Yes. I just saw Esser live for the first time. Fantastic. It was a Transgressive Records event, and no one was a patch on Ben Esser with his band (although Liam Finn came close). Also found out the new video for the super tune and new single Headlock was on YouTube, so...
Through the Peephole
Anyone got a ticket to Brooklyn? I need to go. I can’t take it anymore. I have to find out how so much good music can come from one place. Here is yet another great group from the Big Apple. I peeped Peephole through Bell’s MySpace. Glad I did. Their main man is called Kent...
