Chiwetel Ejiofor – Together We Are Beautiful – Song for the Weekend
It’s Halloween this weekend and I used to find drag queens scary. However times have changed and I’ve been reminded how fabulous they can be thanks to one of my favourite films Kinky Boots. Not only does Chiwetel Ejiofor play Lola superbly, he also sings on every track she performs. All Lola’s songs were produced by Robbie...
Discodeine – Synchornise feat. Jarvis Cocker – Song for the Weekend
Soon I’ll find time to write an article about how to discover new music, and one new tool that’ll be mentioned is Shufflr.fm. That’s how I stumbled on this week’s Song for the Weekend. Posted on Off the Radar – this track is a blast from a disco 2000 past. French duo Pilooski and Pentile are...
Baiana System – Jah Jah Revolta – Song for the Weekend
I love Twitter. No, not because you end up reading lots of little sentences about people’s unfulfilled lives. It’s because you can find music which you would not otherwise have ever found before. So I was delighted to hear through a Guardian Music Tweet about the Musical Alliance Pact (MAP) which is being run by...
Galapaghost – Neptune – Song for the Weekend
To us naive Brits (well me at least) Austin Texas is a magical land of tumbleweed, cowboy boots, and of course the not so magical country music. My rodeo view of Austin is gradually being skewered though, especially knowing one of my favourite bands, the folksters Shearwater, come from there. Along the same folky vain...
Cassius – I <3 U So – Song for the Weekend
We all need a track for the weekend – especially an uplifting one with the weather looking so gloomy over London. So lets pray thanks to Cassius‘ amazing track from their new The Rawkers EP which I came across on Tilt. Although Cassius have mainly been lending a hand to the likes of Cut Copy...
