One to watch: Wasuremono This West Country four-piece manage to combine joyous, oddball pop with reflections on mental health In Japanese, the word “wasuremono” describes something forgotten or left behind – you’ll hear it to describe luggage left on railway platforms. But there’s a hint of longing and nostalgia there too, which chimes perfectly with Read more about Observer New Review: Wasuremono[…]
LCD Soundsystem’s ‘Sound of Silver’: 10 Things You Didn’t Know How tin-foil-covered walls, a Bulgarian psychiatrist, a certain sneaker giant and other factors helped shape James Murphy’s genre-defying 2007 opus Rolling Stone – see also 10 things on Vampire Weekend, Smashing Pumpkins and Arcade Fire “There’s too much music” declared LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy in 2007. “Major labels Read more about Rolling Stone: LCD Soundsystem[…]
The 50 best love songs of all time Get ready to swoon, swing and sway to the best love songs of all time. Time Out NY – See the full package here Originally launched for Valentine’s Day in 2015, this package was the first in a series of in-depth list features that would become Time Read more about Time Out New York[…]
Sydney Festival Programme As a music and culture expert, I was commissioned to write juicy content about each of the many musical performers at the month-long, internationally renowned Sydney Festival in 2016. You can see a selection of spreads here, featuring previews on headliners the Flaming Lips, plus performances from Joanna Newsom, Kate Tempest and Read more about Sydney Festival[…]
The Guardian Phosphorescent: ‘Dying is the most normal thing every one of us will do’ Since his last album, the Americana songwriter has had two children and almost died of meningitis. Little wonder he’s confronting his mortality Eight years ago, Matthew Houck had made some pretty big changes in his life. He’d gone from Read more about The Guardian: Phosphorescent[…]
Kiosk Magazine 2018 Sophie Harris meets Nick Keynes, well-connected co-founder of the creative compex that’s attracting the music industry to King’s Cross What does pop maverick Mark Ronson have in common with Denzyl Feigelson, former advisor to Steve Jobs? Both are globally successful, ambitious trailblazers, of course. But the really interesting part is that both Read more about Tileyard Studios[…]