I’ve highlighted a couple of times just how excited I have been with the music arriving from the Deerhoof camp this year, so time to check out the review over on God Is In The TV.
I truly believe this album to be a contender for one of the best albums of the year, so why not check out some of the tracks before heading over there?
I’m still awed by just how utterly fantastic T2 Trainspotting is – and I watched it five days ago. Check out my review over on God Is In The TV.
This is the song that plays over the end credits – I can’t get enough of this track at the moment. Hopefully this track will prove to be one of this year’s defining tracks in much the same way that Underworld’s ‘Born Slippy (Nuxx)’ was in 1996, the year of the original Trainspotting film.
It’s fair to say that 2016 was a year many people would rather forget. So a very happy new year from 17 Seconds and hope that this year is good to you. One of my resolutions is to blog more often – health issues left me exhausted for much of the time.
My tribute to George Michael can be read over on God Is In The TV. Certainly much of the music he made provided an important part of my growing up.
Since he died on Christmas Day, ‘Careless Whisper’ and ‘Last Christmas’ are the songs that have benefited most in terms of sales boosts, but to me, this Wham! single from 1984 is the best thing he wrote and performed.
Of all the solo songs, I think this tops them all.
Argh. Another week, another computer problem. Anyway, my review of the Purling Hiss album High Bias can be found over on God Is In The TV if you click here.
And just to whet your appetite, check out ‘3000 AD’:
Umm…not a great week for writing, alas.
But I did cover an excellent act from the US over on God Is In The TV called Free Pizza, and you can check that out here.
…and if that whets your appetite (and how could it not?), you can stream the new album over at Spin
If it’s been a bit quiet of late around here, I was working on an article on the KLF for God Is In The TV.
You can check it out here and just in case you needed a reminder of the album (long-unavailable in the UK), you can stream it below:
…from the blog, not from writing or music, obviously!
I didn’t intend to leave the blog for a week, but I have had a couple more pieces published over at God Is In The TV.
First up, the rather fantastic fifth album from the Mystery Jets, entitled Curve Of The Earth, which you can read here. I’d always sort of liked them, but this new album has made me want to investigate them a lot more thoroughly.
You can watch the video for ‘Telemere’ from the album below:
Additionally, I’ve also profiled a rather ace tune called ‘Wonder Why’ by Malka which you can read all about and stream (ahead of its release in two weeks) here
Meanwhile, something that arrived in my inbox today, which I didn’t expect to like, was the debut single from Zayn, he once of One Direction, a band I had no time for whatsoever.
To my surprise, this track and video are absolutely brilliant. Whether he will do a George Michael/Michael Nesmith/Robbie Williams/Justin Timberlake remains to be seen, but just try and take this at face value…
So, another year over, and a new one just begun, as John Lennon once sang.
I’ve written an article that has been published over at God Is In The TV, which outlines some of the albums on the way in 2016, starting with David Bowie’s latest album, Blackstar, which is released next Friday (January 8).
To read the article, click here
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In the meantime, a taster for some of the forthcoming music:
Some really very good tracks on the Bearpark album Wilderness End.
Check out my review over at God Is In the TV and stream the opening track from the album, ‘Boxers,’ below. I also particularly recommend ‘Untitled.’
At the risk of duplicating too many posts, this was an act I was delighted to discover the other day.
Joy Atlas are shortly to release their second single -‘Notice It All’ – and you can check out the post that I wrote on it for God Is In The TV by following this link here
And if you like that, which you should, this is their debut single from earlier this year ‘Dismount.’