by Tom Roden
Nowhere To Go drops mesmerising remix of Tremble’s Blur.
Categories: Listen, Review, Track Review • Tags: Blur, Electronic, House, Nowhere To Go, Remix, Remix Review, Review, Single Review, Track Review, Tremble
by Tom Roden
Gengahr hold a special place in my heart. Not just because they share a name (albeit spelt a little different) with my childhood’s favourite pokemon, but because their sound is on the perfect side of vintage. From the band name to the sound of new song ‘Powder’, Gengahr are the 90’s personified. ‘Powder’ is a snapshot of what would have happened if, somewhere between ‘Leisure’ and ‘Modern Life Is Rubbish’, Blur got together with Radiohead for a big old british […]
Categories: Review, Track Review • Tags: Alternative, Baggy, Bang, Blur, Britpop, Gengahr, Graham Coxon, Indie, Leisure, Modern Life Is Rubbish, Powder, Radiohead, Shoegaze
by Tom Roden
Kagoule gave a rousing performance of ‘Glue’ at Glastonbury last weekend, blending a feeling of detached tranquility with a muscular energy that was almost Nirvana-like in its volatility. And that chorus hook is straight out of the Graham Coxon book of guitar riffery, circa 1992’s ‘Modern Life Is Rubbish’. It begins unassumingly, but it grows to something with so much potential that it’s sad that Kagoule didn’t exploit this energy further. Hopefully Kagoule will make a return to Worthy Farm […]
Categories: Video • Tags: Blur, Glastonbury, Glastonbury 2014, Glue, Graham Coxon, Kagoule, Modern Life Is Rubbish, Nirvana
by Tom Roden
If you ever hear the term “inoffensive rap”, the first thing so many people do is think of Will Smith. And the next thing they do is either laugh or gag. Well Genesis Elijah has changed things up, producing some inoffensive rap that you wouldn’t be ashamed to listen to. In his bootleg remix of Blur’s ‘Good Song’, Elijah raps knowingly about growing up and adapting to a family lifestyle. Throw in a video featuring Elijah and his two children, […]
Categories: Video • Tags: Blur, Bootleg Remix, Genesis Elijah, Good Song, Hip Hop, Rap, Remix, Will Smith
by Tom Roden
Have you ever woke up and thought ‘this is the perfect day for a bit of U2’, but then slapped yourself upon realisation that Bono is more than a little bit unbearable? Well good news: Jake Evans is about to release second single ‘This Is Life’, and it’s the perfect way to remedy this situation. With opening guitars sounding right out of U2’s ‘I Will Follow’, and a driving bassline courtesy of cheese wizard and Blur bassist Alex James, the […]
Categories: Review, Track Review • Tags: Alex James, Blue Soap Music, Blur, Bono, I Will Follow, Indie, Indie-Rock, Jake Evans, This Is Life, U2
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