about 1 day ago - No comments
To celebrate that autumn has (more or less) started to arrive where I’m at, I decided to make a mix. It’s pretty mellow yet slightly dark at times, but there’s a bit of sunshine in there as well. Tracklist is as follows: Eux Autres – “Rosehill” Laetitia Sadier – “Long Legs” Fever Ray – “Mercy
about 2 weeks ago - 4 comments
Kim Wilde, one of my (many) childhood idols, is following up her 2006 comeback by releasing the new album Come Out And Play on August 27. First single “Lights Down Low” (with B-side “Snakes and Ladders”) came out a few days ago and is very much in the same vein as on her ’06 album,
about 1 year ago - 3 comments
It wasn’t just my friend Keath who was surprised when I said that I love Amanda Blank‘s debut album – I surprised myself! Any kind of hip hop usually goes straight over my head but Amanda’s added mixture of electronica and catchy hooks won me over. It wasn’t immediate though; the first proper listen of
about 1 year ago - 3 comments
I got a sudden urge to throw together a cheesy 80s mix of songs I used to listen to as a kid on my Walkman, much like the one Kim Wilde is sporting in the picture. Consider yourself warned though: I was mainly into pop music alá Madonna back then; The Smiths and the like didn’t enter my
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
Like Christian Bale, I’ve had a pretty miserable week. Not that anything in particular happened, I’ve just felt incredibly gloomy and angry at the world. I’ve avoided answering the telephone and then sulked because I’m lonely; wished my cat would go away and then hugged her like there’s no tomorrow; stayed in bed most of
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
Since it’s the latest craze, I too decided to put together a Spotify playlist in case any of you fellow Spotify listeners would like to have a listen. It’s mostly old music mixed with some new: Roxy Music, Phoebe Killdear and The Short Straws, Throwing Muses, The Mary Onettes, Cocteau Twins… I might make it an annual Sunday thing. Check
about 1 year ago - No comments
When I heard that Karin Dreijer of The Knife was releasing a solo album, I got all kinds of excited. But upon my first listen of the single “If I had a Heart” I was actually a bit disappointed. I had expected something far different from The Knife’s experimental electrosound, perhaps something more like Karin’s