It was inevitable, I suppose. When we started this blog way back in 2007, Rihanna was just another rising star in the pop world, a Barbadian teenage beauty queen with a sweet backstory and her first multichart number one single just starting to get coverage. But ignoring the 23 year old superstar gets harder every year. Her continued work as a performer of hits, and as a collaborator with other rap and pop stars of no small stature, is readily admired by fans for its power, and for the confidence she brings [...]
Gomez is a band that has maintained a certain easy-flowing, innovative approach to their music. Since their 1998 debut, Bring It On, Gomez has since paved a creative, musical road, filled with songs that showcase their ability to write catchy, melodic tracks, while adding sprinkles of blues, psychedelia and krautrock into the mix. Their latest album, Whatever's on Your Mind, shows the band still working with an anything-goes ethic, and it definitely works in their favor. "I Will Take You There," is a funky, feel-good track, that grooves all over the place with its [...]
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Chicago, het schijnt er winderig te zijn. Ehm.. Heb ik eigenlijk een reden nodig om onderstaande nummer te delen? (Ben geen meester in retoriek maar luister toch maar even..) Ben Ottewell - Chicago Ben Ottewell dus, normaal gesproken van Gomez maar nu even alleen . Ja Common en Sufjan daar zijn we even stil van hè?
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Having recently become reacquainted with Gomez's stunning 1998 debut Bring It On , State was hoping for something special from Ben Ottewell , the raw, raucous voice behind the epic 'Get Miles'. It comes as a disappointment then that his debut solo effort contains none of the ragged beauty or rasping blues we might have expected. Instead, it's pretty much pastoral, folky and, well, nice – there, we've said it. Shapes & Shadows feels like an album that never really gets out of second gear. It's hard to hate tracks like [...]
As one of three singers and four songwriters in the acclaimed, Mercury Prize-winning Brit smart/rock outfit Gomez, it's no surprise that Ben Ottewell has had a few songs saved up his sleeve. Now fifteen years after the launch of Gomez, Ottewell presents his first solo album: Shapes and Shadows , a nine-track collection of songs old and new arriving February 15 via ATO. "I've been wanting to do something outside of Gomez for a while,' says Ottewell, "but I took my time to ensure that the material had a voice of it's own." In possession [...]
Filed under: Free MP3 Download of the Day Chris Wray-McCann Artist: Ben Ottewell Hails From: Southport, England Song: 'Blackbird' Album: 'Shapes and Shadows' Sounds Like : Gomez , Ray LaMontagne In His Words: "This is my favourite song on the record, production-wise, with a horn sample that was a total fluke fit. As for meaning, I can't decide [...]
When I first mentioned the Neil Young Carnegie Hall Tribute back in October, the lineup had not been announced, let alone finalized. With the show only a few weeks away ( Feb 10, 2011 ), here's what the confirmed all-star lineup looks like so far: The Music Of Neil Young is scheduled for February 10th with an all-star list of invited artist set to pay tribute to Neil Young at Carnegie Hall. This will be the 7th Carnegie Hall tribute and confirmed to pay homage to the immortal Young are: Patti Smith [...]
After a relatively quiet year we finally have some new out of the Gomez camp. On February 15th, the band's guitarist/vocalist Ben Ottewell will release his first solo album. The record, Shapes & Shadows, will have an accompanying digital EP. Have a listen to the first track "Lightbulbs" now: Ben Ottewell 'Lightbulbs' by Eat Sleep Records Gomez's website
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