Blog: Spinning Bird Kicks

The brand new album from Arctic Monkeys is now available in its entirety to stream. This is the bands fourth album following Humbug which marked a slight departure in musical sound, showing more maturity but losing some of the energy ... Continue reading �

Chiddy Bang have got a new mixtape out, and it does reach the high standards they have previously set. It builds on Xaphoon Jones recent mixtape, some of the songs have already like Heatwave & Baby Roulette. So you find ... Continue reading �

We all love Dubstep right? Good. This is a brand new track that Benga (one third of Magnetic Man) has released in conjuction with Annie Mac to help promote there upcoming show the Brixton Academy. Its quite the old school ... Continue reading �

"Great music, I'm truly speechless" - MistaJam Here is a brand new dubstep sound for you. Describing their own sound as a fusion of Asian music with traditional Dubstep (I never thought I would refer to Dubstep as 'traditional'), they've ... Continue reading �

My unrequited love of Cold War Kids led me to find this little gem, and that is because they have drawn comparisons to them and I can see why they have that same indie vibe in music and vocals. Apparently ... Continue reading �

Hearing Michael Stipe singing on a dance song is a head trip by itself, but to hear on an epic club banger like Axwells Heart Is King is taking it to another level. R.E.M having recently come back with another ... Continue reading �

This is a band from the electro side of the road, more Depeche Mode and Faithless rather than taking Oasis and Nirvana as there influences. This song in particular is reminiscent of Faithless, if just because of the refrain of ... Continue reading �

I do like surprises, and this was a surprise. Wiley has been stepping up a gear in his promotion for the phase in his musical career, whereas Ed Sheeran has just broke on through into the mainstream with 'The A ... Continue reading �

It has been true that since the breakthrough of Amy Winehouse a mass of female singers have also broken through. You have had the likes of *deep breath* Adele, Duffy, La Roux, Ellie Goulding, Florence + The Machine & more ... Continue reading �

I loved this band as soon as I heard the name. I mean any band that doesnt start with 'the' is always a welcome change, but this name already has a little place in my heart. Now to the music, ... Continue reading �

I like when I find a band I haven't heard a single thing from. It just feels new, even when they are retro tinged. This band feels like one of those dark eighties synth bands, that have been resurfacing recently, ... Continue reading �

The Chemical Brothers have recently done the soundtrack for the film Hanna, about a 16 year old girl who is raised solely to become an assassin - well it is a unique career path I must say - and is ... Continue reading �

This has been everywhere recently, in all honesty I thought I had already posted it, but alas I was mistaken. Toddla T aka Mr. Annie Mac, hails from the wonderous city of sheffield as has been skirting the mainstream for ... Continue reading �

Such is the life and times of a blogger that you have to look at code far too often, your email inbox is always jam packed and you learn to hate WordPress updates (even though I still love you WordPress). ... Continue reading �

I'm not really a mash-up kind of person, I love remixes, but mash-ups have never really held me as such. The problem is that they don't have the fludity like the original song does. Remixes tend to have a different ... Continue reading �

A little while ago we opened up the Indaba Music Oppourtinity, and after a great response, it's time to showcase the ten songs that made it onto to the mixtape. There isn't a particular theme for this mixtape, as it ... Continue reading �

Picture this, I'm walking down the street, basking in the glourious weather, when this track just pops up on my mp3 player. I had forgotten all about this one. Don't you just love when an old favourite just starts playing ... Continue reading �

Apparently the XCX stands for kiss Charli kiss. That annoyed for the longest time, but now that's out of the way, we can start with the positives. The positives are a big pop sound. Not in a in your face ... Continue reading �

Jhameel is one of those artists whose personal backstory is crucial to how is music is heard. Having just released his debit album, he has already served in the United States Army, attained a degree in Arabic and speaks five ... Continue reading �

Kanji Kinetic is one of those underground producer/dj's that specialises in making tracks that clubs love. He is getting pretty big recently which is always a nice sign. I've heard quite a few of his remixes and this is one ... Continue reading �