It feels kind of pointless recommending new tracks off Coldplay's new album as it's more then likely that everyone will eventually hear it on their own accord anyway, but I do feel somewhat compelled on this occasion after getting my hands on Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends. I've only played through [...]
It never ceases to astound me of the most random places that I can find good, good music. I mean, once I even found this awesome track on some random porn site... but that can wait for another post. This track is one I discovered from watching a cartoon I've previously mentioned on Audio-Therapy called [...]
I discovered both these tracks from the late artist Elliott Smith some time ago but was recently reacquainted with the song Angeles after hearing it randomly from a great cut-and-paste album called Prime Cuts by audio bytes for autobots (download here or stream here). Bit of a strange connection but I'm glad I came across [...]
This may be the most random post I've made on this site but I feel I must share the soundtrack of my trip to Malaysia. To be honest, the tracks listened to while sipping Tiger beers on the beaches of Kuantan and Port Dickson among others mainly consisted of two albums - Colbie Caillat's Coco [...]
Coldplay have revealed their first single from their new album "Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends" (set to be released 12th June) this afternoon on BBC Radio 1. The single is available free at their official site Coldplay.com, but if like me you had problems accessing the site while millions of others [...]
It wasn't until I was out traveling in Malaysia when I heard that Wyclef Jean had a new solo track out and was back on the radio. The fact that I missed the whole fanfare that he had released a new album late last year of incredible variety and quality maybe down to my own [...]
Hey everyone. I will be on haitus until mid-April as I'm traveling in Asia for a month. Will be back with plenty of good music from my travels soon.
The Roots have always seemed to stay true to their name and release music that featured raw, uncut slices of rap's most dark and thoughtful material. What I connect most with to their music is the machine-gun delivery of Black Thought's always on-point rhymes and their use of live instrumentation in studio recordings. Their music [...]
Jason Mraz is an artist that I discovered around the same time as John Mayer. During that period, they were often compared with one another in terms of their somewhat similar musical styles, however while John Mayer went on to develop his sound with a more Blues feel to it and gained massive critical acclaim [...]
Snoop Dogg, for me, has been one of the most consistent hip-hop artists out there at the moment and always seems to deliver albums of quality with singles that end up having big impacts on the charts such as, in recent times, "Drop It Like It's Hot" and "That's That Shit". Snoop again doesn't disappoint [...]
This dude is one crazy mofo. Both mentally and the skills he has on the mic. R.A. is a hip-hop artist who has one of the best flows I've ever heard from a rapper. Some of his tracks have literally left me with my jaw dropped. I'm going to share a few now with you [...]
This is a track that I have been listening to for a while now that I picked up from a cartoon called Clone High. Clone High was on MTV some time ago and got cancelled after it's first season which I managed to watch in it's entirety and loved. It's about a high school full [...]
This is a track from a band in Leicester, UK who may or may not still be active. They were actually briefly under the management of my flatmate Dave from university (which is why I probably can no longer find any info about them anywhere :-P). They won a couple of the Battle of the [...]
Frank Turner is a singer-songwriter from England with a difference from most other singer-songwriters. There is something undeniably British about him and the thing that drew me to his music from the outset are his constant bittersweet tales of living as an adult who refuses to give up his adolescence. His songs share his rebellious [...]
Heard this song a while ago and this is the first time I managed to get a relatively good copy of it. It has been on Scrubs but for the life of me (despite being the greatest Scrubs circa seasons 1-3 fan ever) I can't remember which episode it was in. Pretty unknown artist [...]
Another track discovered via Pandora.com (how many times have I said that now?). This is actually a live recording of a reggae track which I decided to share as opposed to the studio recording because it has such great energy and enthusiasm that you hear in the performance. The lyrics are also actually [...]
Another discovery from the awesome-o Pandora.com. I got this track by listening to my own created radio page for songs similar to the track "Michael Tolcher - Sooner or Later" so if you want to hear similar tracks, put that one in - I guarantee you'll find something great. One name that kept popping up [...]
This track is from the unlikely We Are Scientists and was recorded for their B-sides and rarities album "Crap Attack". It's a cover of a Sigur Rós song "Hoppipolla" which featured on the BBC documentary "Planet Earth". They've done an awesome job at creating their own making of the song. The track is very chilled [...]
I discovered this white rapper who hails from the mean streets of Fulham when someone invited me to a gig he was doing in my home town. So I thought I'd check out his releases which is when I saw the video for his track "I Don't Want To". Observe: After seeing the first few seconds, [...]