They won the European category at the 2008 BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards , and you can hear why. Son de la Frontera are a flamenco band like which you have probably never heard. Their flamenco looks back to the legendary Diego del Gastor , however Son de la Frontera win awards because their influences aren't confined to Spain alone. You can hear inflections from Morocco, Afghanistan and India. The reason for their worldly soundscape is to trace back to the ancient roots of flamenco. Occasional hints [...]
The internet has smashed our attention spans to pieces. We spend less time focusing on one band and instead skim from one MySpace page to the next. I picked up that habit, but still make sure to buy as many albums as Mr Mastercard can afford. They're the only way for me to get under a band's skin. If you have something to say in popular music, you should do so with an album. Once you achieve that, then you're sorted. And yes, I listened to OK Computer a lot! Thats why [...]
A record store is reaching for my wallet again. The new album, Arm's Way by the Islands is out on 19 May. I'm going to have to buy it, along with their first album Return to the Sea . I wish I came across this band from Montreal sooner. Islands are descendants of The Unicorns . I found some tracks from their ancestor's 2003 album Who will Cut our Hair when we're Gone at Covert Curiosity , its [...]
Can a passion for kit cars lead to assembling great music? Well it seemed to work with Leon Jean-Marie . The east Londoner, who's family originate from St. Lucia is certainly starting to get a lot of attention. Island records plucked up the uber talented multi-instrumentalist and the world now waits in anticipation for his debut album Bent out of Shape to be released on 7 July. For some reason Island are trying to genreise Leon Jean-Marie as Wonky Pop. He is better than that. Much better. Alphabeat is Wonky Pop, and they are awful. [...]
Do you like experimental? Well The Chap are about as wacky as you can get. They are about to release their third album, Mega Breakfast , at Hoxton Bar and Kitchen on 13 May. I reckon they might even be too cool for Hoxton. Some blogs, like Keytars and Violins are already hailing this as an album of the year. Keys, cello, violin, computers and melodica are amongst the north Londoners' instrumental forces. Lyrically, you won't find many others singing "Come on, come on cloner; clone me another me, my generation [...]
Is Brooklyn going to be the Brit School of America? Are we going to get bored? Not if you compare Vampire Weekend, MGMT or Beirut with Leona Lewis, The Feeling or The bloody Kooks. Its all gone topsy-turvy. Brooklyn is producing great British music. The Brit School is churning out American dross. They sound like a great British band, but Grizzly Bear come from, yes, Brooklyn. Radiohead love them and so do I. They have three EP/Albums out, with Yellow House and Friend both receiving critical acclaim. [...]
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