Here’s a Hollywood story for you. A hypothetical buddy caper starring Rihanna and Black Panther’s Lupita Nyong’o, penned by Insecure‘s Issa Rae, and directed by Ava DuVernay has actually become a reality, with Netflix picking up the film at this year’s Cannes…
Blondie – Heart of Glass
The U.S. state of Florida has a reputation for being home to sone eccentric types. Whenever you think the “Florida Man” meme has reached its peak, something happens to remind us that Florida either exists inside some kind of energy…
Van Halen – Jump
My new day job has me listening to music all day. It’s on in the background but it’s great and it’s almost always ‘Classic Rock’ (which is also great!). This song gets played a lot and always reminds me of…
Ramones – Do You Remember Rock’n’Roll Radio?
Anecdote time! Legendary producer and songwriter Phil Spector is one of those guys who is equally Legendary for being utterly bonkers, but you’d never know it from his calm, reassuring exterior. It’s kinda surprising just how successful he managed to…
The Lemon Twigs – These Words
I often find myself not much caring for a lot of modern/contemporary music. I sometimes dread the fact that I may have already heard the best songs I’m ever gonna hear. And this makes me sad. But then theres The…
Womack & Womack – Teardrops
This is a FANTASTIC song. There’s no denying it. If you think otherwise, you’re just wrong. Sorry. I loved it when I was a kid way back in 1998 and I love it now. Brother and Sister in law to…
Abba – Dancing Queen
I’ve been playing loads of Disco gigs lately. It feels like the ‘Disco revival’ people have been desperately trying to get off the ground in Melbourne for the last decade might finally eventuate. Every Birthday, Wedding-almost every Party I’m being…
Skepta – Shutdown
London Grime artist, Skepta has almost single handedly resurrected UK Hip Hop after years in the relative musical wilderness. Born Joseph Junior Adenuga the MC has been quoted as saying “I’m not a rapper. I’m an activist.” In late 2007…
Robyn – Dancing on my Own
No doubt, you’ve heard this song. Or a version of it. It’s a banger. This song was released in 2010 to a reasonably lukewarm response, except for the Indie community who embraced it wholeheartedly. it was a big hit in…
Yazz – The only way is up
As weeks go, this has been a pretty terrible one for your pop music scribe. Almost NOTHING has gone my way this week. From bad news to bad luck, this week has gone from bad to worse in just a…
