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…
Friday Beats
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…
Across 110th street – Bobby Womack
Robert Dwayne ‘Bobby’ Womack. Not as famous or well known as some of his peers, he is one of THE great Soul voices of all time. Possibly a name more familiar to later generations as the voice from 2010’s Gorillaz…
Figure it out – Royal Blood
I had the pleasure of seeing British duo, Royal Blood this week at Margaret Court Arena and it was awesome. I didn’t know a whole lot about them except for the two facts mentioned in the opening sentence. They’re British…
Eddy de Pretto – Random
I have recently become a little obsessed with all things French and it’s all thanks to this baby faced 24 year old, Eddy de Pretto. To label de Pretto’s music simply as ‘Hip Hop’ is to do him a bit…
Remi – My People
I’ve bemoaned the current state of Hip-Hop/Rap music for a while now but have lately found solace in some exciting voices coming from Europe and even our own shores. Melbourne duo, Remi have this week released their latest single, ‘My…
Rick Astley – Never gonna give you up
The last few weeks on Facebook you may have noticed lots of people posting images of album covers with little or no reason as to why. It’s a new one of those, Facebook ‘nomination’ things… “In no particular order –…
Finally – Cece Peniston
This week I had the pleasure of seeing the current stage adaptation of beloved, Aussie masterpiece, Priscilla Queen of the Desert… I was blown away. It was fantastic. Just fantastic. If you’re somehow unfamiliar with the story of Priscilla, it follows drag queen…
Coldplay – Yellow
Coldplay are arguably one of the biggest bands in the world and have been for a while now. They shift Albums in the millions and they effortlessly sell out stadiums on a global scale. But, once upon a time this…
