After quiting Oasis following a big fight with his brother Liam in August last year, Noel Gallagher is going solo. It can be remembered that Gallagher had written on Oasis’ website in August that he “simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer”. Now he has just announced his first solo concerts. He will be performing in two of the Teenage Cancer Trust’s annual charity concerts at London’s Royal Albert Hall on March 25 and 26. This will be the former Oasis guitarist’s fifth time to be featured in the Teenage Cancer Trust’s annual charity concerts. According to Gallagher, the nights he had performed for the trust’s yearly events had been the ‘best nights’ he’s ever performed in the United Kingdom. Read the rest of this entry »
There is something to be said for guitar driven rock music: there isn’t much being made currently. Oh yes, there are bands playing a guitar in their songs, but there is also plenty of distortion and effects to deter you from the instrument. Thankfully, Florida natives Surfer Blood have replenished our deficiency.
Track one, ‘Floating Vibes’ opens with the thunder of a few chords and a simple riff and picks up with the waves. Then the waves crash as ‘Swim’ explodes with echoed vocals and another strong riff. The best parts of this album: themes of ocean water and the incorporation of surf guitar. Read the rest of this entry »
Now, normally I am more into music done by artists like the XX, who are featured in a recent article, but this soundtrack caught my ear.
My dad brought the British film Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging home a few weeks ago because he thought that my sisters and I would enjoy it. From the director of Bend it like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice, this movie is based on the international best-selling series of books by Louise Rennison. It is a coming of age story that involves a lot of drama and fun. I personally thought what made it were the British accents and settings.
This brings me to my purpose in writing this article. The soundtrack to Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging is absolutely phenomenal. As I wrote before, I am not usually one for pop, but I have a special place in my heart for British music! This album is almost completely composed of addicting, happy British songs. I fell in love with the soundtrack of the movie while I was watching it. Actually, I distinctly remember watching the movie and thinking that it was the soundtrack that was holding my attention. Read the rest of this entry »
Finally, an album has come out this year that I can review. Even though I have a few old ones to finish, I thought I would take a break. Due to the miracle of technology I was able to listen to this album a few days before it comes out. Why? you might ask. Two reasons: because I could and Beck.
Charlotte Gainsbourg is a French actress and the daughter of Serge Gainsbourg. She has a few solo albums, but this one has been making serious waves as of the last few months. She is joined on this album by Beck, who produced, co-wrote lyrics, arranged songs, provided backing vocals and other technical things of that sort throughout. The end result: amazing. Read the rest of this entry »
At Grooveshark.com, you can listen to all of your favorite artists for free. I’m not talking about 30 second clips or low quality files; at Grooveshark, you get access to millions of full-length, high quality tunes.
One of my favorite features about Grooveshark is that it allows you to quickly create a playlist. You simply search for the track titles or artists that you like, select the names, and they pop into your playlist. You can drag the songs, conveniently displayed by their album covers, to different spots on the playlist, or you can choose to have them be “shuffled” as they’re played. If you don’t want a song to be played, you simply can delete it, or if you want to start from scratch, you can do that as well. Once you come up with a playlist you love, if you create a free account, you can save the playlist and make another one. Read the rest of this entry »
