(careful, it's not really radio friendly)
Every year the BIGSOUND lineup is announced and I scroll through scratching my head. Who the hell is that guy? I’ve never heard of her before. I say that in my head about twenty times as only a handful of artists ring a bell. And an even smaller number are featured on my Spotify playlists. […]
MoreAnd now back to our regularly scheduled presentation on Radio Friendly. APPLAUSE, MUSIC People have been screaming out for the Old Kanye. But does Kanye’s ‘best’ album still live up to the hype? Is it the classic album people say it is? After the Hype is a weekly series where I listen to an album […]
MoreEveryone has an album, maybe an artist, that you naturally gravitate back to once or twice a year. For me it’s Sufjan Stevens. His soft, shy, whispery voice beckons me in. I’m like a soldier returning from war, welcomed by his joyous wife. I’ve battled in the trenches, listening to the devilish riffs of stoner […]
MoreAnd now back to our regularly scheduled presentation on Radio Friendly. APPLAUSE, MUSIC Radio Friendly’s first video review. This is definitely a working progress, but it was fun and I want to make more video content. Possibly just one a month, maybe two, for now. We’ll see how we go with it all. There’s much […]
MoreWorld renowned comedian, Ricky Gervais, says that you can make a joke about anything. As long as there’s context. Context is important in humour, whether the joke lands or not. So I’ll contextualise this article. Anton Newcombe, the lead singer of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, recently said a poorly articulated rape joke at the band’s […]
MoreI was stuck in traffic the other day and I’ll admit, I was getting a bit angry. I needed something to calm my nerves, so I quickly flicked through my albums on Spotify, looking for something to ooze my traffic jam pain. Maybe jazz or some lofi hip-hop beats. But my thumb stopped on Sleep’s […]
MoreAnd now back to our regularly scheduled presentation on Radio Friendly. APPLAUSE, MUSIC To quote Al Pacino, more specifically Michael Corleone from the lesser of the Godfather films, “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” And instead of collapsing in my kitchen, clutching at my heart and yelling the name […]
MoreAnd now back to our regularly scheduled presentation on Radio Friendly. APPLAUSE, MUSIC I have only just become familiar with Cardi B’s music. I’ve heard the name thrown about in conversation, I’d seen her name across the internet headlines, and I knew the dude from Migos knocked her up. But it wasn’t until Teish came […]
MoreI have a Friday morning habit of looking at Spotify and seeing what new releases are out. And this morning, to my surprise, I notice the new Brian Jonestown Massacre album listed. Their album Something Else was supposed to be released on the first of June from what I read online, but here it is, […]
MoreAnd now back to our regularly scheduled presentation on Radio Friendly. APPLAUSE, MUSIC 2017 was the year of Brockhampton. The fourteen-strong collective redefined what it meant to be a hip-hop group in 2017, aptly titling themselves as an ‘all American boy band’ incorporating rappers, producers, videographers and graphic designers. Led by the band’s maestro, Kevin […]
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