New Music

With artists like Rebecca Black (I don't care if it was a Bob Dylan cover) getting credible air play on our radios, I almost agree with my Dad about the fact that there was nothing greater than his generation. Everything was new and original. People didn't sample the crap out of songs, and when they did, it at least sounded good *take note Black Eyed Peas.

But then I hear people like Ghostpoet, Zoo Kid, Aloe Blacc, MNEK, Bon Iver, OFWGKTA, Anisa, Ellie Goulding, Foals,  Laura Marling and Adele and I sit and think 'Are you mental?!'

If music gets better than this I will explode. We're in an era where it's okay to fuse indie and rock influences with rap without being a gangster who 'smacks up his hoes'. It's okay to love music that is chopped and screwed with until it's totally unrecognisable. You don't have to sing. Gil Scott-Heron and Scroobius Pip taught me that.You can mash up as many songs as you want and still call it music. Finally British artists are realising they don't have to put on an American accent. Kanye made it acceptable. Dubstep can be in the charts without sounding too 'mainstream'. Jamie XX can and will work with Drake, and I'm pretty sure Florence already has (see Drake live post).


People have to accept the noughties. They happened. They were mostly crammed with horrible pop bands such as A1 and Aaron Carter (Spice Girls are still legends). Towards the end they were a little less terrible. Foals or White Lies or half the urban music scene would have ever seen the light of day had they never happened. A fair few would miss the face melting bass of Katy On A Mission. After all, good must come from the bad. Especially the really bad.

So maybe the UK and the rest of the music industry in general had a little bad patch. I'm pleased to announce we have entered the Golden Era.

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The last one...

I thought the VillA remix was my last Adele-Rolling In The Deep remix. But this is massive. It's just dirty.

(Little X rated, but hey.)

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She's baaaack

Adele is back and thank Jesus for that. The British music industry lacks a little while she's not around. Although it was nice to hear her version of Make You Feel My Love get recognition after The X Factor.
It was clear what direction her new album '21' was likely to go in, but months ago there was no real indication of what it was going to sound like. The first thing we hear from her new album is Rolling In The Deep, which reminds me so much of the 60s and the Shirelles that I want to cry with happiness, but she's definitely got some country influences in there. The first verse sounds like it was ripped out of a negro spiritual. As it builds to the chorus it's just pure motown-sounding goodness. Even my father would be incredibly impressed.
The video footage (which is mostly her staring into space), completely matches the emotions of the song of heartbreak and it basically features her being her.

Can't wait to hear more!

Listen to it here.

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