Get up and dance people! It’s Friday, your cubicle no longer needs yo,u and your dancefloor most certainly does. But fear not; should intense full on gyrating prove a tad too taxing, there’s some quieter but no less emotionally-ebullient music to luxuriate in as well. There’s something for everyone Continue Reading
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Now this is music #53: HANA, franskild, NEKOKAT, Alice on the Roof, Ben Browning
Life is full of all kinds of twists and turns, contradictory highs and lows, shades of light and darkest night. It can be a lot to take in and deal with sometimes but it helps when you have artists like the following five acts to help you out. All Continue Reading
Get on and up dance Ned Stark! Games of Thrones now has a catchy dance remix
Life is Westeros is not usually a lot of fun for its inhabitants. Sure people occasionally fall in love … well not for long but you know it happens … and they hold weddings … and um, OK moving on … and they don’t get eaten by White Walker Continue Reading
Love & Mercy: what Brian Wilson’s story tells us about genius and music (curated article)
by Liam Viney, The University of Queensland Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see – Arthur Schopenhauer Love & Mercy (2015), currently in cinemas, is a non-fictional recreation of two important and contrasting periods in the life of the Beach Continue Reading
Blood red sky: Edvard Munch’s “Scream” comes to life in this brilliant short animated film
SNAPSHOT I was walking along a path with two friends – the sun was setting – suddenly the sky turned blood red – I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence – there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city – my Continue Reading
Now this is music #52: Myami, FMLYBND, Joywave, Dive In, KLOË
There’s just one thing to say with this latest selection of songs – DANCE! Seriously cast aside the woes and travails of the week, get up on the dancefloor and lose yourself in the music. That doesn’t mean though that you have to put your brain in neutral. All five of Continue Reading
Whistle while you work: Todrick Hall sings his way through Disney’s musical catalogue
If you’re a parent, or frankly anyone closely related to or looking after a child under five – guilty as charged; I’m the happy uncle to four adorable nieces and nephews – there is a better than average chance the only song that has been lodged in your earworm since about Continue Reading
Now this is music #51: Axel Flóvent, Cajsa Siik, The Magic Gang, Hey Elbow, Fickle Friends
Firmly fixed in Europe this post, thanks to three Scandinavian outfits and two Brighton, England-based ones, we are treated to music that manages to combine the most beautiful of music with lyrics that pierce the soul. This is music that caresses the ears, gets you thinking, and feeling deeply, Continue Reading
Now this is music 50: Hollow Sunshine, Róisín Murphy, Yale, Villette, Maya Vik
I love a balance between music that soothes the soul and encourages the heart and mind to ponder the deeper parts of the human condition. There is the sense that you’re immersed in a world far removed from the day to day grunge of commuting and Excel spreadsheets, Continue Reading
And now that the glitter has settled … Eurovision 2015 wrap-up
And the winner is … SWEDEN! After what can only be described as one of the most tense voting sessions of any Eurovision Song Contest I’ve ever witnessed – at one point, first place was an effective three way tie between Russia, Italy and Sweden, with Russia edging ever Continue Reading