Latest stats say that vinyl is having a moment. We know, we know – you read this story last year. And the year before that. But in 2020, sales of vinyl were the highest since the glory days of...
When the coronavirus outbreak first spread to the west, one of the first moments that foreshadowed the year to come was a festival cancellation. Seven days before hundreds of thousands of people descended on Austin, Texas, SXSW’s organisers announced...
For our favourite musicians, 2020 has been a year of empty calendars, livestreams, uncertainty and anxiety. With the indefinite absence of touring creating financial insecurity and a government preferring artists to retrain in "cyber" than to adequately support them,...
Maybe it’s the remnants of my untapped ‘Gifted & Talented’ scheme potential talking, but I’ve always had a lot of time for precociously talented kids. From cheering on my favourite Child Genius contestants to shedding the odd tear during the...
Given everything that happened throughout 2020, at times, it was easier to digest bite-sized nuggets of new music than a full-length effort. Lucky us, then, that this year provided many compact releases that introduced a legion of rising, exciting...
Yes – Thom Yorke’s made-for-gifs dancing might resemble a man coming up on a massive pinger whilst simultaneously trying to punch the demons out of himself. Yes – the quintet might have released a seasonal merch line of Christmas...
Like an unfunny joke that becomes funny again if repeated enough times, maybe Zoom quizzes will have a resurgence or maybe we'll learn to love flip-flopping in and out of lockdown. Until then, here's another thing to do with...
“Does Eminem dye his hair?” is the first question that springs to mind on watching the video for ‘Gnat’, one of the tracks on new album, ‘Music To Be Murdered By – Side B’, the follow up to his...
2020 has tested musicians in every way imaginable. Shows cancelled, no IRL studio time, and most tragically, no get-togethers to shoot music videos. It’s an area that could’ve really suffered, but with the magic of green screens, animation and...
Caroline Polachek - ‘Breathless’
https://youtu.be/yYeGAD0xBTc
Now that’s what I call a cover! Caroline Polchek’s stunning rework of The Corrs classic ‘Breathless’, something she’s been performing live for a while, is finally out as a studio version. Produced by Danny L Harle,...