Listen Before You Buy

Every year for the past five or so, the SXSW organisers release a torrent of music containing hundreds of (free and legal) MP3s from the artists who are playing Each year I dutifully download it and make my way through the copious amounts of new music, and this year was no exception; In order for [...]

I can’t remember how, or when, or where, but i can remember what my first encounter with Junior Boys was; ”Parallel Lines” from their 2009 album “Begone Dull Care”. I tell ya, that song gets me every time, from the Depeche Mode-style drumbeats, the underground bass line, and soft and whispery vocals mix to make a [...]

This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]

This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]

This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]

This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]

London duo Punks Jump Up are an English/Swedish hybrid that came together a few years ago by accident.  With a background of punk & dance music, street art, fashion & style all wrapped up in DIY ethos, their CV reads like an art student’s wet dream: parties led to creating a record label which led [...]

This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]

Sometimes your day starts in a normal fashion, alarm clock, breakfast, journey to work, humdrum day…  Sometimes though something happens to break up the monotony and today that something happened.  Herr Styler arrived. I have to admit that when a band describes itself as “…an enigmatic and rather secretive duo (originally from Italy but living [...]

This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]

This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]

This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]

This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]

This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]

So this is a bit of an odd choice and there’s not a whole lot that I feel I can say about it, other than it’s definitely worth a listen. I can’t even remember how I found it, but a couple of nights ago I found one song, then another, then the site of the [...]

QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail and then go back and [...]