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Nas and I often talk about how we kinda knew each other back in the day, but never really hung out at all. This was when I used to frequent local comic stores to buy action figures, and Nas happened to work at one of them (obviously because god was punishing him for something he’d done in a past life or something).
Babyshambles has always been one of my favourite bands, as I think they (or Pete more than anyone else) epitomize that stereotype of the crazy drug-fueled Brit who frankly just doesn’t give a fuck about anything. Surprisingly, Pete Doherty is still alive and kicking, which means the band’s releasing a new album this year.
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Come on, let’s face it, who really has an HTC? I remember hearing years ago that HTC was doing big things in the smartphone world, and I still ended up getting an iPhone (and so did most of the world, until Apple started becoming pretty customary and competitors just improved their concepts).
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Ten years ago, we were braced by the amazingness of the British TV show The Office. I guess with the fear that Americans wouldn’t get the original Brit style, NBC had the bright idea of adapting it for US audiences. A super tough act to follow and yet they actually ended up pulling it off.
Sparrow and the Workshop is a Scottish band that just released their third album, Murderpolis. The band has a sound we are seriously missing these days – good ol’ Rock n Roll. The singer, Jill O’Sullivan, also has one of the best voices I have heard in a while. Here is the second single from Murderpolis, The Faster You Spin.
When I think of Scotland the following comes to mind: Shit weather, Braveheart, horrible Lunch Bar ads and what a dick Andy Murray is. It isn’t all gloom and doom though. Scotland has produced an alternative hip hop band called Young Fathers and they have quite a unique sound. Their music has influences from many unconventional sources, stuff you wouldn’t necessarily hear from a hip hop group.
Back in 2002 when reality television had started to really grab hold of the mass population, out came the show American Idol. I think the whole idea was actually quite genius. With the advent of reality television, here was a show which gave the opportunity for a random person to be discovered and actually become a pop star.
RJD2 has always been an enigma to me. Over the years he’s put out some amazing mixes and collaborations, but his own album releases have always felt like a rollercoaster ride of dashed opportunities. Where he started with the debut masterpiece Deadringer, his other album releases have been hot and cold.
Kavinsky is a French electro musician who’s been around since the mid-2000s, releasing multiple EPs over the years. While he released his first full album earlier in the year, he is best known for his track Nightcall, which features Lovefoxxx from CSS. This track was actually first released in 2010, but who cares?
Let’s face it, we all need a little Franz Ferdinand in our lives. While the Glasgow group hasn’t released anything in a few years, the good news is that they have a new album on the way and it’s called Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action. They’ve released a double single and I’ve chosen Love Illumination, the better of the two tracks, for today’s Track of the Day.
