Bears Den are three guys formed in West London into a pretty fine little alternative folk band. I heard these guys on a Radio 1 In Session show a few weeks ago. I actually stayed in the car to listen to another song as I instantly loved them. There’s a definite air of the likes of Mumford and Sons and Bombay Bicycle Club and that’s … Continue reading Above the Clouds of Pompeii
It’s not often I feature an artist twice on new music Monday, this is a first in fact. The new Lion Babe song is too good to ignore, impossible in fact. If I thought this duo were cool last year when I featured Jump Hi, in the meantime they have only got cooler. Check out this video for a start, Beyoncé eat your heart out. This … Continue reading Impossible
In Scotland we don’t appear to be getting a summer this year, so all the sunshine filled holiday tracks on the radio are getting a starting to grate just a little. Then I came across this beautiful little track from Hazel English, apparantly not her real name nor is she English. There’s lots of chat of how this is full of summer and beachy vibes. … Continue reading It’s Not Real
Stornoway are an indie folk band from, no not Scotland but Oxford. These guys have been floating around for a couple years wth appearances on Later with Jules and BBC Sound of 2010 long list. The guys are in the middle of a UK folk festival tour, I can think of worse ways to spend a summer. This track is from their new album, Bonxie. … Continue reading Man On A Wire
Iris Gold now based in London was born in the UK but raised in Freetown Christiana commune in Copenhagen. With childhood influences of 60’s hippy sounds, 70’s psychedelia and hand me down hip- hop LP’s her sound was destined to be ecletic cool. And cool it is. It’s a perfect laid back summer tune. It conjures pictures of teenagers hanging out on sunny city streets, … Continue reading Goldmine
Fresh from a Glastonbury performance yesterday I bring you Jack Garratt. He wrote his first track at 13 and it earned him a place in the GB finals of Junior Eurovision. I’m sure that embarrasses the hell out of him now but it’s a pretty impressive start. He now plays a multitude of instruments including guitars and trombone, again pretty impressive. I found him via … Continue reading Chemical
Oh Mr Bridges what can I say, that voice it just makes me melt. I had intended to share this track a few weeks ago when I saw him on Jools Holland and was lulled into sweet dreams after a stressful week. You know me though always was going to, never I have. He’s absolutely everywhere now so figured I best share this before I … Continue reading Coming Home
Elderbrook or Alex Kotz, has been floating around for a while. I spied him in quite a few ones to watch for 2015 and I very nearly featured him myself. He’s been a little bit quiet this year but popped up again in the last few weeks with this almost new track. You must know by now I love a handclap, fingerclick or tapping foot … Continue reading Going
I know my Music Monday’s have been severely lacking recently, in fact non exsistent. I had one all ready for this morning but then I saw Carly Rae Jepson’s new video and well I really really like it. The song is just a standard catchy pop tune, the video though is amazing. I mean Tom Hanks! Simply awesome. Continue reading I Really Like You
Bank Holidays are all about having a break and a little fun and if you seen my facebook this morning long lies. There’s retro movies on TV, Splash anyone? And Radio 1 are rocking One Hit Wonders all day. So when I came across this new Daphne and Celeste song last week I figured it was perfect. For those of you too young to remember this … Continue reading You and I Alone
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