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  • Free Music Monday: 20/06/2011

    The KnocksThis week’s recommended Free Music comes from The Knocks who gave Alex Winston a helping hand when she was starting off. They have also produced and done some remixing for Katy Perry, Britney Spears and Marina and The Diamonds.

    Ben “B-Roc” Ruttner and James “Jpatt” Patterson are now making their own music and shared stages with the likes of Sleigh Bells, Ellie Goulding, M.I.A., Chromeo and Big Boi.  Definitely an act to keep an eye on.

    This is from their Facebook page, for an email address you get their super funky version of The Temptations’, Ain’t Too Proud To Beg.

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  • Tune of The Week: 17/06/2011

    I’m keeping it Irish this week. I really like this song by Zombie Cops and the video directed by Eoin Heaney (Highly Stimulating Productions) is quite clever.  ‘You Do’ is the third single from the band. Good musicianship, great vocals, catchy as hell. This week’s Tune of The Week is Zombie Cops, ‘You Do’. Grab it here for free!

  • Patrick Wolf: Lupercalia Review

    PatrickWolf LupercaliaThere are times when one, ok I, can be aware of artists, but never really sit down to listen to them. It’s one of the things I love about music, being surprised, getting the buzz. It reminds us all why we fell in love with music to start with.

    Patrick Wolf is a clever fellow, the Londoner has taken all the things I love about music and put them in a little package called ‘Lupercalia’. Wolf cleverly uses classical instruments alongside electro beats and samples to produce catchy poptastic treats.

    Starting with the lead single ‘The City’, your lugholes are taken and given a good wake up call. The track builds up to a memorable choral refrain. When other artists would be happy to include just string section, Wolf doesn’t, he uses a brass section instead, giving a eighties feel but totally contemporary. Add this to a dance beat and you’re on a winner.

    The mood is upbeat on Lupercalia, if it was so named after a pagan purification, then Wolf is in a good place and isn’t afraid to show it. ‘House’ is a  modern love song and when Wolf does use strings on the track, the arrangements are interesting and not there just as an added decoration but an integral part of his sound. (more…)

  • Moneyball Movie Trailer Released

    The trailer for Moneyball has just been released. If you’re not a baseball fan, Moneyball is based on the book ‘Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game’ by Michael M. Lewis.

    Brad Pitt plays Oakland Athletics’ manager Billy Beane who picks his by computer analysis rather than scouts, all cos the A’s are broke as he has to try keep the team going.

    Seeing as Aaron Sorkin is involved this should be a great story for baseball and movie fans alike