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If any of you (like me) have a Spotify account, you know one of the things they do a lot of these days is curate playlists. The one that I've been subscribed to for a while now is Discover Weekly, something they describe as "your weekly mixtape of fresh music". It's sometimes a bit hit… Continue reading Spotify Discoveries / January
It’s been a busy year for Saint Raymond (real name Callum Burrows). Releasing his debut album Young Blood, playing a ton of festival shows and ending 2015 with his largest headline tour to date, it’s been nothing short of a success. This was his second time playing the Institute this year, on this occasion playing… Continue reading Live Review / Saint Raymond @ O2 Institute (21.11.15)
It's been three years since we last heard new material from pop stalwart, Adele. Her second album 21 is a modern day classic, propelled into success by an emotive Brits performance of heartbreak favourite, 'Someone Like You'. She's since broken countless records, won several awards including a Grammy for her Bond theme, 'Skyfall'... and then… Continue reading Album Review / 25 – Adele
Rounding off his tenth year as a solo artist with a sold-out UK tour, Frank Turner shows no signs of slowing down. Playing to a packed out crowd at Birmingham's O2 Academy, the excitement buzzing around the room was impossible to ignore (as were the masses of previous tour tees). The most noticeable aspect of… Continue reading Live Review / Frank Turner @ O2 Academy Birmingham (18.11.15)
At risk of sounding like a beauty haul Youtube star, I thought I'd try a new thing in compiling a list of my favourite albums from this month. August is always a good month for music, especially with the sheer amount of music festivals happening at this time of the summer, and this year hasn't… Continue reading Album Review / August Album Favourites
If you could pardon the severely-overused pun, Dog is Dead is, well… dead. Under the new name of D.I.D – everything is an acronym these days – the Nottingham 5-piece have returned with a new offering in the form of ‘Fast Food’, in turn giving us a taste of their new EP (also called Fast Food). The… Continue reading Single Review / Fast Food – D.I.D
When most people think of the differences between men and women nowadays, one would hope the word 'equality' springs to mind. The support and awareness of feminism and equality between the sexes is one that has been prevalent more than ever these past few years, with female artists such as Beyoncé and Taylor Swift being… Continue reading Single Review / Dear Future Husband – Meghan Trainor
It has been a long time coming but finally this summer, Callum Burrows AKA Saint Raymond has released his debut album Young Blood. Preceding this release throughout the last year and a half with several singles and EPs, this Nottingham-born artist has started to make waves, his blend of acoustic guitar and anthemic choruses making him… Continue reading Album Review / Young Blood – Saint Raymond
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