2021
East London rapper Ghetts creates a chill vibe for his afrobeats and amapiano-influenced tune Tumbi.
Billie Eilish contemplates death and finds consolation on this song from her ironically titled second album Happier Then Ever.
Anika has carved out a niche as a kind of modern-day Nico, bringing glacial cool to her dub-infused electro music.
Today I must tip my imaginary Stetson to my pal Craig Poland Smith for unearthing this gem for me by the literally named family quartet Southern Raised.
It doesn’t take a genius to work out why success somehow eluded a band called Tonstartssbandht. You only have to imagine being a radio DJ apprehensively awaiting the end of a tune.
I was wondering what to post today and then I realised the answer was starting me in the face on New Year’s EVE. So here she is with her 2001 hit Who’s That Girl?
Olivia Rodrigo and Elvis Costello share a fondness for the same riff that he used for Pump It Up and she recycled with Brutal.
This is so heartbreakingly sad. Nell Smith, the teenage girl from Leeds who recorded a stunning album of Nick Cave cover versions with Flaming Lips, has died at the age of 17.
Mattiel come from the Deep South and have roots in vintage soul and blues – but love to play cover versions of English bands.
I admire the fact he was still writing at 88, and he can certainly spin a good yarn after all those years. But, oh man, John LeCarré’s latest spy saga is filled with excruciating anachronisms that make the 21st century seem like a foreign country.