Brit Awards 2016 Predictions

Well the nominees have been announced and below I will try to guess some of the catergories winners on the left and who I think should win on the right.

British Male Solo Artist: Aphex Twin, Calvin Harris, James Bay, Jamie XX, Mark Ronson

  

British Female Solo Artist: Adele, Amy Winehouse, Florence and Machine, Jess Glynne, Laura Marling

  

British Group: Blur, Coldplay, Foals, 1D, Years & Years

  

British Breakthrough Act: Catfish and Bottlemen, James Bay, Jess Glynne, Wolf Alice, Years & Years

British Single: Adele - Hello, Calvin Harris and Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love, Ed Sheeran + Rudimental - Bloodstream, Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do, James Bay - Hold Back The River, Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand, Little Mix - Black Magic, Olly Murs/Demi Lovato - Up, Phillip George - Wish You Were Mine, Years & Years - King

Mastercard British Album of Year: Adele - 25, Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams, Florence + The Machine - How Big How Blue How Beautiful, James Bay - Chaos and Calm, Jamie xx - In Colour

  

British Video of the Year: Adele - Hello, Calvin Harris and Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love, Ed Sheeran - Photograph, Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do, Jessie J - Flashlight, Little Mix - Black Magic, Naughty Boy ft Beyonce - Runnin’, 1D - Drag Me Down, Sam Smith - Writing’s On The Wall, Years & Years - King

  

International Male Solo Artist: Drake, Father John Misty, Justin Bieber, Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd

  

International Female Solo Artist: Ariana Grande, Bjork, Courtney Barnett, Lana Del Rey, Meghan Trainor

  

International Group: Alabama Shakes, Eagles of Death Metal, Major Lazer, Tame Impala, U2

Happy 2016!

Happy new year to all of the readers! I hope that the new year will be even better than the last. 

Seeing as the holiday period has been pretty dead in terms of new music album releases, I have been down many a musical rabbit hole in search for interesting tunes and new bands that have passed me by and have found some great albums by a Chicagoan band called The Ponys. The track below is taken from their second album out of three as is really lo-fi, garagey pop loveliness.

In the future I am going to aim to post more content on this blog about a larger and more varied choice of subjects. I hope everybody will still enjoy everything I produce. Thank you.

Ezra Furman - Restless Year YTV

14/07/15 YouTube Video

Ezra Furmans album is one that I have been digging lately. He has a truly unique sound that keeps me guessing throughout the album. Restless Year is the first track on the album and kicks it off with a bang. One of the major things that I enjoy about his songs is how he uses the human voice to create sounds so that it isn't all just musical instruments. It may sound out there but it is some of the most catchy/creative music around. Enjoy!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from myself to all of you wonderful readers. I hope everyone enjoys the content that I have came up with and will continue with me on my life journey through music and blogging. Doing this blog has always been a really enjoyable experience for me and  I am glad I get to share great tracks and other musical things with people no matter how few actually read and listen.

I hope everybody had a great holiday and has an even better 2015!

1 Year Old

I really wanted to get a post out on the first of may seeing as at that point my blog would have been 1 year old but due to uni deadlines I have been crazy busy and only managed to find the time now.
A few days ago now I went to see Never Shout Never and We Are The In Crowd play at The Institute Birmingham. NSN were on first and played a large handful of songs. It seemed to be over pretty fast as they stopped playing at like 5 past 8. I enjoyed Christopher Drews playing of various different instruments and in doing so, showing what a talented guy he is. Also the random banter that him and his bandmates had was fun to watch. I would like to see them as headliners sometime, I think they would put on a great longer show.

WATIC also were a full of energy group, the female lead I really like and I think I particularly enjoy female vocals with rock music. There is something about it that works really well. As for seeing them again live I don't think I would be that bothered, something about the sound they made was very samey to me that a lot of bands could reproduce. But I still enjoyed it.

To sort of commemorate my year I have purchased the latest Frank Turner album Tape Deck Heart on vinyl which if you remember my first post is the best way to listen to the dude.

New Years Music

So Christmas is over and even now I have a shit load of chocolate and sugary treats to eat. I wanted to show my appreciation to my friends and family for all the amazing gifts and stuff I've received seeing as I'm writing this post off of my new kindle :) I also got a fair amount of money to buy some new CD's, the majority of which are pictured above and I'm just waiting for the last one or two to arrive but I've got more than enough to last me. Good times!!!!

Since I have had some time off uni I have been trying to sort out my room into more of a presentable state. My girlfriend (with the same idea) was sorting out one of her living room cupboards and found a box of old CD's that I gave to her to store before I moved house. Listening to them again has brand back a lot of good memories from when I was first getting into music. Its really nice to look back to good music just before the new years. Let's hope this 2013 will bring even more brilliant music.

Have a good NYE!!