Music

Obsessed with Wye Oak

Obsessed with Wye Oak

There’s something about the mixture of Jenn Wasner’s haunting voice and Andy Stack’s uber-modern folksy influence on their third album, “Civilian”. The title track of which is one of my favourites of 2011 so far, without a doubt. They’ll be playing at SXSW and are currently touring the US, but there are sadly no plans […]

Slow Lemmy

Slow Lemmy

I love the Kronenbourg ad that features Motorhead’s Lemmy singing a down-tempo version of arguably the band’s most-famous track, Ace of Spades. The beautifully simple campaign site tells you a little about the beer’s brewing process, but also hosts several behind-the-scenes documentaries about the making of the ad. Specifically, footage from last October’s trip to […]

10 - 1

10 – 1

I’m finally finished. Just in time for New Year’s Eve tonight, here’s the final ten of my top 50 tracks of all time that represent my favourite songs in the world. If you’d like to see the rest of the countdown, start with the introduction here, then take a look at the second piece that includes tracks 40 […]

20 - 11

20 – 11

We’re now into the final twenty of my top 50 tracks of all time, and here’s where the classics start to appear. For an explanation of what’s going on within this series of posts, click here and then take a look at the second piece that includes tracks 40 – 31 – and the one […]