Corinne Bailey Rae kicked off her North American tour last evening in downtown Los Angeles with a benefit concert for taste-maker radio station KCRW. The gorgeous and unusual setting was Vibiana, a former cathedral, and it was the first time the venue was used for a concert. If you missed the gig, never fear! Corinne’s [...]
New video from A Fine Frenzy (featuring YouTube phenom Dave Days)
A Fine Frenzy has just released a new video for “Electric Twist” off the album, “Bomb in a Birdcage.” And if you’re a YouTube afficianado (who isn’t) you might recognize Dave Days — whose YouTube videos have made him a phenom, with more than 150 million views and approaching 900,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel. (You [...]
Richard Hawley’s False Lights
Richard Hawley returns to one of the familiar themes in his songwriting, the ocean, for a new four track EP, ‘False Lights From The Land’, released through Mute on June 7. Inspired by Hawley’s recent BBC radio series ‘The Ocean’ the EP features two of his original compositions – ‘Remorse Code’ from his most recent, [...]
After year-long plus climb, Fuyumi Sakamoto bags first number one
Sometimes everything really does come to those who wait – it’s been well over a year since it was first released, and ‘Mata Kimi ni Koishiteiru’ [I am in love with you again] by EMI Music Japan’s Fuyumi Sakamoto continues to be one of the most popular songs in the country, clocking up a series [...]