By mattr on February 17, 2010
Back in January, I had a stab at predicting who was going win the Brits… here’s how I did…
British Female Solo Artiste : Matt – Florence and the Machine / Winner – Lily Allen
British Male Solo Artiste : Matt – Dizzee Rascal / Winner – Dizzee Rascal
British Breakthrough Act : Matt – Friendly Fires / [...]
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By mattr on January 26, 2010
The Brits 2010 are on 16th Feb at Earls Court – after 30 years of ups and downs, the awards is generally quite good fun, some crazy performances – a little scandal and some funny acceptance speeches.
There is a great playlist of Brit Award nominees here.
My favourite game is try and predict the winners [...]
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By mattr on January 12, 2010
So, we seem to be emerging from the Christmas lull that stops all the good music releases, and we can safely return to building our music collection. I’m switching these posts over to using Spotify links so you can get easy and free access to the best new music straight away. Here are my first [...]
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By mattr on January 6, 2010
I recently posted a number of music recommendation sites for filling your new MP3 player – but over the last few weeks I’ve been using Spotify more and more to listen to tunes whilst at my PC. If you haven’t tried it, I highly recommend it – for free (with ads) or a reasonable [...]
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By mattr on January 5, 2010
If you are staying with the programme, then you’ll know that 2010 is going to be an amazing year. Amongst the many shooting stars this year will be some brand new ones in the music industry, I’ve picked out 5 artistes that I’m convinced will be massive this year.
Here’s a quick Spotify playlist with [...]
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By mattr on January 1, 2010
I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day – Frank Sinatra
Today is the one day you can forget any guilt about getting into your cups whilst celebrating the arrival of the New Year – hope you had good [...]
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By mattr on December 31, 2009
Back at the beginning of 2009, I picked out some stuff I was looking forward to – I had about 10 albums that I thought would be exciting. Looking back, I think I was about 50/50…
(each link takes you to the Spotify album page for a listen before you buy)
Antony and the Johnsons – [...]
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By mattr on December 22, 2009
Well, everyone is doing it – so I have to join in – I’m finishing the decade with 10 top ten lists – today, I’m reminiscing on the best gigs I saw during the decade:
Ian Brown @ Reading – October 2007
Elbow @ Porchester Hall, London – February 2008 (the first airing of tracks from [...]
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By mattr on November 17, 2009
The third in my occasional series of recommendations for building your music library – not the new shiny releases in the press, but the older stuff that you need to get a good rounded collection on the go. If you are just buying your MP3 player, these are the artists you need to look [...]
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By mattr on November 16, 2009
It’s that horrible becalmed time when record companies don’t release much so they can clear the decks for the Christmas rush – all diverting their marketing dollars to the x-factor and novelty nonsense – so new releases are a struggle. Never fear though, I’m here, sifting through the releases and making sure you get [...]
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