By mattr on July 20, 2010
Nominations for this years prize are out…the 12 artistes are:
Biffy Clyro
Corinne Bailey Rae
Foals
I Am Kloot
Laura Marling
Dizzee Rascal
Villagers
Paul Weller
Kit Downes Trio
Mumford & Sons
Wild Beasts
The xx
A Spotify playlist of all the nominated albums is here (excluding the Kit Downes Trio, who’s album isn’t on Spotify)
I need a bit of time to consider who I think will win [...]
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By mattr on June 23, 2010
If you are going to spend time outdoors this summer, it is super important you have the right soundtrack, a perfectly blended mix of tunes that go together like steak and salad or gin and tonic.
I’ve put together a Spotify playlist especially for those barbecues or garden cocktail parties, for lazing in the garden [...]
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By mattr on May 6, 2010
This weeks top music tweets:
Sophie Zelmani – I’m the rain on http://bit.ly/az523I – late night, chilled out singer songwriter…
Lovely Electronica – a Spotify playlist full of blissed out, relaxing sounds @ http://bit.ly/asF1IT
Kathryn Williams – The Quickening : http://bit.ly/aZu2wq – lovely folky album
Retro moment : Pulp – Different Class http://bit.ly/c0svhU [...]
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By mattr on April 27, 2010
My favourite music streaming site has had a major upgrade today – version 0.43 of the client software adds a number of cool features, amongst them:
Connect to Facebook – lots of sites adding this at the moment.
Social Network inside Spotify – so you can connect to people who are using the service (I’m MattR by [...]
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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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