Music

By Kane Power (@ElHeavio) 23.10.15, The Hope and Anchor, London Ever since there has been a ‘man’ to rebel against, there have been rebels to tell other rebels that they aren’t rebels. Elitism in punk is old hand; overdone and over argued, but that it still exists in 2015 is actually a kind of comfort to me. When being a rebel is mainstream there’s little room for individualism and little cause for angst, so it’s up to groups within the...

Wix have joined forces with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis for the launch of Wix Music 2.0. As part of this collaboration, the Seattle-based duo are creating a series of custom videos for Wix Music users to help mentor emerging artists and provide valuable guidance on how to succeed as an independent artist. Freeing musicians from the expensive and time-consuming task of piecing together the tools they need, Wix Music is a complete, commission-free platform, empowering artists to independently introduce, share, sell...

By Ben Gelblum (@BenGelblum) "Great Scott! If my calculations are correct, it is now precisely October 21, 2015. The future has finally arrived. Yes, it is different than we all thought, but don't worry - it just means your future hasn't been written yet. No one's has. Your future is whatever you make it. So make it a good one." - Doc, Back To The Future. So maybe flying cars are yet to make it off the ground, and hover...

By Michelle Ryan (@ShellRyan33) It’s been over 20 years since a young Peter Andre melted millions of girls’ hearts as he walked out of the waves with his shiny abs and tropical super-hit ‘Mysterious Girl’. Now with a past peppered with reality TV shows and a tumultuous love life in the public eye, Mr. Andre has landed a prime time spot on Strictly Come Dancing beaming into our living rooms every weekend. So what better time to strike while the...

By Grant Bailey (@GrantDBailey)   Nondescript shoegaze band posts inflammatory hate tweets about superior punks. Gets dropped by label. A win for music. That's the story in a nutshell. Bay Area post-rockers Whirr thought it would be a good idea to hurl some misguided abuse at G.L.O.S.S, a punk band from Washington who have just released a pretty smashing demo of transgender anthems. Twitter was quick to utterly destroy them, just in time for their label, Run For Cover, to give them the...

“When someone pitches a “performance video” in the HECK video think tank, they are generally met with stony faces and rolled eyes. Music videos are a chance to show more creativity visually. Straight up performance generally say fuck all except “this is what we look like playing our song” which, you know, is great and all, but is worth about 10 seconds of your YouTube time before going back to watching compilations of people braining themselves whilst trying to surf...

By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic  The troubling thing about Jennifer Phillips’ performance on Sunday night’s X Factor is that irrespective of her profound talent, she can never hope to win the competition. I have a number of gripes with X Factor, most of which are axiomatic and probably not worth stating here. But asides from it being a blatant set-up and presided over by a talentless bunch of judges, and the fact that it’s a soap opera...

By Daniel Mackenzie (@EkcaLiena) The unstoppable streams of information that wrap tangles around our brains can get a little confusing to say the least. These restless beams carry huge amounts of images, opinions and sounds around the world, almost blinding in quantity and depth, and navigating to a place of interest can take up as much time as digesting the details found on arrival. One such area that both benefits and suffocates from this endlessness is music. That feeling of...

By Grant Bailey (@GrantDBailey) This morning I popped along to an Electric Jukebox press event in glittering Soho. In the chill morning air the streets felt particularly clear and spotless. A man selling the Big Issue waved a cheery hello as I gawped at a load of big trees. I think they were part of Ai Weiwei’s new exhibition. Admittedly, having failed to do my research (though there was an air of secrecy to the whole event) I went into the...