Dodgy Brain - Manic Rehearsals

Yes i know i disappeared for a while but iv'e really been under the weather! Right side of my brain has decided to take a vacation for a month or so but is slowly returning (or that's how the chiropractor put it!!)

We are back in business though and full on as ever and that means gigs galore!! For all you london lot i'm playing at The Borderline this friday, supporting the fabulous Brother and Bones. Feel so honoured to be apart of whats shaping up to be a cracking night...

check them out here: www.brotherandbones.co.uk

I shall leave you with two things:

1. Its my birthday in a couple of weeks, so to all of you feeling generous... i'll have hugs and hot chocolates please.

2. Shout out to a band that was on the same bill as me when i played The Juice Radio Showcase at The Haunt, in Brighton a couple of weeks back. Here's a video of them doing what the do best...wonderful stuff really.

p.s Its pancake day tomorrow. i love pancakes.

We Have An Album

Last vocal for my debut album was put down yesterday afternoon, meaning we're one step closer to the hard copy and a very big smile on my face!!

After my interview i did with Juice Radio in Brighton last night, i headed down to The Prince Albert. Headlining was a fantastic band called Sons Of Noel And Adrian. I walked into the gig knowing nothing about them and came out a real fan.

I guess they fall into the category of experimental folk and their a big band consisting of male and female vocals, guitars, flutes, tambourines, banjos...oh man this list just goes on! I was nonetheless really blown away and wanted to share them with you...

Excitement Overload

Happy New Year to you all!


Seriously looking forward to this year ahead and it's already shaping up to be a good one. Heading back into the studio next Monday to finish off some tracks on the album, so no doubt you'll be getting constant updates and dodgy pictures of me pulling stupid faces behind a mic....

How could you not have loved this girl! Bless her...


So now we've all hit the January blues i thought i would attempt to cheer you all up with this song. I'm not even going to begin to explain it. Just listen and learn from the hero that is The Mighty Sparrow....

Your New Years Eve Special

Black Flies - Ben Howard (Nixon Remix)


Thought i should get this post in as i know in a couple of hours many of us will be pissed and emotionally crying about that fact we got through another year whilst ending up in the foetal position on a bathroom floor somewhere. I can already feel a hangover coming on...

Before i float nicely into my number 1 (well sort of, there were a lot of songs and i just REALLY liked this one), I just wanted to say a huge thank you to you lot. This year has undoubtably been ridiculously good. To everyone that has helped out in one way or another, whether that be through buying the EP or just some fantastic words of support, it really does mean a lot. Martin Tibbetts...you are the man.

So here we are...the top spot. To be honest i really don't want to say much about this track because it speaks for itself. If you listen to one track this evening to take you through into the infamous 2012 let it please be this one. Find some really heavy speakers and let the bass hug your soul.

Have an incredible New Years Eve and party like it's nearly the end of the world....apparently.

x

Magical Number 2

Give Me Love - Ed Sheeran


I really don't think this chart would be complete without mentioning this ginger genius. I came across Ed youtubing (as you do) and found his SBTV version of 'You Don't Need Me'. Man can this bloke sing FAST! If you haven't see it...here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=temYymFGSEc

Just a mere 5 million hits...no biggie.

After seeing that extraordinary taste of his talents we were all waiting anxiously for his debut album and my god did he not disappoint. I really do love this kid.

There are a fair few tracks on his album that are just beautiful and very clever lyrically. He's just got a serious knack for writing current songs that everyone can relate to, which at times are just too heartbreakingly true and close for comfort from my respect.

So this song is my favourite off the album. Everyone that knows me would probably agree that i'm a hopeless romantic and i guess that's really why i picked it. Apart from the incredible acapella break down in the middle and juicy harmonies this song is a love song...and a good one at that.

swoon....

3 Is Most Definitely A Magic Number

Let Me Go - Maverick Sabre (Shy Fx & Benny Page Digital Sound Boy Remix)

I saw Maverick Sabre live this year for the first time at Beach Break Festival in Wales. This man has such a brilliant voice! I'd heard one song of his previous to seeing him, which was the track he did with Pro Green, but it's actually his own stuff which is unreal. 

He's got a seriously intriguing voice as i can safely say he has a black mans voice. I was even baffled to start with. After seeing him at the festival i went straight out and bought his EP even before this tune, Let Me Go, even came out. If you haven't got it, i sincerely hope that you do. Take note of the seriously sexy 'I Can Never Be' with its beautiful electric guitar and horn section! 

Anyways! back to my number 3 in this chart...No doubt everyones heard Let Me Go in some shape or form this year but it's this version that gets me going. 

Well you know what they say...Go hard or go home. 

NUMBER 4

Wicked Games - The Weeknd


The best thing about The weeknd's mixtapes?? THEY'RE ALL FREE.

Came across this Canadian guy through a friend of mine telling me it was a 'must listen', so tentatively i downloaded the free album off The Weeknd's website and listened from start to finish. There a few albums that i can say that i would happily listen to from start to finish but this has to be one of them. I can safely say this album got me through my bus rides to and from Brixton and waterloo when i was recording my album in the spring. A lot of love.

I chose this particular song as its the first one that really jumped out at me; especially the lyrics to the second verse. I like to call it baby making music............awkward.

Enjoy.

P.S If you happen to bring someone home with you on NYE this year...stick this on. You can thank me later.