SUMMER

Trending now: Summer Hits 2

Here’s another set of summer hits that are keeping up my spirits, no matter the weather. It’s july and we’ve got still plenty of time to feel the summer sun and lots of stuff to do to enjoy it. Festivals, concerts, roof tops and oper air cinemas are a must. And concerning the soundtrack, here’s […]

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Youth Club / Brothers EP

Last month, just under Hackney Wick station here in London, Kopparberg (the cider company) has hosted a free festival called Urban Forest. The event was fun and, thanks to the good weather, we had a few nice beers after work, in the sun and listening to good music. During one of these evenings I managed […]

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Great Good Fine OK / Too Much To Handle

Following the mood of the previous post about this summer’s anthems, here’s one of our latest discoveries, that’s going straight into our playlists. An indie duo from Brooklyn, their name is Great Good Fine OK, and they’ve been around with their EPs since last year. The song that caught my attention was “Without You”, that stood out […]

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Live: The Backstreet Boys… Now

So one day I unexpectedly found out the Backstreet Boys where presenting live the documentary about their story that same day, and equally unexpectedly, in a theatre across the street from my office. Magical London. Like a stampede of crazy zebras a good percentage of the women in my company turned off their PCs and […]

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Ultra / Say It Once

SPOILER ALLERT: ’90s Pop Boyband. Basically my field of expertise. It was 1998 and I was it the middle of my teenage dream. Boybands popped out like mushrooms, Take That had already ended their (first) phase and Spice Girls were half way through. And in that perfect pure pop era, another mix of nice looking, […]