Archive for January, 2010

January 26, 2010 3

Friendly Fires – Kiss of Life

By Matt in Indie, Music

sound, video, moves…

January 24, 2010 2

Jay-Z

By Matt in R&B/Hip-Hop

Been listening to parts of Jay-Z’s album. I don’t usually listening to this type of music, but I was struck by the quality and the immediate catchyness of some of the tunes. I started with the now famous Empire State of Mind featuring (the awesome) Alicia Keys (more on her in a later post) then [...]

January 24, 2010 0

rockdancejump blog launch!

By Matt in Info

Finally I’ve managed to launch this blog. It is stilla work in progress as you can see, but hopefully will get better in time.

January 18, 2010 1

Will.I.Am and Cheryl Cole

By Matt in Electronic, Music, Pop

A song which Liana recommended me by Cheryl Cole featuring Will.i.am At first I found it quite a strange combination, and still not sure if I like them or not… Nothing really outstanding with the song, but it’s catchy here’s the official video: and a live version here and then I find a song by [...]

January 18, 2010 2

David Crowder*Band

By Matt in Alternative, Christian, Music, Rock

The other album which has been keeping me company for quite a while is Church Music by David Crowder and Band. The name throws it off immediately into the Christian genre, but don’t dismiss it. This is a great work and the 17(!!!!!) tracks vary from slow to fast, from dance to rock and from [...]

January 18, 2010 0

Vampire Weekend

By Matt in Indie, Music

I’ve only very recently discovered Vampire Weekend. Their new album Contra is getting really good reviews I still have to get used to their unique and alternative sound, but they are growing quite nicely on me Don’t really know who they sound like. The melodies, sounds and song structures are very unique, but show an [...]

January 18, 2010 1

Mumford and Sons

By Matt in Acoustic, Alternative, Folk, Music

Their latest album Sigh No More is a great work. Mumford and Sons are a Folk band from London and very different from what you would normally hear on the radio. Most songs feature a Banjo which gives a special life to their music. Also good to note how the singer manages to sing (and [...]

January 18, 2010 0

Kicking off the series…

By Matt in Info

Hi guys I’m taking up Karl’s suggestion and will re-start recommending some new songs/albums I used to do this in the first half of 2008 and it used to work quite well… can’t remember who was on that original list though. Would love it if you join in too and start suggesting your own music, [...]