Two-man rock band Royal Blood took to a Dutch radio station this past week to cover Lana del Rey’s ‘West Coast’. The distorted guitars, Mike Kerr’s voice, and the laid-back, organic tempo all make for a very, very sexy cover that demonstrate how much they deserve their recent Mercury Prize nomination. A pity their tour’s […]
Read more "Cover of the Week: ‘West Coast’ (Lana del Rey) — Royal Blood"Following Sam Smith’s massive success Stateside, the Disclosure track ‘Latch’, one of the earliest songs (after Rudimental’s ‘La La La’) to feature Smith’s top-notch vocals, has just reached platinum status across the pond. America’s affection for British vocal powerhouses is pretty evident (given the dizzying stardom of the likes Adele and Florence + the Machine, for […]
Read more "Latching onto success: Disclosure + Sam Smith reach platinum in the US"So apparently from the 6th of July this year the UK official singles chart will take into account statistics from streaming services such as Spotify, and the news is that Bastille’s ‘Pompeii’ (EH-EH-OH, EH-OH, EH-EH-OH, EH-OH … ring a bell?) is the most streamed song in the UK, with approximately ‘26.6 million streams on average per week’. That means that […]
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