Tag: pop

Loitered Lens: Pentatonix

Photos from the Pentatonix show at Brixton Academy...

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Apple Pie A Capella (Pentatonix)

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcaphe thought of Brixton Academy being filled to the rafters with tearful teenagers on the verge of hysteria is not out of the...

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Jazz Powerhouse? It’s all (kinda) in the name (Jasmine Power)

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”S/dropcapomething old, something new, something borrowed, something blue… or so the saying goes. I realise this seems somewhat out of...

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Vinyl Rarities, No Cratedigging. Scandi Gems on Round Two Records

Firebeats Inc., Undertakers' Circus and Kare and the Cavemen signal an untapped wealth of Norwegian rock...

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Notable for its Collaborators (Faulkner)

Interview with Dimitri Farougias from US Pop band Faulkner. ...

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A Capella Invasion: Pentatonix UK Tour

The first wave of the summer's a capella surge hits with the Pentatonix UK tour...

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Subject Matters: Searching for The Perfect Pop Music Lyric

Man and The Echo’s Gareth Roberts waxes lyrical about the importance of good lyrics in pop music....

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Cruising the Beachbreaks of Notting Hill (Kita Alexander)

Far from the Gold Coast, Kita Alexander brings Aussie surf pop to London's Notting Hill Arts Club. Review...

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Tous Ensemble, Melody Gardot at the Southbank

Uncancelled and unbowed. A review of Melody Gardot at London's Southbank the night after the Bataclan...

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Iggy Pop Tour Tickets On Sale NOW

Details and ticket link for Iggy Pop Post Pop Depression European Tour 2016...

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Music turned septic. Kalash Tirich Mir (German Army)

The faltering synth drones and brittle percussion of Kalash Tirich Mir seem like a terribly appropriate soundtrack to our cultural stalemate...

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Pop Punk’s Trademark Simplicity and Energy (Handguns, Disenchanted)

Is Handguns' album Disenchanted generic? Pretty much, but it is what it is....

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Loitered Lens: New Order (2015)

New Order. Photos of Bernard Sumner and Co. at Brixton, November 16 2015 ...

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An uncomfortable imbalance. ∆GO (Lilies On Mars)

Neither too soft to be described as background, or loud enough to be defined as foreground, Lilies on Mars straddle the genres....

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Searching for Soul in the ‘Ditch of Shore. (Her at the Old Blue Last)

Technically, Her at the Old Blue Last are great, but does the arm shaking, fist pumping angst and emotion seem feigned?...

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Loitered Lens: Hey! Hello!

Photos of Hey! Hello! 25th September – London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire...

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Loitered Lens: The Wildhearts

Photos of The Wildhearts 25th September – London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire...

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Calling Dirtbags! Wheatus UK Tour (Playing Debut Album in Full)

At least one band from before the days of iTunes & Spotify have found a way forward. Wheatus tour....

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A Talent Show Without the Talent? X Factor Returns… Again

Even after so many years of being served up candy floss, there are still so many people thinking, in all honesty, that it has something to do with musical talent, vocal prowess or even the nursing of...

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Bringing West Africa to South Sudan

In South Sudan, all of us were reminded of the African continent's sprawling size and rich diversity....

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Loitered Lens : Marc Almond

Joined by guitarist Neal X, formerly of Sigue Sigue Sputnik, it was as if the past 30 years had just been a bad dream' Marc Almond...

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Parting the Veil of Sylvanian Fantasy [Crystal Bright & The Silver Hands]

Bright's voice, if a touch brittle, is faultless in pitch, soaring in keening arabesques through what must (surely) be the entire range of anguish...

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Undiminished Diva [Marc Almond]

His ability to produce the heartbroken diva performance is undiminished....

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(Badly) Analysing The Evolution of Pop Music With SCIENCE

It's exciting to be able to study the evolution of popular music scientifically. But now we want to go further, and find out not just how the music has changed, but why....

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Atmospherics and Optigans, Soundscapes and Steinways [Jacco Gardner]

From swirling layered atmospherics to stripped-down minimalism and back again, it all hangs together well as a coherent whole...

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The escapade to destroy pop music and rid the world of Pitbull isn’t an easy one.

I think there's enough songs about the stars now, Coldplay have about 40....

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Manns’ slightly plain voice is flawless, but uninspired.

There are some moderately engaging, essentially pleasant, songs on the album. Actually, they all are....

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Loitered Lens : Robbie Boyd

Big hook folk-pop, Robbie Boyd at Hoxton Bar and Kitchen, December 10th. Photos....

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Loitered Lens : Toyah

Photos of Toyah at the O2, Islington....

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Kagoule : The Garage [Live]

Art meets rock, shakes hands with pop, fondles a plethora of sub-genres and fucks post-punk...

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