AAAmusic: Who are you and where are you from? GoGo Penguin was formed in Manchester in 2009. The plan was just to meet up, bring our individual ideas together and see what happened. It was and still is about making music for the sake of making music. AAAmusic: What inspired you to get into music? As individuals we’ve obviously [...]
London duo AlunaGeorge released their very much expected debut album not long ago. The killing formula of electro-R’n’B has payed off; with Aluna’s baby voice and George’s post-dub production, this record becomes a breath of fresh in an industry saturated with pop nonsense. ‘Outlines’ is the opening track and Aluna’s vocals are captivating from the start, [...]
AAAmusic: Who are you and where are you from? DJ KENTARO, from Tokyo Japan. AAAmusic: What inspired you to get into music? When I was 13 years of age, I was a skater and turntablism suddenly came into my life and I quit skating and started scratching. AAAmusic: What have you done? Two full produced albums released from [...]
Saturday 28th September, Chesham Tenors Unlimited, the ‘Rat Pack of Opera’, have firmly established themselves as a major classical crossover trio over the past decade. Scott Ciscon, Paul Martin and Jem Sharples have performed worldwide alongside artists like Sting, Beyonce and Lionel Ritchie. Lord Richard Attenborough calls them ‘a unique and wonderfully entertaining act.’ In this [...]
On first listen of The Lost Cavalry’s album, Three Cheers for the Undertaker, I found myself calling my boyfriend and telling him that this review would be impossible. I said that while the individual songs are impressive, when put together they seem to blur and lose their magic. However, considering The Lost Cavalry is a six-piece band, the resulting album [...]
AAAmusic: Who are you and where are you from? Hello, my name is Nestor and I play the drums in a band called Sky Larkin who hail from the north of England. We first started playing music as Sky Larkin whilst Katie was studying in London. I’d get the train down during reading weeks and [...]
Irish outfit The Enemies has recently released a brand new single by the name of ‘Perfect Stranger’ into the musical arena and it is definitely worth your attention! Featuring a driving beat supported by intricate duelling guitars the musical arrangement of this tune is fresh and exciting with all the right elements of a true [...]
The acoustic folk stylings of singer/songwriter Matthew Mole have taken South Africa by storm with his latest release The Home We Built having remained at No. 1 on the iTunes South Africa charts for three weeks straight. Featuring the single ‘You And Your Crown’, it is no surprise the album is doing so well! This [...]
The trio Tenors Unlimited are firmly established as premier classical crossover artists. Scott Ciscon, Paul Martin and Jem Sharples have entertained worldwide alongside artists like Sting, Beyonce and Lionel Ritchie. Interviewer Anthony Weightman chatted to Jem Sharples during their latest tour. Anthony Weightman: People who’ve met the three of you often describe you as charming. Do [...]
I can’t really get my head around the debut LP from Brooklyn-based songwriter Gabriel Miller Phillips. There doesn’t seem to be anything intrinsically wrong with it – OK, some of the lyrics are a bit sappy (“When you showed at the party/I forgot how to breathe”) but after a slow burning start with plodding track, [...]