Celebrating its 45th year, the almighty Reading & Leeds Festivals play host to possibly their most diverse line up yet. 2016 sees 5 headliners join the bill, including 2 joint headline slots. While this year’s bill does take a turn towards more dance and rock bands, for a biased fan of indie like myself, the festival […]Read More
Music has always been my backbone. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do in life, whether that be playing it or writing about it. I grew up listening to classic and prog rock gods like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and Genesis through my parents, which really laid out the foundations as to why […]Read More
By The Way // Red Hot Chili Peppers [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnfyjwChuNU] The opening track to what I widely consider as ‘my favourite album ever’. As a full front-to-back album it is perfect and ‘By The Way’ is the instigator to all that. The album sees John Frusciante do what Stanley Kubrick did to The Shining. He […]Read More
Exams are drawing to an end, the sun is out and we’re all looking forward to the long holiday that awaits us. We’re all putting on our cheerful playlists, something to get us revved up for some fun and sun, and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Snow (Hey Oh)’ is the perfect track if you’re looking […]Read More
It has been said that the Red Hot Chili Peppers produce the most faultless combination of Funk and Rock: otherwise known as ‘Fuck’. ‘Can’t Stop’ epitomizes this perfectly – the funky guitar, blended with Flea’s groovy bassline, packs punch yet gives it an uber danceable feel, making it one of the Peppers’ best. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DyziWtkfBw?rel=0&w=740&h=422] […]Read More
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