Natty – Cold Town
Posted by Producer Jacob in Singles/Albums on 18. May, 2008 | 1 Comment
This song has been in my head for a week or two, but unlike some tracks which get boring extremely quickly I’m still loving it every time it plays in my mind… It’s the new single by an African-Anglo-Italian dreadlocked reggae singer called Natty, who was first noticed by many after his appearance on Later… [...]
Radio Show Tracklisting – 11.05.08
Posted by Producer Jacob in Blurb on 11. May, 2008 | Comment On This
Tracklistings from Sunday’s show with Ashley Tanton are here…
Caught Live: BBC Kent Introducing
Posted by Producer Jacob in Blurb, Live Reviews: All, Reviews, Woody's Bar on 11. Apr, 2008 | Comment On This
My second music-related outing this week was to the Canterbury gig on the April leg of BBC Kent Introducings new music tour. Jim and Tom, the presenters of BBC Radio Kents new music show, have handpicked an amazing lineup of new Kent bands who made up an action-packed and people-packed three hour performance at Woodys [...]
Hadouken! – Declaration Of War
Posted by Producer Jacob in Singles/Albums on 10. Apr, 2008 | Comment On This
What do all Hadouken! songs have in common? Clever lyrics with packed lines, shouty vocals, square-lead synths that go up and down the scale, surreal futuristic videos? Looks like this one follows the trend… but theres something about it which seems to be the beginning of the formation of a new sound for the band.
The [...]
Whats your ideal festival lineup?
Posted by Producer Jacob in Blurb on 02. Apr, 2008 | Comment On This
So the 2008 Reading and Leeds lineups were announced this week, adding to the rock-n-roll atmosphere that the festival season brings each year as music fans anticipate which artists are going to be gracing the summer stages. Now were asking you to pick your ultimate lineup…
In the coming weeks on the show (MTJR.co.uk, Sundays from [...]
Malakai – Snowflake
Posted by Producer Jacob in Singles/Albums on 29. Mar, 2008 | Comment On This
Next month a mysterious pair known as Malakai – aka Gee and Scott – are releasing a new single which kicks back after a few months of downtime since the release of their debut EP, imaginatively titled EP1.
Snowflake, which hits the virtual and physical shelves on 28th April, precedes their long-awaited debut album Ugly Side [...]
The Shortwave Set – No Social
Posted by Producer Jacob in Singles/Albums on 25. Mar, 2008 | Comment On This
Danger Mouse has been busy, hasn’t he? As well as making a whole album with Cee-Lo as Gnarls Barkley, hes also been working on albums for The Rapture and Damon Albarn’s Electric-Proms-band The Good, The Bad And The Queen.
Yet another of his recent collaborations has been with London threesome The Shortwave Set whose sample-based debut [...]
