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WATCH NOW: YARD ACT “PAYDAY” + “LAND OF THE BLIND” – DSCVR VEVO
Emerging Leeds band Yard Act is named one of ‘VEVO’s DSCVR Artist of 2022 British Post Punk band Yard Act has been named the first VEVO DSCVR of 2022 joining an elite club, past alumni include Baby Queen and Beabadoobee. The Leeds foursome founded the band in 2019 and meld a jaunty and abrasive punkish sound with socio and political lyrics. Yard Act stopped by the VEVO London studios back in December to record the two VEVO DSVCR live performance videos. Which you can now view below! “PAYDAY” “LAND OF THE BLIND”
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INTERVIEW WITH… INDIE ROCK TRIO IN EARNEST
Meet In Earnest. They’re an Indie Rock trio hailing from Southend-on-Sea in the U.K. In Earnest is a couple Sarah and Tom with close friend Toby. The bands’ music mixes elements of pop, folk, and singer-songwriter to craft songs. Lyrically focusing on personal experiences with mental health and its surrounding dialogue. In Earnest’s debut EP is releasing this year, and their next single ‘Come Upstairs’ is out July 3rd. I interviewed the band on upcoming releases, musical inspirations, and much more below! THE RECLUSIVE BLOGGER: I’d like to start by talking about your prior single and the one that made me really tune into your band. Why did you choose…
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SURREY BAND PENNY BETTS TALK NEW SINGLE ‘LIGHTS!’ AND MORE
Dive Deep With Surrey’s Penny Betts As We Talk ‘Lights!’, Music, and More… Penny Betts is a U.K. Rock band based in Surrey. The band whose nostalgic yet, eclectic brand of rock, eschews back to 60s Brit Rock heyday. It’s all perfectly juxtaposed with their undoubtedly cool kid look, and that Surrey Rock sound. Having caught attention from such prominent online music magazines as Gigwise and Earmilk. Penny Betts have released a new single ‘Lights!’. It’s a euphoric, fun and insanely catchy tune filled those soundscapes the band has come to love. I talked Penny Betts about their new single, ‘Lights!’, recording tracks to tape, and music in general. THE…
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BRITISH ROCK BAND BASTILLE TURN UP THE VOLUME AT THE GREEK THEATRE
Bastille Brought Doom Days To The Greek And A Lively Show! South London band Bastille made their return to Los Angeles on Saturday. The band brought their Doom Days Tour Part 1 with opener Joywave to the The Greek Theater. The “Happier” and “Quarter Past Midnight” musicians played a twenty song set to the pack amphitheater of fans. All were thrilled to see their favorite band play under the beautiful nighttime sky. Indie Rock band Joywave started the night out with their poppy Electronic influenced Rock. The band lead by Daniel Armbruster started the night off with one of Joywave’s newest tracks “Like A Kennedy”. They were smooth and effortless…
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THE DARKNESS // “HEART EXPLODES” – SINGLE REVIEW
English Rock band The Darkness drop new single “Heart Explodes”. The song is off the bands’ upcoming concept record Easter is Cancelled. The album is due out October 4th the band will tour the United States in 2020, and are currently opening up for Ed Sheeran in the UK for a string of dates. “It’s about the despair of change. Having to reappraise your life and what you’re holding on to. It’s like that feeling when you just want to go for a swim and keep going. Wanting to be enveloped by something that will gradually pull you down. If you really, really want to survive that process, you can.…
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SUNSET SONS // ‘SAY HI’ – SINGLE REVIEW
British-Australian band Sunset Sons have set another fun upbeat track upon us. On “Say Hi” the new single was produced by Catherine Marks who has previously worked with them before on “The River” has the band in fine form. Vocalist Rory Williams says the track is “about getting to a place in life that’s fulfilling and real. Finding your happy place and seeing the real picture, rather than surrounding yourself with fake people”. The all-around good vibes of this summertime Alternative Pop anthem will have you singing along in no time and which has Sunset Sons pushing their boundaries creatively and production wise. Their partnership (she is also producing their…
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YOU ME AT SIX // A CONCERT REVIEW + GALLERY
British band You Me At Six (Josh Franceschi, Max Helyer, Chris Miller, Matt Barnes, Dan Flint) made a triumphant return to Los Angeles on Monday night with a packed show full of their biggest fans in Los Angeles. The band has been playing shows across the U.S. on their ‘Back Again‘ tour with Synth Pop band machineheart and Alt-Pop trio DREAMERS as openers. You Me At Six rocked the venue charging through a set of 18 songs … Los Angeles based Synth-Pop band machineheart started out the night in dreamy fashion, bringing beautiful harmonies and gorgeous melodies from lead singer Stevie Scott. The band itself was in sync and their…
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THE RECLUSIVE BLOGGER’S TOP TEN ALBUMS OF 2018 …
Here it is after careful consideration and many many rewrites. These are my top ten albums of 2018. This year my list features a lot of EPs so that’s a big difference than previous years. So without further ado and of course in sequential order from the number one on … 1. BASTILLE // Other People‘s Heartache Part 4 “Other People’s Heartache Part 4” caught me off guard in the most fantastic way. The EP opens onto one of the most beautiful covers of the Cat Stevens classic “Wild World”. It ties a thread between the last Bastille record “Wild World” to next one “Doom Days”. We then segue into…
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THE RECLUSIVE BLOGGER’S TOP 50 SONGS OF 2018 // PART 2
As I stated before it’s that time of the year again. Yes, it’s definitely Christmastime but also that lovely time of the year where all of us music bloggers and journalists reminisce via online media, about all of the fantastic music that has been released this past year. So yesterday I posted part one of my 50 and as promised here’s part two of my top 50. Please enjoy and I hope you came across some songs you never heard of as 2018 gave us some pretty fun, innovative, creative, unique and just all around great music if you looked or listened hard enough. So without further ado here is The…
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THE RECLUSIVE BLOGGER’S TOP 50 SONGS OF 2018 // PART 1
It’s that time of the year again. Yes, it’s time for me to reminisce via blog post all of the fantastic music that was released and that I listened to this past year. Trying to narrow down and figure out which tunes stayed with me and stuck out the most has proven to be quite the challenge but I finally completed it. I also ended up supersizing the list to 50 songs (posted in two segments) since 2018 had so much fun, innovative, creative, unique and just great music. So without further ado here is The Reclusive Blogger’s Top 50 Songs Of 2018 …. Part One P.S. The list is…
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CAVEY // ABOUT TO START – A REVIEW
Today I bring you Cavey a bluesy London based alt-rock four-piece band consisting of Luke Cave on Guitar and Vocals, Alexander Chalstrey on Piano, Organ and Rhodes, Chun-Ting “Refa” Wang on the Upright Bass/Bass guitar, then Adrian Ortman on Drums. They’ve just released a smoky and soulful new song called “About to Start”. The song (produced by Blaenavon’s Frank Wright) which is a ballad harkens back to the days of smoky clubs and torch songs mixed with the precision of early to mid 2000s Alternative Rock flair. It recalls the trials and tribulations of being a working musician and what may or may not come of that. With the rather…
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BASTILLE // LIVE AT THE WILTERN – A REVIEW
My favorite British Alternative Pop band Bastille made their return to Los Angeles last night (September 24th). Taking The Wiltern stage by storm (pun intended) with a new and quite colorful lively stage setup. Bastille played to a *sold out* house performing many fan favorites and new songs, which of course included the bands’ current mega-hit ‘Happier’ a collaboration with Marshmello which is also set to be included on the bands’ upcoming mixtape Other People’s Heartache PT 4. The release date was announced at the show and is in less than two weeks time! The band is more sprightly than ever, the Wild World days are now gone having been…
