The darlings of the Indie community, and a band we have given a lot of stick to over the years, it can't be denied that Catfish and the Bottlemen are one of the biggest indie bands about and have several banging tunes, none more so (in my opinion) than 'Cocoon'.
This weeks throwback tune is going to be a rather somber one. In the past week it was deeply saddening to hear of the passing of Rick Graham. Rick was the roadie for Kasabian and in light of this news I felt it was only right to reflect on the album that bears his face, ‘For Crying Out Loud’.
I may be bias with Paul Heaton coming from my hometown of Hull, but I don't think many can deny that this man has one of the most unique, lovely voices in the business.
Earlier this week I was flicking through my playlist and on came this absolute belter of a tune
For me, like so many teenagers over the past 30 years, the Stone Roses have been a stepping stone into music culture. The eponymous debut record “The Stone Roses” is a beautiful, hazy rabbit-hole of musical brilliance: John Squires’ dreamy guitar riffs, Alan “Reni” Wren keeping it ticking on the drums, Gary “Mani” Mountfield’s iconic and bouncy basslines. Of course, the musicianship is topped off by frontman Ian Brown’s echoey yet crisp vocals, reverberating through the speakers- transporting you to another world. Themes of love, politics and companionship are all discussed, making the album as addictive as the drugs the Manchester lads romanticise about.
The weekly throwback is often the hardest pick of the week for me, hitting shuffle continuously until I find a song befitting of making it onto the website, but this weeks came on the first shuffle - Jamie T's 'Sheila'.
When I got my record player, this was the first vinyl I ever owned and honestly, it is a gem and half!
On the 5th anniversary of the great mans death it seemed only fitting that this weeks throwback look at the final song on arguably his most influential album 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars', 'Rock 'N' Roll Suicide'.
Recently I have been delving into the pits of Pete Doherty's backlog of fantastic tunes and it seemed fitting to kick off our first throwback of 2021 with a new favourite of mine, 'Flags of the Old Regime'.
Today I have the privilege of choosing a throwback of the week. So I chose an indie disco classic from Franz Ferdinand’s 2004 debut album... ‘Darts of Pleasure’.
Our final Christmas throwback looks at Mariah Carey and 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' seeing as though it finally hit number 1!
We are less than two weeks until Christmas and I've heard the whole Christmas hits playlist 100 times already, but the one song which remains a banger time after time is 'Last Christmas' by Wham!
