Saturday, May 19, 2012

No Lay - Knew Knowledge event @ The City and Arts Music Project

No Lay is currently one of the hottest UK female MC's at the moment, and she has an abundance of energy and fierceness that makes her really stand out. Back in 1986, a controversial band known as Sigue Sigue Sputnik, exploded on to the music scene. Before we knew it they had achieved a top 3 hit with Love Missle F-11.Gary Numan hardly needs an introduction as the pioneer and godfather of electronica. Creative and experimental, Numan is and was the epitome of cool. Foo Fighters and Nine Inch Nails, to name but a few, have hailed Gary as one of their overriding influences.Calling all hip hop lovers....Banditsu has arrived! With so much grime music, its good to see an artist advocating hip hop on the UK music scene and with his last mixtape A2MC2 putting him on the map, we're ready to see what he has in store for us next.Don’t bury Punk just yet. On this second decade of the 21st century, it has regained if retained a sense of relevance, under more literate and cognitive form in the shapeLindi Ortega is a Canadian singer-songwriter/musician of Mexican-Irish background. Her arresting voice - described as a blend of Dolly Parton and Emmylou HarrisIt’s been a whopping 15 years since New York rockers, Wheatus stormed our charts with the jukebox favourite, Teenage Dirtbag. The tune that has now become an anthem,Joe Forrester catches up with UK rapper, producer, singer and songwriter Lyracis. Lyracis has supported the likes of 50 Cent, Chris Brown, The Game, Ne-Yo andGuns n’ Roses is perhaps one of the most well known 80s rock groups of all time. Despite a tumultuous history and an extraordinarily long time between albumsWe went to meet the glamorous Estelle this week as she arrived in London for a fly-in visit to promote her amazing new album 'All Of Me'.The Stow has been touted as the one to watch this year by MTV after reaching the unsigned Top 20 of MTV’s Brand New for 2012.Deadly Circus Fire co-founder Save Addario took one look at the boyish, Oliver Twist type character who was about to try out as his singer and thought he had another bad audition on his hands.The Thirst met with us last week in their hometown of Brixton, to talk all things music! The four members, Mensah, Marcus, Kwame and Mark, you can tell from the off are more than anything great friends as well as bandmates.A band with a history since the early 1990’s, The Popes were formerly led by Shane MacGowan of the Pogues. Playing a heavy blend of rock and folk with an ounce of Irish influences, the Popes have continued toFormed in 2007, Tom Williams & The Boat met in a local music venue in Tunbridge Wells.The newest heartthrob on the block is 19 year old PW....and we got the chance to meet up with him the other week to find out more about his music and style.Joe Forrester catches up Haydn, Shi and Dave, three of the members of London urban/indy five-piece The Stow. Renowned for their incredible live performances,“we feel a lot more relevant, we’ll play all our old songs but we still want to be able to create more music” The Inspiral Carpets Interviewed.Best described as indie meets electro house, The Whip’s unique sound has been heard on some of the world’s biggest stages from Wireless to Glastonbury since the bandFights and bitching aside, with their new album and new tour, there's a reason Lostprophets are beamingDubai-based death/thrash metallers Nervecell are still reeling from an incredible 2011, which saw them play with two of their heroes and scoop a couple of best-selling awards. Music-News.com asks guitarist Rami H Mustafa how they can follow all thatSince its inception in Copenhagen during 2007, "When Saints Go Machine", along with its somewhat otherworldly, ethereal brand of electronic pop, has released a series of melodyCounting Crows' lead singer on their new covers album and why a Joe Jackson song didn't make the final cut!Bombay Bicycle Club kick start their new tour at Cambridge Corn Exchange on the 15th April. This is a band that’s hard not to like, especially when they look like your little brother and his cuteClement Marfo & The Frontline are without a doubt one of the best things to happen this year. Not only do they have huge talent x 7, they are also insanely good performers! Justin Currie talks to Music News ahead of his forthcoming UK tour and shares his thoughts on the dangers of running your own music label and surprise 'treat' fans have in store at his gigs!Cleo Sol is a name we will all get to know a lot better in the coming months as one of Island Records’ recent signees.Starting off with my first impression of RnB singer Dele, I'd have to say he is the UK's answer to Trey Songz! He not only has that husky, soulful tone to his voice but also has an image BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award winner Megan Henwood chatted to me about her life since winning this acclaim and about her album “Making Waves”.My Darling Clementine are a husband and wife team that took four years to release their first record and are now set to play one of the capital's most engaging venues.Suzanne Vega talks to Music News ahead of her UK tour and discusses the power of the internet and why she re-recorded some of her best known songs.Take an early holiday this year and get yourself to the John Foxx & The Maths gig in Madrid, Spain on 26th May. Don't think sunshine and tanning, think retroThe American singer-songwriter, born June 23, 1977 in Mechanicsville, Virginia, has slowly but surely won over the world with his particular brand of acousticWhen I first listened to 'I Got Time' by Domino Go, I knew their music was something to get excited about. With an abundance of charisma Timz Aluo half Chinese, half Turkish with a Nigerian stepfather a Midas Act Ashleigh & Pudsey won the first semi-final of Britain’s Got Talent, wowing both the Judges and the audience with their spectacular

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