After their Guardian photoshoot, Let's Eat Grandma appear at a café, dressed as a couple of pop stars. They are both tall – around 5ft 9in – and dressed in luxurious jewel tones with impeccable eyeliner, but the similarity stops there. Jenny Hollingworth has the thick red curls of a young Kate Bush, while Rosa […]
Taylor Swift's attempt to re-record (and reclaim ownership of) the six albums she released for label Big Machine, which were allegedly sold out from under her to an old rival, continues with the release of Fearless earlier this spring. Red, released in 2012, is one half of some of the greatest pop songs of all […]
This mockumentary is a heavily hyphenated affair, produced, written, and starring singers Annie Clark – better known by her stage as St Vincent – and Carrie Brownstein (of Sleater-Kinney). It's a pseudo-road trip that alternates between cringe humour and surrealist reveries, all while commenting on the absurdities of the music industry. It's ostensibly chronicling Brownstein's […]
If there was ever a moment when people yearned for simple party music, it's now. When the constraints are lifted, the band emerges: Jungle, a duo of west London singer-producers and their five-piece backup band of live multi-instrumentalists, perform the first of four sold-out London shows before heading to the United States. They must kick […]
The title of ‘Producer’ isn't given out lightly by media professionals, and there's a good reason for that. The job requires an incredible amount of energy, ability, and professional stamina. It's also a title that can mean many different things, and its associated responsibilities often vary from project to project, making it difficult to summarize […]
Some people may be surprised to hear this, but many hit songs from artists here in the United States were actually written by Swedish songwriters, and this isn't exactly a recent trend. Some of the biggest hits of the last 20 years or so were produced and written (or co-written) by Swedish songwriters and producers. […]
