Showing posts with label MIA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MIA. Show all posts
Friday, 25 September 2020
M.I.A. - Double Bubble Trouble at Glastonbury 2014
This clip of MIA live at Glastonbury 2014 is the same clip that I used in 2017, but I haven't been able to find one as good or as good quality, so I'm sticking with it. Her full Glastonbury 2014 set isn't available on YouTube, possibly because the BBC tend to hang onto their full sets and show them in-house, but also because the broadcast was censored when broadcast at the time. You can find fragments of it in YouTube so, if you were determined enough, you could probably re-assemble most of it.
Monday, 21 September 2020
Fantasy Festival number 19: The Lineup
Myrkur: Danish singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Amalie Bruun began her musical career in the Scandinavian black metal scene. Her releases as Myrkur have their origins less in the contemporary metal scene and much more in Danish mythology, traditional folk music and classical music. You can find out more here.
Sudan Archives: LA Violinist, vocalist and producer Brittney Denise Parks, aka Sudan Archives, describes her musical influences as "Sudanese fiddlers, R&B, West African rhythms, and experimental electronic music." You can find out more over on her Bandcamp.
K Flay: Illinois singer, songwriter, rapper and musician Kristine Meredith Flaherty makes indie flavoured, hip hop influenced lo fi pop music. She has released three albums, the most recent being 2019's Solutions. You can find out more here.
Miya Folick: LA singer and songwriter Miya Folick released her debut album, Premonitions, in 2018. She makes evocative ethereal indie soundscapes (see 'God Is A Woman'), ferociously angry indie rock anthems (such as 'Deadbody') and isn't averse to a bit of slinky dance pop ('Leave The Party'). Album number two, when it arrives, should be a treat. You can find out more here.
Japanese Breakfast: Oregon's Michelle Zauner began working under the name Japanese Breakfast in about 2014, having previously served an apprenticeship in a number of indie pop and emo bands. She has released two albums of energetic, often dreamy, indie pop. You can find out more here.
Vagabon: New York singer, songwriter, musician and producer Laetitia Tamko was one of the artists who featured in 2017's Fantasy Festival series, not long after I'd singularly failed to see her at Dot To Dot Festival. At the time, her music was very much in the indie noise rock vein but, since then, she's gone in a more atmospherically electro direction, as demonstrated by her self titled second album, released in 2019. You can find out more here.
MIA: Rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, visual artist, activist, Maya Arulpragasam is a modern legend, perhaps best immortalised in 2018's documentary film Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. One of the things that has always made her such an exciting artist is the way she has been fearless in taking and mixing up multiple genres of music, from the more obvious electro and hip hop to Tamil film music and alternative rock. She built a hit single ('Paper Planes') around the opening moments of The Clash's 'Straight To Hell', infamously collaborated with Madonna and Nicki Minaj, and the promo video to 'Bad Girls' featured some particularly hair raising driving techniques. You can find her on Insta.
Lizzo: Singer, rapper, songwriter and flutist Melissa Viviane Jefferson, aka Lizzo, has been making music since 2013, but it was her third album, last years Cuz I Love You, that tipped her into the mainstream. Her roots are in hip hop and electro soul, but her music also has a strong R&B element to it and the overall sound is gloriously pop. 'Juice' was on every music station for most of last summer it felt like, and the success of the album also led to the re-discovery of her 2016 single 'Good as hell'. You can find her on Insta.
Sudan Archives: LA Violinist, vocalist and producer Brittney Denise Parks, aka Sudan Archives, describes her musical influences as "Sudanese fiddlers, R&B, West African rhythms, and experimental electronic music." You can find out more over on her Bandcamp.
K Flay: Illinois singer, songwriter, rapper and musician Kristine Meredith Flaherty makes indie flavoured, hip hop influenced lo fi pop music. She has released three albums, the most recent being 2019's Solutions. You can find out more here.
Miya Folick: LA singer and songwriter Miya Folick released her debut album, Premonitions, in 2018. She makes evocative ethereal indie soundscapes (see 'God Is A Woman'), ferociously angry indie rock anthems (such as 'Deadbody') and isn't averse to a bit of slinky dance pop ('Leave The Party'). Album number two, when it arrives, should be a treat. You can find out more here.
Japanese Breakfast: Oregon's Michelle Zauner began working under the name Japanese Breakfast in about 2014, having previously served an apprenticeship in a number of indie pop and emo bands. She has released two albums of energetic, often dreamy, indie pop. You can find out more here.
Vagabon: New York singer, songwriter, musician and producer Laetitia Tamko was one of the artists who featured in 2017's Fantasy Festival series, not long after I'd singularly failed to see her at Dot To Dot Festival. At the time, her music was very much in the indie noise rock vein but, since then, she's gone in a more atmospherically electro direction, as demonstrated by her self titled second album, released in 2019. You can find out more here.
MIA: Rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, visual artist, activist, Maya Arulpragasam is a modern legend, perhaps best immortalised in 2018's documentary film Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. One of the things that has always made her such an exciting artist is the way she has been fearless in taking and mixing up multiple genres of music, from the more obvious electro and hip hop to Tamil film music and alternative rock. She built a hit single ('Paper Planes') around the opening moments of The Clash's 'Straight To Hell', infamously collaborated with Madonna and Nicki Minaj, and the promo video to 'Bad Girls' featured some particularly hair raising driving techniques. You can find her on Insta.
Lizzo: Singer, rapper, songwriter and flutist Melissa Viviane Jefferson, aka Lizzo, has been making music since 2013, but it was her third album, last years Cuz I Love You, that tipped her into the mainstream. Her roots are in hip hop and electro soul, but her music also has a strong R&B element to it and the overall sound is gloriously pop. 'Juice' was on every music station for most of last summer it felt like, and the success of the album also led to the re-discovery of her 2016 single 'Good as hell'. You can find her on Insta.
Monday, 7 August 2017
M.I.A. - Double Bubble Trouble at Glastonbury 2014
This is MIA performing 'Double Bubble Trouble' live at Glastonbury 2014. You can watch most of the rest of the set on YouTube, but not as a single stream. This might be because bits of it were edited for political reasons by the BBC. You can watch 'Paper Planes' here.
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Fantasy Festival #4: The Confidence Festival - Lineup
Katy Carr: Katy Carr is a London based singer/songwriter and multi instrumentalist with a sweet, powerful, commanding voice who draws on Polish history and traditional folk music to create music that can be both small and large in scale. Her album Polonia is out now and she will be appearing live at the Lexington in London on 1st October alongside Helen and The Horns and Honey Birch.
Helen McCookerybook: Helen McCookerybook began her musical life as a punk bass player in Joby in the Hooligans in 1977, she was later a bass player in The Chefs and guitarist in Helen and The Horns. She returned to music making about ten years ago and has just released her latest solo album The Sea. She is currently touring and will be playing The Lexington on the 1st October as part of Helen and The Horns, alongside Katy Carr and Honey Birch.
Pale Honey: Swedish duo Pale Honey are comprised of Tuva and Nelly. They have been a band for a couple of years now and have recently transitioned from noisy indie rock to a more glacial sound. 'Why do I always feel this way?' was a tense, epic and understated single, and their most recent release is a Pixies/Breeders esque rendition of ABBA's 'Lay All Your Love On Me'.
Basia Bulat: Basia Bulat is a Canadian singer/songwriter whose 2016 album Good Advice was one of Piccadilly Records picks of the year. I would liken her sound to a more indie sounding Adele, which sounds very odd given that Adele is signed to XL (an Indie Label). Basia is playing in Canada this summer.
Hollie Cook: Hollie Cook cut her musical teeth as a keyboard player in the final lineup of The Slits. She has since released two flawless albums of modern day lovers rock. Twice, the most recent of the two, was released in 2014.
Shonen Knife: Shonen Knife, the garage punk band from Osaka, have been around since the early 1990s. Feted by Kurt Cobain, the band have gone through a number of lineup changes but remain resolutely joyously the same.
MIA: The poster girl for modern day agit prop, rapper and provocateur MIA grew up in Sri Lanka and West London. Her unique take on agit prop has inspired a host of other artists, including Santigold and Noga Erez. Her most recent album, A.I.M is out now and she is currently touring. She will be playing the Boomtown Festival on the 13th August.
Christine And The Queens: Heloise Le Tissier, aka Christine and The Queens, created a splash in the UK in 2016 with her single 'Tilted', taken from her first English language album, Chaleur Humaine. A pop star in her native France, Le Tissier's androgynous image and proclaimed pansexuality marked her out as a breath of fresh air and the dramatic and sophisticated electro pop of Chaleur Humaine marked it as a classic.
Helen McCookerybook: Helen McCookerybook began her musical life as a punk bass player in Joby in the Hooligans in 1977, she was later a bass player in The Chefs and guitarist in Helen and The Horns. She returned to music making about ten years ago and has just released her latest solo album The Sea. She is currently touring and will be playing The Lexington on the 1st October as part of Helen and The Horns, alongside Katy Carr and Honey Birch.
Pale Honey: Swedish duo Pale Honey are comprised of Tuva and Nelly. They have been a band for a couple of years now and have recently transitioned from noisy indie rock to a more glacial sound. 'Why do I always feel this way?' was a tense, epic and understated single, and their most recent release is a Pixies/Breeders esque rendition of ABBA's 'Lay All Your Love On Me'.
Basia Bulat: Basia Bulat is a Canadian singer/songwriter whose 2016 album Good Advice was one of Piccadilly Records picks of the year. I would liken her sound to a more indie sounding Adele, which sounds very odd given that Adele is signed to XL (an Indie Label). Basia is playing in Canada this summer.
Hollie Cook: Hollie Cook cut her musical teeth as a keyboard player in the final lineup of The Slits. She has since released two flawless albums of modern day lovers rock. Twice, the most recent of the two, was released in 2014.
Shonen Knife: Shonen Knife, the garage punk band from Osaka, have been around since the early 1990s. Feted by Kurt Cobain, the band have gone through a number of lineup changes but remain resolutely joyously the same.
MIA: The poster girl for modern day agit prop, rapper and provocateur MIA grew up in Sri Lanka and West London. Her unique take on agit prop has inspired a host of other artists, including Santigold and Noga Erez. Her most recent album, A.I.M is out now and she is currently touring. She will be playing the Boomtown Festival on the 13th August.
Christine And The Queens: Heloise Le Tissier, aka Christine and The Queens, created a splash in the UK in 2016 with her single 'Tilted', taken from her first English language album, Chaleur Humaine. A pop star in her native France, Le Tissier's androgynous image and proclaimed pansexuality marked her out as a breath of fresh air and the dramatic and sophisticated electro pop of Chaleur Humaine marked it as a classic.
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