Music 'n' What Not

One of my deepest and greatest loves is exploring, and another is architecture. But then again I am a massive nerd, so when its the history behind a city or cute little village it always has me drawn in further. With that being said, I decided it was about time  I wrote another What Not post. So I thought what better way to write my second ever What Not post, than combining two of my favourite things (outside of music)? Now I am from England, in the United Kingdom, and like many countries it is full with iconic and historical cities. However, there is one city that is beautiful, musical and well just beaming with history. Intrigued? You better carry on reading then... ... There's a beautiful city that's filled with both old and new architecture. A city that is also full,  and I mean full, of musical talent. A city that's well known for its accent and its people, but also for i ts iconic docks. I have been incredibly lucky that within the last 12 months I have had the p...

   Talking to people, whether it’s friends, relatives, strangers, anyone at all, about their music tastes, preferences, what they like and hate, is one of my favourite things. The perfect example of this was recently in my best pal’s car; just me her and the drummer from Sextapes (I’ve done blogs about them in the past, if you haven’t seen them, take the time to go have a look). We were driving home from a gig and decided the radio just wasn’t cutting it, so we decided to just take turns in picking songs, and talking about what we’re into, and what we don’t like so much. The point I’m getting to is that I was reminded of a band that I love, but had completely forgotten about! Usually in the car we choose BMTH, Paramore; the usual. But drummer boy mixed things up with his request: Supersoaker.    This band has a vocalist that fit’s a category I love; quirky, unique, some examples of others being Ellie Goulding, John Newman and George Ezra. But the vocalist in que...

   Most of the time, my posts are about rock and indie bands, and today I’m going to stray from this blogs norm and tell all about another band I’ve got some big love for at the moment!      I got onto the topic of this artist recently in the office with my colleague, after hearing a kid shouting the lyrics outside. We were both just saying how lovely this artists voice is, how were feeling every song we’ve heard so far. What I love about this artist is the power in the voice, even though they speak-sing most of the time (which is another thing I love). The harmonies are wonderful, the instrumentals of the track are spot on and they’re all really feel good tunes… On the surface.     Listening to these songs properly, you realise what the lyrics are about; much darker subjects – drugs, sex. I was then asked if I’d heard the older stuff they’d done; I hadn’t. Of course, I went and listened and instantly realised a difference. The mood was still...

   Nothing makes a run better than good weather and good music. This morning I went for an early(ish) run and thought, ‘Spotify, you are going to be my god today’. Selecting browse, then workout, I was greeted with multiple playlists for different genres and workouts. I opted for rock-run today and the best track provided this morning was the following by My Chemical Romance    Even though I’m not a huge fan of this song it was the perfect running track and gave me the get up and go I was looking for.