Friday, 8 January 2010

What's happened since I've been away.

Colour broke up. I swear, any group of boys under the age of 30 playing music together is always destined for disaster. Or maybe that's just when I start liking them. Still, in the end they released an album called 'Anthology' featuring all of their singles, plus a few other unreleased songs. It's definitely worth having if you haven't already got the singles, but if you have, iTunes may be the answer.
Colour - Tallulah's My Mother's Name

Laura Hocking changed her name to Lola & the Clic, then back to Laura Hocking again. She acquired a couple extra musicians to play with her live. I finally got the chance to see her play. It was delightful, to say the least. She also thought about releasing an EP in September, kept everything quiet for a while, and in November announced that it should be released in January. Well, it's now January, and nothing has been said. I predict May. Laura is a busy woman however, and if you make such wonderful music, you should be allowed extensions. Here's a video to celebrate such talent.
Laura Hocking - Back Down Eddy

Blue Roses released her album in April, and all was well. Not quite as enjoyable as the Emmy release was, but still, definitely worth the buy. Laura Groves is a very talented musician, and I think she's been compared to Kate Bush? I don't know, I don't listen to Kate Bush, but I think that may only be vocal wise. I still can't get over the shitty name, but don't judge a book by its cover, or a musician by its name. That Kevin Rudolf person still managed to have a bit of success didn't he...
Blue Roses - Cover Your Tracks

Emmy the Great played, and played, and played; and I followed. Such a fantastic musician/band, my favourite of 2009. They also released another EP, titled the 'Edward EP,' which was equally as fantastic; they can do no wrong in my eyes. Nothing's been announced for 2010, but here's to hoping they'll play countless more gigs, and perhaps release a bit more music.

2 comments:

ikp said...

yo sophie I'm stalking you. xxxx

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