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 The 1975 publicó ayer su quinto trabajo discográfico, Being Funny In A Foreign Language , después de NOACF (2020), cuya reseña fue el primer post del blog que compartí por Twitter.  Después de dos años, The 1975 llega con una ametralladora de hits pop. La banda deja a un lado su afán experimental en un lado para centrarse en un disco pop, un álbum con solo 11 pistas; preciso y enfocado. El espectro de géneros se reduce (no hay rastro de dancehall ni EDM), pero persiste la identidad de la banda de Manchester: Desde el primer single, Part Of The Band , se siente la mente de Matty Healy, con su folk-rock y la letra plagada de sus yuxtaposiciones llevadas al extremo, su análisis social y su post-modernismo. En el proyecto persisten las influencias ochenteras y solos de saxofón en temas como I'm In Love With You y Oh Caroline, con un piano que recuerda a The Way It Is de Bruce Hornsby & The Range  y los habituales temas más cercanos al jazz, como el grower All I Need To Hear o

 Last Wednesday The 2021 Brits were celebrated. Usually in February but delayed due to coronavirus restrictions, the Brits took the O2 Arena with the best ceremony of the year and the best Brits in years. Despite that, the ceremony lost 860,000 viewers since last year. The Dayly Mail points out that it's because viewers wanted to watch a show focused in music, not in politics (Dua Lipa seems to be the one to blame here for claiming better salaries for frontline workers). Anyway, awards ceremonies are losing more viewers each time: The Grammys had  historic low ratings and the same happened with ACM awards in country music or to the Oscars.  However,  this year's BRITS have been one of the best. Here's why: 1. Dynamism  : The set was a big room with the celebrities sat in tables, like in the past years, but due to social distance , there was more space between the tables, so when winners were announced the artists had to walk a longer distance. This showed the true emotions

 On Thursday Machine Gun Kelly released the video for ' Forget Me Too' (featuring Halsey). The song stood out from the rest of MGK's new album songs , Tickets to my Downfall, where he forgets rap to be a pop-punk star. On the track , Halsey's autotuned voice remembers of Evanescence and her look in the video does too.   His partnership with Travis Barker from Blink-182 , who also appears in the video, began in ' I think I'm Okay' (ft. Yungblud) , included in his 2019 project , Hotel Diablo . With inspiration from Blink-182 and Fall Out Boy, there are tracks that reproduce the same pop-punk spirit as the 2000s ones and others that have a modern spin ( 'My Ex's Best Friend' , feat Blackbear). Other artists influenced by 90s bands are Twenty One Pilots and Post Malone. Both artists covered an Oasis classic (' Don't Look Back In Anger ') for Leeds Festival in 2019. Post Malone, despite having great success doing rap, he sounds more authen

Today Dua Lipa releases a new video for 'Levitating', featuring DaBaby(Billboard baby). It seems that the Blessed Madonna, Missy Elliott and   Madonna were not enough (at least  commercially or chartly enough).  With  'Hallucinate' out of the US singles chart and  peaking on number 31 on the UK Official single chart, Dua is ready for a proper new single. 'Let's make it 2020' - Dua must be thinking. This decision is maybe promoted by 'Club Future Nostalgia' failure: Only selling 28K in its first week, after changing its release date to a week later. One great thing brought back in this remix is adding back the chorus. The Blessed Madonna remix speeded up the song, eliminating the chorus parts, which were the key of IDGAF's success.   It is remarkable that Dua decides to do two remixes of the same song, instead of dropping music videos for singles off Future Nostalgia. 'Love again' or 'Pretty Please' might be a good idea for singles

 Last Thursday Michael Kiwanuka was announced as the winner of the 2020 Mercury Prize. After the big announcement, Michael performed ' Light' on Later...with Jools Holland  .  Early this week, Michael talked to the Mercury Prize's Youtube channel about the inspiration and the making-of the album. Based on 70s Black Music, Michael is not afraid of embracing his roots, his heritage. He is confident like never before. That is why the album is called ' KIWANUKA'.  There is some kind of joy on the record, shown in ' You Ain't The Problem ', an ode to confidence and persistence on being true to yourself . African drums melt with the alt-rock spirit (emphasized with warm vocals, such as in ' Rolling ') that exists throughout the whole album and a raw honesty in the lyrics. There is also time for searching hope  ( I've Been Dazed) in a religious way and for delicious piano-ballads-interludes.  'Hero' addresses Black Lives Matter.  The reviv

This post is the first one of a new section, called ' Music & Visual Art'. Its purpose is to show the connection between music and other arts, specially visual arts. The point is proving how ,with the help of other arts , we can get to reflect the same that music does. In this first post the focus will be on THE 1975. Its frontman, Matty Healy appreciates and is so into different ways of art (painting, fashion and music ,of course). In an interview with GQ, he admits that ,for musicians, the ' live show is (their) c urrently artistic statement visually'.  That is probably why he also uses visual design. Talking to Pitchfork for the  On the records section, where Matty broke down all of the 1975's albums,he described the first one  as an ' Apocalyptic teenage romance' . He wanted the album's art to be ' nostalgic (...) , but also modern' , something that completely relates to the project . Black and white with some classic typography and

 Two years ago , Christine and the Queens dropped her second studio album, which we have already reviewed back in July. With a new image, Christine tried to show something has changed from her vulnerable, but also determined debut album, Chaleur Humaine.  The first single, Girlfriend, had Christine not picking up between a genre, neither musically (she oscillated between funk and synth pop). Dancing got also more theatrical, with a brilliant set design, which developed in a 'must' to understand the album, to complete CHRIS experience. That is why we are going to go over the best performances of Christine while she was touring this second chapter. 1 . GLASTONBURY 2019 :With this album, she could return to Glastonbury after her 2016 set. This crowd was special to the singer, who had demonstrated its affection during her festival debut . 'Glastonfreaky' she claimed during Girlfriend performance. 2. COACHELLA 2019 : Apart from Glastonbury, she toured around the world '

 Despite suffering postponements due to COVID-19, the Coventry band seems unstoppable. After getting played for the first time on BBC Radio 1's Introducing Selection , having played for BBC Radio 1 BIG WEEKEND and celebrating the success of ' Pulling away', the band is ready for their new single, 'Numbers Game'. Numbers Game is a statement against music industry's falsehoods and hipocrisy. Everything ends up in a 'numbers game'. The lyrics are full of clear honesty and describe the music game's traps ( 'Surrounded by numbers just to prove your worth' ). Solid, strong energetic and speedy guitars get their typical alt-rock spirit and help to reinforce the message.  Its severity and strength make the track a true assertion , powerful as a battle cry. 'Numbers Game' is a brilliant continuation to 'Pulling Away', but this time in a more confidently way .  defined by the lyrics and Rob Latimer's vocals, which show they are unaf

 In the new episode of NME's section 'Friends Like These'  Zara Larsson and MNEK remember the first time they met, being an artist and  the other version of 'Ain't My Fault' . Zara also tells about what inspired her new song 'Love Me Land' and MNEK speaks about how he came into Joel Corry's 'Head & Heart', which has been number one in the UK for six weeks and its reaching the top 10 in other European countries.

As every Friday,  a new Top 40 is announced  and there are climbs, slopes and  2 new entries.  First, let's talk about Perfect' 's ,by Ed Sheeran, return to the charts. It returned last week to the top 40 nearly three years after its  video release! That is huge, really huge and it could possibly increase the whole album (Divide) listenings. The two new entries are Midnight (The hanging tree) by Hosh &1979 ft JALJA, which has been circling over the charts for weeks and finally enters in nº34 and  Burning by M Huncho ft. Dutchavelli on number 13. The biggest fall is  Nicki Minaj and 6ix9ine's TROLLZ which drops 19 places. This contrasts with TROLLZ reaching number 1 on Billboard Hot 100 after asking fans to buy the song multiple times to increase its position on the charts. On the other hand, the biggest climb is for Jason Derulo and Jawash 685's Savage Love . It has been only for two weeks in the charts and it is probably aiming for number one the following wee

 I'm a big fan of this BBC Radio 1 section , in which the guest artist performs live some of his/her (recent) records or singles and , moreover, does a cover of a song chosen by him/her. This gives listeners and fans some notions about the musical taste of their favourite artist and proves the skill artists have to give their touch to an another singer's song. Here there is a list with some of my favourites: 1. Christine and the Queens:  Her Beyoncé's 'Sorry' cover was nominated to 'Radio 1 Live Lounge Performance of the Year' in 2016. She absolutely changed the song by adding an 80s vibe, the bass and making the song more melodic and pop. She took the song to the dancefloor and added her charasteristic Michael Jackson-inspired vocals. Of course, Heloise sang in French!  : Christine has visited more times the Live Lounge including when she went with Charli XCX to perform 'Gone' and brought a 90s retro vibe to 'TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME' by the 19