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 The now London- based singer and songwriter Oliver Beardmore released last Friday his EP, Not Sinking, Yet Floating, which includes his latests singles and two new songs ( Closer and I'm Sure You Know ). The EP gets Oliver's work from the past two years together.  The result is a dive in guitar walls, unbreakable textures and a total immersion in Shoegazing. Even though tracks like Closer or Not Sinking, Yet Floating strengthen the introspection, creating a very dark and gloomy atmosphere, there's also time for more melodic pieces ( Fiesta and With The Heavens On Your Side), closer to modern-pop songwriting.  The guitar is the  protagonist of the collection, cause and effect of the project. The intention to cover the wide sea of the instrument's dimensions leads to have a very alt-rock sound, getting nostalgic mid-80s  and 90s guitars on the EP-titled cut, Not Sinking, Yet Floating .  

 On Friday  Les Victoires de la Musique had place in  La Seine Musicale (Paris).  Les Victoires de la Musique  are France's most important music awards. They are considered the French Grammys and  they usually award artists from the critic's point of view. Even though they're frequently compared to the Grammys, they are better like the BRITs, for the shortage of the categories. The dearth remains in the number of nominees too, with only three nominees per category (!) , meanwhile there were categories at the BRITs with 15 nominees. Neither too much nor too little- I would say.  There are only 10 categories and 6 of them make reference to the artist's genre (male or female), letting only 7 'pure' categories: Artist Of The Year, Song of the Year, Album Of The Year, Best New Artist, Best Concert, Best Visual Art (or Music Video) and the new category: Album le plus streamé (The most Streamed Album) . This category tries to attract the youth to the Victoires and giv

  The Sanremo Finale had place yesterday to close this intense week of performances, bets and hopes.   La quinta serata consisted in every contestant singing their song, while the spectators could vote at home. This votes would be sum up to the general ranking product of the rest of the nights. The finale and la serata cover (where every singer had to cover a hit from the 60s, 70s, 80s or 90s) didn't modify much the general ranking of the first three nights: Ana Mena only moved one place forward from the first night, letting Tananai in the last place and the podium kept the same (the obvious winners Mahmood & Blanco, Elisa and Gianni Morandi). We could say the same for Irama, who scored a secure forth place and his highest position with Ovunque Sarai. The contestants tried their best in the finale, with a lot of them moving around the stage or going to the box and asking the audience to participate in their performances. Some pronounced speeches to complete the whole meaning of

 The famous Italian Song Contest  returned to its original date and to the Ariston theater . Yesterday Sanremo 2022 started with the first twelve performances (the other 13 will have place tonight) to end with the Sala Stampa  (TV, radio and webs) voting, giving the first place to Mahmood & Blanco's Brividi. The winner will represent Italy at Eurovision, but that seems secondary. The impact of participating and winning Sanremo is bigger: You get cualified as an artist. Apart from that, is a true walkabout. Yesterday 10 million people watched the gala. Advertising, special guests and sketches and jokes  prolonged the gala and made it last more than four long hours, letting Rkomi and Ana Mena's  performances almost to the end of the show. Let's have a look to some moments of  the night! 1. Maneskin returns to the Festival after winning last year: It's been a crazy year for Maneskin and returning to the same, exact place where all started was hard for the band, with

 Last Friday (January the 21st) Years & Years released their third studio album, which is the first one since the group split up and Olly Alexander decided to keep the band name to release his solo music. Night Call takes influences from the 80s and disco music, but it certainly is music from this century (from 2022 or 2019, when Olly started writing songs for this record). The result is a dance and up-tempo ensemble which explores desire and attraction in a very open way.  Included on the album are the previously released singles: Starstruck (that had the dance-pop queen Kylie Minogue on the remix) , Sweet Talker (with Galantis), which entered a few weeks ago in the Top 40 , and the latest one, Sooner Or Later. It also features some Years & Years hits and the It's A Sin version with Elton John, which was performed at last year's BRITS, consolidating (with Kylie's appearance) Alexander as a true pop-star. Night Call is made up of danceable, light songs to dance to

 This year's Christmas Day marked the fifth anniversary of George Michael's early death. With this post I wanted to pay some sort of tribute . Today I'll focus on his album Faith. It was released on 1987, after Wham's split in 1986 and after having released three successful solo singles: Careless Whisper ,   A different corner and the duet with Aretha Franklin, which won a Grammy Award for the Best R&B Performance by a duo or a group. Those three singles weren't included on the 10 tracks of the album, which made  the project seem a new chapter, like his physical appearance , as he would do with every other album (Older, 1996). All the songs were written and produced by Michael himself, which notices his involvement on the project and his music.  The album title is the same as the most successful track of the album, Faith. Faith is the perfect blend of rock and roll and pop. With its iconic video, George Michael established himself as a visual artist, having mem

This week the list of nominees for the 2022 Brits was announced. The ceremony will take place on February the 8th, coming back to their usual date. With the pandemic still fluttering, there's uncertainty about how the ceremony is going to be. Let's get into the nominations: Best hip-hop/grime/rap: The BRITs join the general opinion of the critics by nominating Little Simz, who's getting the first places of the lists of the Best Album of The Year. Apart from the now well-known AJ Tracey and Dave (both with albums praised by the critic, even if commercially it's hasn't been the same as their predecessors), the new additions come with Ghetts (shortlisted to this year's Mercury Prize) and Central Cee. -AJ Tracey -Dave -Central Cee -Ghetts -Little Simz Best pop/R&B: This category always feels a little strange because there is no R&B artist at all, except  maybe Joy Crookes. This concentration of giving one award for two major categories has never been underst

 In an interview with Spanish music website  JENESAISPOP , published last week, Parcels talked about the term ' cowboy disco ' and how it defines their latest album 'Day/Night'.  Cowboy disco seems to be the defined genre for the band's second album (their first new project since their self-titled debut in 2018). The term alludes to a disco-funk sound and country or folk lyrics. In the interview, Jules gave as an example their single Theworstthing. The lyrics on this song are gloomy and moving, while the groove drives it to disco.  Some of the feelings and lyrics on this album portrait a dramatic melancholic and sadness, that better relates with country and folk.  What the term shows is the union of the two genres with an evident setting, Australia: Jules Crommelin says in the interview that this album was written before the pandemic, missing and remembering Australia while the band was in Berlin. The closeness to the countryside that exists in Australia drove Parce

In 1996 the Italian singer and songwriter Francesco Guccini published Cyrano as one of the songs from his album D'amore, di morte e di altre sciocchezze. The track, written by Giancarlo Bigazzi, Beppe Dati and Guccini, has aged as one of the best cantautori pieces.  In it, Guccini transforms in Cyrano, the famous protagonist of Edmond Rostand 's drama, to do social criticism and ends up making one of the most moving declarations of love to Rossana, Cyrano's lover.  His interest on literature is not unusual; he is a poet and has written other songs about other magna opera, like about Don Quixote .  1. Cyrano de Bergerac: Cyrano is the perfect Romanticism's hero (even if the play is from 1897). His big nose moves him away from the society, which makes fun of him. Consequently, Cyrano has learnt to defend himself with bravery, haughtiness and courage.  He is in love with Rossana, his cousin,but he's afraid of telling that he loves her. Meanwhile, Rossana loves  Christ

 The MTV's Europe Music Awards are set to be celebrated on November 14th from Hungary. The nominations were revealed just a few days ago. Let's get into them! Best artist:  Doja Cat Ed Sheeran Justin Bieber Lady Gaga Lil Nas X The Weeknd Lady Gaga seems quite unfitting here. Her album Chromatica did not have such impact in Europe and if it's because of Rain On Me , it was nominated last year, so it makes no sense. Olivia Rodrigo would have made more sense here. Best video: Doja Cat ft. SZA – “Kiss Me More” Ed Sheeran – “Bad Habits” Justin Bieber – “Peaches” ft. Daniel Caesar, Giveon Lil Nas X – “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” Normani ft. Cardi B – “Wild Side” Taylor Swift – “willow" Throughout the whole list the nominations there are similarities with the nominees for the MTV's Vmas. An example is Normani's nomination. We all can agree that is a worked video, but it hasn't even entered in the UK's top 40.  Best collaboration: Black Eyed Peas, Shakira