Elbow & My Pick Of The Weekend's Music

Band Of The Week - Elbow

New Album: Build A Rocket Boys!

At first glance, Elbow may not seem to live up to their larger than life hype; it may seem hard to understand how the music portrays the band’s bigger picture, but that’s just it. You can’t understand the bigger picture until you’re on the same wavelength as the smaller one, and this is where Elbow excel.  



Lead singer, Guy Garvey, depicts an improbable artist on first impressions: burly, slightly uncouth and seemingly bereft of confidence. His lack of confidence is present throughout the band’s new album, Build A Rocket Boys!, as he wrestles from head to heart in an effort to form an accurate portrait of his hometown of Manchester.

The bearded frontman’s brushstrokes allow the sullen to meet the soothing in what is perhaps the most complete album of the year, so far. I said before that at first glance Garvey appears to lack in confidence, and though that may be true, his words evoke a state of rapture that is unmatched in warmth and wholesomeness by any other band.

Elbow are by no means the product of a bygone generation of music, nor are they of a current trend, they’re something so much more.

On their latest single, Lippy Kids, Garvey and his troupe manage to, yet again, perfect the transition of making an ordinary story into something truly extraordinary, something reminiscent of a childhood memory, something brilliantly beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc5fX4TytFE

If You Listen To Anything This Weekend, Listen To...
Alex Turner - Piledriver Waltz:

Sheffield's Shakespeare - Alex Turner

Stare deep into the heart of any Arctic Monkey's song and you’ll always find the most unlikely looking of wordsmiths - Alex Turner. Turner has always had the ability to croon with an eerie sincerity about anything from life’s most tasking questions to its most trivial. If there’s a greater modern-day raconteur, I’d be surprised.

On the Sheffield lad’s latest adventure, he seeks to find solace in a more acoustic sound. Debut solo album, Submarine EP, marks the soundtrack to the new British comedy film of the same name. The standout single on the CD, Piledriver Waltz, sees Turner attempts to reassuringly serenade his audience through their experiences of heartbreak. A feat that he manages to do so effortlessly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uij9h6N2zzE

Vato Gonzalez ft. Foreign Beggars - Badman Riddim (Club Mix):
House music, take note. If you want an instant club classic, follow the same basic formula: lay down pulsating bassline, add generous portion of Foreign Beggars, wash, rinse, repeat. House music is undergoing somewhat of a revival in recent times under the eagle-eyed guidance of groups such as Swedish House Mafia, and the wheels aren't showing signs of slowing up any time soon.



Introducing Vato Gonzalez - an artist fresh out of Holland that looks set to break the mould for how underground dance music should sound. His sound is one that wreaks havoc on the senses in the best way possible, and with the aid of the Foreign Beggars, the upcoming DJ definitely looks to have a hit firmly within his reach with Badman Riddim.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PaRVAdD4XY