Britney Spears, Alicia Keys and Elton John are among the stars set to headline this year’s Apple Music Festival. The legendary festival will be returning to the Roundhouse venue in London, England, next month (Sep16), and will mark its 10th anniversary with a huge celebrate of live music. The line-up was announced on Thursday (25Aug16), with Britney among the stars on the bill to perform. Speaking about the gig, Britney revealed her excitement about returning to the English capital, saying: “I’m so excited to go back to London, which is a special place for me to visit and I’m really looking forward to performing at the Apple Music Festival. It’s also their 10th birthday! It’s going to be a great party.” Bastille, Calvin Harris, OneRepublic, Michael Buble, The 1975, Robbie Williams and Chance the Rapper complete the line-up for this year’s 10-night festival, which will be made available live and on-demand to Apple Music members in 100 countries, via their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC, Apple TV and Android phones. Alicia said of her involvement in the festival, “I love London and performing at the Roundhouse! I can’t wait to see you there. It’s going to be magic!” Elton […]
Oasis frontman Liam signs to Warner Music
In the past, Liam Gallagher has said that he wouldn’t release a solo album because “I’m not a c**t.” Liam was asked to join the group Rain in 1991. Changing their name to Oasis, they soon added Liam’s older brother Noel to the lineup and, with their album Definitely Maybe, became one of the biggest artists to come out of England in years. Liam and Noel were constantly at odds and the band finally broke up in 2009 with Liam going on to form the band Beady Eye. The group released two albums, both of which went top 3 in the U.K. It was in January that Gallagher officially ruled out any solo work with a Tweet containing the rationalization above. Fast forward to today with the announcement that Liam has signed with Warner Brothers records and will release his first solo album next year. Warner Brothers’ Phil Christie said “Liam’s one of the all-time greats – brilliant, distinctive, controversial and captivating. The album he’s currently recording is big, bold and heartfelt, and it feels important and culturally relevant. Such a strong return for one of the UK’s most loved artists.” Gallagher said in a press release “Very excited to […]
Music Mirror–New artist Spotlight–Icelandic Kria delivers an alternative gem !
KRÍA is a London based artist originally from Reykjavík, Iceland. She began playing the piano when she was six and sang in various choirs until her late teens. KRÍA began taking classical singing lessons and wrote her first song at 21 while experimenting with garage band. KRÍA writes and produces all of her songs and uses two drummers during her live performances. KRÍA studied creative vocals at The institute of contemporary music performance and producing her debut EP in august 2015. KRÍA then started gigging on her own around London and was joined by two drummers. KRÍA’s line up currently consists of: KRÍA – vocals, synth, sampler Adam – Drums Nathan – Drums Kria talks about the origin of her name “ With the name I asked my mom what I should call my project and she just said ‘KRÍA’. KRÍA is the Icelandic word for an arctic tern (a bird). KRÍA is influenced and inspired by “space, aliens, horror movies, the hidden people from Icelandic folk tales, ghosts and musically by acts like The streets, GusGus, Fever Ray and Massive Attack. Kria has performed all over the U.K including the O2 academy in Islington and embarked on a […]
Music Mirror rock out to the Japanese Fighting Fish
BBC 6 Music faves Japanese Fighting Fish unleash new single and album “Swimming with Piranhas” In 2009 the mysterious Ishii christened the Leeds theatrical space funk rock band Japanese Fighting Fish and they continue to blast out tunes in his honour to this day. The Fish are no longer what they once were: in 2011 debut album “Just Before We Go MAD” experimented with South American rhythms, fierce vocals and grunge guitars. 2013 saw the release of the punkier and louder second album “Day Bombs” recorded in several skuzzy garages in Leeds and London on a considerably lower budget than the Foo Fighters album that inspired it. Now the theatrical beast returns with third album “Swimming with Piranhas” this time recorded at Air-Edel Studio in London, mastered by Tim Young (Everything Everything, Elbow, Massive Attack, The Clash, Sex Pistols, The Beatles ) and injects hooks fuzz funk and S P A C E into the Fish Tank. J.F.F the band has racked up an impressive resume including busy summers alongside the likes of Wild Beasts, The Stranglers and Babyhead at Shambala Festival, Beat-Herder Festival, Weyfest and Beacons Festival. The video “Don’t Wanna Be Bat Man” received 145k views in […]
A catchy disco pop gem from Jezz with new single “Move Closer”
New single from Jezz “Move Closer”. Move Closer is a 90’s inspired disco track featuring live bass, guitar, brass and shamelessly addictive vocals. What/Who is Jezz ? “I am 44 year old English teacher working in Croydon. I have played live since I was ten and moved to London from Ireland almost 2 years ago and Jezz is a name I write, record, produce and release under”. Jezz is a one man solo operation but features live instrumentation. Guest vocalists appear on new tracks and Jezz has recorded 2 albums with dominant singer Clara Rose. The focus is pop/ disco / electro/ 80’s/90’s inspired acts like M People, Jamiroquai, Chic, Duran Duran and newer acts such as Chvrches and Jess Glynne. All material has been released independently except the 2009 debut album “We Made This” featuring the single “Still Breathing”. The follow up album “Bangâ” features the singles “Out with The Boys” and “Beach Song”. The promo video for “Beach Song” was shot on location in Ibiza and has now reached 63k hits. Jezz has also released standalone singles “One Night” on Overtmind and “Unspoken”. Jezz is currently back in the studio recording songs with London musicians for a third […]
Maggie M is full of melody and passion and the sound of her new single“ My Love” is infectious
Growing up around New Orleans, Maggie began crafting her musical taste young, studying violin, piano, voice and rhythm. After moving to Houston, she taught herself guitar at age 15 and began writing music as well as arranging and learning to produce songs. Though Maggie moved to New York City to study Acting, she couldn’t escape her desire to write poetry and music. She formed her band MaryMac right after college, frequently performing bars and clubs in New York City, DC and Albany. After a year with the band, Maggie began assisting at Mercy Sound Studios in New York’s East Village, to learn how to make their first Album. Being surrounded by artists at the studio led to many collaboration opportunities, the first being with producer Black Coast. The debut release of their single TRNDSTTR was premiered on HillyDilly.com October 2014 and made it to #3 on Hype Machine’s Most Popular Tracks on Blogs chart. The Remix, released November 2014, made it to the #1 spot on HypeM with Soundcloud views recently surpassing 21 Million streams. TRNDSTTR remix was also used in the Les Twins (Beyonce, Missy Elliott) World of Dance Tour (2015) which led to its growth of […]