I normally wake up most mornings with a song playing in my head.This time it was just the very end of 'I just can't stop loving you' by MJ and for some reason my brain kept linking it with 'Beat it' (from 'Thriller') following straight after. Curious to find out what actually came next, a... Continue Reading →
Thomo’s Classic Album Series #3 – Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique (1989)
Band - Beastie Boys Line Up - Mike D (Vocals/Drums) MCA (Vocals/Bass) Ad-Rock (Vocals/Guitar) DJ Hurricane (Turntables) Year - 1989 Producers - The Dust Brothers Label - Capitol It took me a little while after this was released to actually give this a listen - but thankfully once I did I was fully sold on... Continue Reading →
Foo Fighters – Medicine At Midnight (2021)
Artist - Foo Fighters Dave Grohl - Vocals/Guitar Chris Shiflett - Guitar Pat Smear - Guitar Nate Mendel - Bass Rami Jaffee - Keyboards/Piano Taylor Hawkins - Drums Producer - Greg Kurstin Release Date - February 5th 2021 Label - RCA When you’re 10 albums deep into a career as one of the most successful... Continue Reading →
Top 75 Tracks Of 1965
Having listened to thousands of songs in my life so far and with the majority of them being available at the touch of a screen on streaming services, I have decided to take on the task of creating my top 75-100 tracks for each year, starting at 1965. I have chosen this as my starting... Continue Reading →
Thomo’s Classic Album Series #2 – The Beatles – Abbey Road (1969)
Band - The Beatles Line Up - John Lennon (Vocals/Guitar/Piano/Moog) Paul McCartney (Vocals/Bass/Guitar/Piano/Moog) George Harrison (Vocals/Guitar/Bass/Moog) Ringo Starr (Vocals/Drums) Year - 1969 Producer - George Martin Label - Apple Are The Beatles the greatest band of all time? Obviously everything is subjective and very much of personal opinion (and personally I believe they are) but... Continue Reading →
serpentwithfeet – DEACON (2021)
Artist - serpentwithfeet (Josiah Wise) Producers - serpentwithfeet / Batu / Brandon Juhans / Lil Silva / Sampha / Take A Daytrip / Justus West Release Date - March 26th 2021 Label - Secretly Canadian Second album from this Baltimore native following on from his 2018 debut Soil, it finds this experimental R&B artist has... Continue Reading →
Lil Tjay – Destined 2 Win (2021)
Artist - Lil Tjay Release Date - 2nd April 2021 Label - Columbia Second album from New York City hip-hop artist Lil Tjay. Following on from the critical and commercial success of his debut, 2019's True 2 Myself, the 19 year old returns with a solid but unspectacular record. After the release of two... Continue Reading →
For Those I Love – For Those I Love (2021)
Artist - For Those I Love Producer - David Balfe Release Date - March 26th 2021 Label - September Recordings Limited This is the debut album from Dublin's David Balfe under the For Those I Love moniker - and what a debut it is!! Written in the wake of the death of his best friend... Continue Reading →
Kings Of Leon – When You See Yourself (2021)
Band - Kings Of Leon Line Up - Caleb Followill (Vocals/Guitar) Jared Followill (Bass/Keyboards) Matthew Followill (Guitar/Keyboards) Nathan Followill (Drums) Release Date - March 5th 2021 Producer - Markus Dravs Label - RCA The eighth album in the career of the Followill brothers (and cousin) is the follow up to 2016's Walls and comes after... Continue Reading →
Thomo’s Classic Album Series #1: Metallica – Ride The Lightning (1984)
Band - Metallica Line Up - James Hetfield (Vocals/Guitar) Kirk Hammett (Guitar) Cliff Burton (Bass) Lars Ulrich (Drums) Year - 1984 Producer - Flemming Rasmussen Label - Megaforce Records As a kid growing up, I was blessed to have a myriad of musical influences that have played a huge part in my love of all... Continue Reading →