First song in 22 years. Comparatively uptempo. Fabulous.
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2016, despite being 2016 , was a pretty good year for music. In reverse order, my fave 50 albums: 50 Savages - Adore Life 49 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree 48 Weaves - Weaves 47 Wye Oak - Tween 46 Invisible Boy - Invisible Boy…
There's a little feature at Clash on this, the second song to be previewed from the new album out next month.
The as yet unreleased and fabulous Dreams Go is at the end (15:18 in).
I miss this band. The album holds up four years on.
Jonathan Cohen, for Rolling Stone: If you remember Bruce Hornsby only for his 1986 adult-contemporary smash "The Way It Is," you would have been mighty surprised by the scene at Wisconsin's Eaux Claires festival in August.…
Bruce Hornsby, in a lovely in depth feature at Stereogum marking the 25th anniversary of Bonnie Raitt's 'I Can't Make You Love Me': I changed the chords around to suit my aesthetic or my style, I guess. I added my voicing to the mix.…
Sounding as good as they did 25 years ago.
From the new album scheduled for January 2017. Superb. So happy to have them back. Wojtek's still got the moves.
Epic song, cinematic video. This is gorgeous.
As good a shoegaze version of 'Dancing In The Dark' as you're likely to hear. (I'm being flippant. I love it.)
6 months on, this has lost none of its shine. What a track.
Låpsley's performance at Latitude brought her songs to life. The vocal on this song in particular was stunning.
Blog post.
I hope 2016 is the year everyone comes to love Shura as much as I do. Every song's a winner.
Fabulous, of course.
3 games left. It's really happening. OMG, etc.
What a way to start an album. Such a cracking track.
Susanne Sundfør: I think Never Gonna Love Again is one of the most beautiful love songs ever written. It’s one of the few songs I keep coming back to and never get tired of listening to.
Two things from this 1999 clip. Paxman's cluelessness and Bowie's prescience.