If there is one tune on this planet that captures being autistic it has to be Björk’s Hyperballad. Okay, I live on a hill and not a mountain but whilst view is beautiful there is no pile of car parts, bottles and cutlery at the bottom of our garden steps (although Hubbell’s keen on his collection of clothes pegs). Instead, there’s a pile of my … Continue reading 50 tunes for 50 years: Björk
We’ve all had our Bowie TV moment. You know the one. 1972. Arm dropped casually over Mick Ronson’s shoulder as he performed Starman on Top Of the Pops. Moments that made us feel we were no longer alone, that we were part of a tribe. I can’t sit here and claim that when I saw Frankie Goes To Hollywood on Channel 4’s The Tube one … Continue reading 50 tunes for 50 years: Frankie Goes To Hollywood
It was Guildford 1987 and I had heard a tune like no other, a tune I couldn’t get out of my head. A glorious man called Mark I had found myself house sharing with (responsible for enough gay life lessons to last me, well, a lifetime) was a disco devotee and always happy to confirm my first childhood love for the cowbell and strings. But … Continue reading 50 tunes for 50 years: Nitro Deluxe
Today I’m feeling a little under the weather. Lurgy incoming. So it seems only right that I head towards the warmth of Nat King Cole. The crackling 33 1⁄3 rpm of Love Is The Thing from my early childhood that brought charm and cosiness to those long evenings spent on my Nan’s black leatherette sofa as I battled the scratch and static on my tight … Continue reading 50 tunes for 50 years: Nat King Cole
Slip and slide into this one and you’ll be tripping with joy all Autumn long. Yes Roisin Murphy is back behind the camera to deliver another glimpse into that fabulous mind of hers and it is as good as she led us to believe. Add a tune that will whirl around your head like the most welcome of earworms courtesy of Ali Love and Ms … Continue reading Perfect Distraction: Róisín Murphy – Jacuzzi Rollercoaster feat. Ali Love
When your friends sound this good what else do you need? Yes Tech Support is at it again after wowing us with Taking It Back, this time with an Friends EP destined to find itself keeping dancefloors across the globe happy as he fuses loved-up loopy funky soulful disco delights with hedonistic house to create a session you need to be at. Because when Friends this … Continue reading Perfect Distractions: Tech Support’s Friends
The Isle Of CC has been my perfect distraction for a while now since we met her and her glorious band of merry wonders at the 1BTN Weekender during The Great Escape this summer in Brighton. Forever charming, forever tuneful, forever worth a listen. So grab yourself a beer and huddle down on that sofa of yours. The Isle Of CC Sofar Sounds of the sweet … Continue reading Perfect Distractions: The Isle Of CC
It’s time to be distracted by a tune about the days of our lives as we head into a week about to be filled with them. Yep its getting emotional already here at Wildblood and Queenie HQ and Florence‘s genius lyrical machine has us all a quiver in the lead up to Pride weekend. She’s right. Come next week we won’t know anything, except the joy … Continue reading Perfect Distraction: Florence and The Machine’s South London Forever
Oh Ms Summer where would my ever changing moods be without you? From Pride celebrations to sunshine drives to after hours and sunset bliss you always hit the disco spot, however balearic, however Munich, however camp, however Brighton. Summer, Moroder and Bellotte gold The Wanderer is an album of sexy wonders, filled with synth sweetness, rock edges, epic sonic adventures and Summer at her vocal and lyrical … Continue reading Perfect Distraction: Donna Summer’s The Wanderer
I’ll always work it for you Florence. June the 29th can’t come soon enough. Florence and the Machine new album High as Hope is out June 29 via Republic. Stream or download the single Hunger here. Yes buy not steal. Remember kids, home taping is killing music. Web | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Continue reading Florence – my forever perfect distraction
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