Music-Drop Magazine

Yesterday I was thinking about how abysmal 2014 was for music. Now there are many points that could be argued that it was a great year for music. But for my personal taste it was beaten by almost any other recent year that I can think about. The stand out moments in 2014 were probably The War On Drugs & Saint Vincent. However some new bands sparked my interest, those being: Jungle, The Districts , Alvvays, and Benjamin Booker. Another such artist is American soul maestro Leon Bridges, who came to my attention around October last year with his incredible  Coming Home . Leon feels like he was built specifically for my music taste. He sings retro-inspired soul music, with a classic nostalgic feeling, while avoiding to seem like a tribute act. He sounds closer to Otis Redding then he does D'Angelo.  The most obvious thing about Leon is that he is a throwback, he reminds you of the 60s, musically and visually due to his style. This is perhaps a mixture of...

17th February 2015 - 100 Club, London. Mark the date. Because one of the hottest commodities in contemporary music are in town. Twin Peaks, are a power pop/jangle pop band, they are perhaps one of the most talented bands of their genre nowadays and their album Wild Onions  of 2014, was very very good. The band playfully intwine their guitars to echo the sounds perhaps most accurately of Weezer. Whose similar power chords and power pop dual combination are perhaps nearing identical to Chicago's Twin Peaks.