Nilüfer Yanya, 27, a London-based alt-rocker on her sophomore album, Painless, caught my attention from the start. Her smooth voice juxtaposed against a drum-machine rock beat creates a whole musical universe that invites the listener in (on her IG page it says “welcome to my world”). The slacker guitar riff is difficult to pin down, revolving around and around. “When I was writing this song … Continue reading Nilüfer Yanya – “the dealer”
A weekly update on all things music, advertising, and technology coming straight to you from Anthony Vanger at MassiveMusic. #TWIM ARTIST OF THE WEEK: BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE If you crossed Nina Simone with James Baldwin you might get something that sounds like Benjamin Clementine. Born and raised in London by strict Ghanaian parents, Clementine, now 34, left home and found himself sleeping rough on the streets of … Continue reading This Week In Music – 8th December 2022
A weekly update on all things music, advertising, and technology coming straight to you from Anthony Vanger at MassiveMusic. #TWIM ARTIST OF THE WEEK: LORD VANGER “TRAIN” Train, the second single from Lord Vanger’s upcoming album LEAP was penned on a high-speed train between Barcelona and Madrid. As the darkening sky turns the windmills and rustic houses into silhouettes flashing by, the train becomes a metaphor … Continue reading This Week In Music – 24th November 2022
A weekly update on all things music, advertising, and technology coming straight to you from Anthony Vanger at MassiveMusic. #TWIM ARTIST OF THE WEEK: WEYES BLOOD “GRAPEVINE” There is something magical about Natalie Mering’s, aka Weyes Blood, voice. Her delivery is so subdued and precise, yet at the same time powerful, that one wonders how she achieves this feat of vocal engineering. There is also a … Continue reading This Week In Music – 11th November 2022
A weekly update on all things music, advertising, and technology coming straight to you from Anthony Vanger at MassiveMusic. #TWIM ARTIST OF THE WEEK: FRED AGAIN Fred John Philip Gibson, known professionally as Fred Again, is a British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and remixer. Fred is known for the range of artists he has worked with including Swedish House Mafia, BTS, Baxter Dury, Stormzy, Ed Sheeran, Burna Boy, Headie One, Halsey, Eminem, Octavian, The … Continue reading This Week In Music – 9th June 2022
