Lana Del Rey - National Anthem (video)

Another absolutely brilliant video from Lana, this time for her latest single "National Anthem". Taken from the album Born To Die. Enjoy.

The Girls Dominating? Nina Nesbitt, Gabrielle Aplin, Orla Gartland & Lauren Aquilina...

There seems to be an abundance of talented young female singer-songwriters at the moment. We've had a few in recent years; Laura Marling, KT Tunstall, Amy Mcdonald, Lissie, Sandi Thom, Kate Nash , Imogen Heap, Lauren Pritchard etc... 

...There is a new generation however, that includes the wonderful Gabrielle Aplin who found her Home EP spread like wild fire earlier in the year which lead to her being signed to Parlophone. Nina Nesbitt was recently added to the Radio 1 playlist after a strong showing by her Apple Tree EP and subsequently signed to Island Records. Then we have Orla Gartland whose latest single "The Devil On My Shoulder" is simply stunning. Finally, Lauren Aquilina is killing it on YouTube - having had over 1 million combined views of her work, not bad for a 16 year old school girl. They all clearly have bright futures and perhaps more importantly because they seem to want to help each other become a success, tweeting and spreading each others names. It will be interesting to follow how far each of them goes. Have a listen to their tracks below to get a feel for each of them...

Gabrielle Aplin - Home

Nina Nesbitt - Apple Tree

Orla Gartland - The Devil On My Shoulder

Lauren Aquilina - Get Here

Kobi Onyame, Context, Paul Thomas Saunders & Skinny Lister

Let me start this blog by apologising for not having written one in a wee while. I have been extremely busy blah blah blah, you know the rest...

Big man of the moment for me is Kobi Onyame and his track "Dreams" featuring Jamie Sellers - its a huge hip-hop track, looking forward to seeing more of him. Bought the album today which is also very good and has features from Sway, KOF & Emeli Sande. Biiig.

Right, so I went to see Splashh last week @ Queen Of Hoxton and left after 3 songs. I never normally do that, but it was very try hard and just a bit of a noise - although their video for "All I Wanna Do" is actually very good. Then this week I went to see Harbour at Nambucca on Holloway Road and although it is very early days for them, there is definitely something there. Listen to "Colder" below, big tune. (I might have posted this before).

Context, although not a new name to many (the winner of this years MTV Brand New for 2012 Unsigned contest), is someone to look out for big time - check his video for "Drowning", its amazing. Massive work from @AshASykes who is managing him.

Last two names to look out for are Paul Thomas Saunders (top) and Skinny Lister (bottom). Enough said, check them out.