London-based duo, Honey Ryder , featuring Martyn Shone and Lindsay O’Mahony, have worked on their debut album, Rising Up, with London’s Goldust Productions team (Bryan Adams, Natasha Bedingfield). The album was mixed by Brad Gilderman, (Madonna, Outkast) and Bob Kraushaar (Pet Shop Boys, Robbie Williams).
Elbow / Grounds for Divorce This is a song with fantastic instrumentation. The riff is simple and so incredibly effective that you don’t even need to listen to the lyrics to be inspired as it’s the music that carries you.
Former bassist of Weezer, Mikey Welsh, has more recently reinvented himself as a successful artist. Welsh attacks his canvases with pure spontaneity and aggression, almost never using a brush and preferring to work only with his hands and fingers.
Minutemen / Search Clocking in at 51 seconds, The Minutemen lay down all the goods that made them one of the best bands in history. This track features throbbing, melodic bass from Mike Watt, glass-breaking guitar from D. Boon, and tom-tom heavy swirls from George Hurley. Watt takes the mic for this one, at times sounding a bit like David Byrne. Almost as soon as you get your head around this tune, it’s done.
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