I spent most of my free time in my youth in those dark rooms.
Part venue, part basement - where the saturated sound amplified by the surrounding concrete would bounce back right through your bones. A place where music became more than anything, a physical experience. A place where your whole body was one…
Have you ever had one of those insane weeks when everything is so undoubtedly shit that the single thought of waking up in the morning and sorting your life out becomes unbearable?
Oh wait. That’s just being human nevermind.
Ha ! It did happen, it does happen and most probably will again -…
I thought that with a new website, I'd bring less old excuses about running out of time (Alexa, you know the drill, play me some Paramore stat), but here we are.
I've actually a fair excuse this time and most of you probably don't know, or care, but I'm moving houses at the moment - as…
Some mondays are worse than others, had to use my backup emergency coffee this morning and spoiler alert, it was shit. Not the best start of the day so I definitely needed a post punk kick in the arse to jumpstart my system.
Thankfully, I realized a couple of weeks ago that the good lads…
Taylor’s Eras tour is finally available for endless rewatches on streaming platforms so it’s probably the right moment to post that little write up I did after catching it at the cinema, for she definitely is - the moment. As for those who have no idea what I'm talking about, take a second for a…
Nine Grammys, two Golden Globes, two Oscars and a lot (like a LOT) more - 22 years old.
Do I really need to say more?
Obviously.
I’ve learnt not to judge the quality of an artist or a piece of music on the number of awards it gets but with a list…
Never thought my little Monday’s special would be so quickly aptly named. But it is indeed a very special one.
U2 closed their 40 date residency at the Sphere this weekend - and if you want to hear more about that mad ride, it’s this way - and gifted us with the song we’ve all been hoping for.…
“We’d be mad not to”
That’s how U2 advertised their residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas, NV when they first dropped that ad during the superbowl. Or at least that’s the bit that stuck with me.
The promise of something never done before. Something so big, so buoyant, so extravagant that it would…
Stumbled upon these guys' single ‘Come over (again)’ a few months back and it's been a while since I've been that obsessed with a voice and if you do press play on that video you’ll soon understand why.
But it goes a bit (lot) further than that. I’ve been keeping an eye, or more…
Woke up yesterday to some nightmarish reality where Julien, Lucy and Phoebe had apparently dropped at their secret acoustic set at the Smell, LA , the forsaken words any music fans fear to hear : “We’re going away for the foreseeable future”.
My coffee instantly turned sour as if someone had slip a freaking…
What happens when you take a classic and add the vibes of a band that had never been shy of fangirling about it ? An actual tribute to Talking Heads - and I couldn’t have imagined a better energy than the one Paramore always brings to nail this thing.
Fans will always do a…
** Originally posted on u2andcoffee.com on 2 December 2022 / Edited on 26 february 2025 **
Everyone reacted pretty quickly after seeing Stories of Surrender, and I mean for good reasons – reactions are supposed to be instantaneous right? Well. I needed to remember how to human first and take the time to process…