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DETAILS ON THE LACK OF POSTS TOMORROW

Hey guys! i just wanted to let you guys know that i will not be posting anything special tomorrow because i'm going to be heading out to watch my favorite band play. If you see me at Kings Of Leon's Hyde Park festival tomorrow i will probably be taking a lot of photographs and being semi, wild and crazy (not too crazy though).The only thing that will be posted tomorrow will be the Video of the day and maybe the LookBook's of the day being that it doesn't really take a lot of time to post those segments but on the bright side i will be writing a gig review and posting photos from the event and maybe some videos , it will depend on the quality. Anyway! have a nice day tomorrow and try not to miss me too much haha!

LOOKBOOK OF THE DAY

TOP 5 INDIE SUMMER ALBUMS

So to embrace the on and off 'Summer Season' I decided that I wanted to give you guys an insight into the summer albums that I like to listen to during this time of the year. Now these albums are not placed in any particular order I think 'Charts' and Top 10's are silly ways to brainwash people into buying records. Everyone has their own personal tastes so Charts are irrelevant because everyone has their own ideas of what decent music is, ANYWAY, enough of the wobbling on.... Here are the top 5 albums of the summer

Pala is a typical 'Friendly Fires' album with incredible rhythmic songs, you can not listen to this album with out getting up and dancing. The album was only released a couple of months ago so go out and purchase it, also their second single for the album is our video of the day.

Come Around Sundown is an album by my favorite band Kings Of Leon, this album is completely underrated. Songs like 'Immortals' , 'Beach' and 'Pick up truck' are songs that will go down in history as the greatest songs on an album. I was a little bit disappointed by the single choices (Radio Active, Back Down South & Pyro) because i don't think that they serve the album justice, they are not the best songs on the album. If you haven't already purchased this record then go out and buy buy buy! It's been like a year now so i'm hoping that you have.

Total Life Forever is an album by another great band the 'Foals', this album was released in 2010. It's funny because the album cover appears to display all the emotions that you feel when you listen to this record , it makes you want to run down to the beach and swim, this is purely an amazing summer album.

Contra is an album by 'Vampire Weekend' it isn't as complex as the other albums but if you play it at full blast during a barbecue it definitely fits the mood, it's a conventional album.

Tourist History was my favorite album last year, every single song on this record was great and that is all i can say.

VIDEO OF THE DAY

LOOKBOOKS OF THE DAY

VIDEO OF THE DAY

LOOKBOOKS OF THE DAY

Only Real is a dub-step/hip-hop inspired artist that provides his listeners with stories and inspirational messages, through his incredible lyrics. After discovering his music on MySpace we thought that he would be the perfect person to interview for our unsigned segment but after listening to one or more of his tracks we decided that his talent should only be showcased through our 'Artist Of The Day' segment.

HAVE A LOOK AT OUR INTERVIEW WITH HIM!

What are bands/artists are you influenced by?

I think J. Cole is an artist that I am influenced by, I am a huge Hip Hop fan and this is pretty clear through my music.

I’m also influenced by Ska and Dub music, the song YKG has a Buju Banton sample and some Ska style organs.

Did you always want to be a musician?

No, not until I was 15. I actually wanted to be a dolphin feeder, I don’t even know if that really existed (laughs).

If you had to collaborate with an artist who would it be and why?

Kanye ... Holla at ya boy!

What’s your favourite song that you’ve written?

I would say lemonade is the song where I go in hardest!, the simple beat forced me to give three verses of some of my best lyrics.

LIKED THIS INTERVIEW? LISTEN TO ONE OF HIS TRACKS IN THE VIDEO BELOW!

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