FRESH NEW KICKS: Sharpness- Jamie Woon

By now it seems relatively safe to dub Apple Music’s Beats 1 radio a comprehensive success. Artists are premiering exclusive content over the airwaves at a rate that probably has Jay Z crying into a handkerchief worth more than your entire wardrobe. OVO, FKA twigs and Pharrell are just a sample of musicians choosing to drop new tunes on their own shows without so much as a hint of a pre-order option on iTunes. And thankfully, that has led us to this happy occurence: Jamie Woon, the original sonic mould for thousands of Soundcloud electronic R&B artists, has returned to rescue us from the musical doldrums with a brand new track that Pharrell cheekily decided to air on his Beats 1 slot, without Woon’s prior knowledge. Then Disclosure followed suit by showcasing it on Radio 1 and now the song has finally made it online for you to listen at your leisure.

SHORT AND SWEET: ‘Twas 3 Days After Christmas…

Short and Sweet gives you quick links to the hottest tracks

Much like Rupert Murdoch, #contentneversleeps. While you were trying to deflect the Christmas dinner conversation from your future career plans (“Well… preferably I’d like to be employed… That’s sort of it for aspirations right now Aunt Kate.”), artists were busy dropping festive treats for all of y’all to enjoy once the meat sweats had passed and you were able to breathe again. First on the Xmas thank you list: GFOTY of PC Music, released her take on seasonal cheer, as heard through a Nokia 6070. 

 
That’s this bad boy, in case you’ve forgotten. 

Merrily titled Christmas Day, it crams in just about every possible signifier of the most wonderful time of the year; it’s as if the output of an Xmas Twitter bot has been forcibly nailed to an xylophone. Listen below, if that sounds appealing.

A Comprehensive Shit List Of The 2015 Grammy Nominations

The first raft of Grammy nominations were announced this morning and to be honest, taking cheap shots at them is both a lazy and pointless exercise. Luckily, I’m the kind of person who skips a lecture if they can’t find matching socks, so let’s release the biting witticisms!*

*some categories will be omitted because life really is too short to care about Keith Urban.

Best Country Album 

Riser- Dierks Bentley 

The Outsiders- Eric Church

12 Stories – Brandy Clark 

Platinum- Miranda Lambert

The Way I’m Living- Lee Ann Womack 

There’s been several worrying attempts to drag country music to mainstream attention recently, but thankfully they’ve all failed because I don’t know who the fuck any of those people are. However, I would not be surprised if Dierks Bentley was revealed to be a retired porn star, who couldn’t be bothered to properly change his name after his career ended.