A great Twitter thread about Black British documentaries, including 'Sounds of the West' about Bristol jungle and drum'n'bass scene, 'Broken Glass' about Manchester breakdancing scene, 'Champion Sound' about reggae sound systems in Coventry, Goldie documentary etc.
Guardian jazz music critic combs through "one of the most garlanded and wide-ranging catalogues in the genre’s history" to present Chick Corea's 10 best recordings, from "showboating and sensitive", as the pianist "traversed the distance between experimentation and accessibility".
"There has been almost no dialogue about how asexuality is being explored - whether intentionally or through subtext - in song lyrics. That’s why I’ve been keeping a list of songs that have strong asexual themes" - them.'s Isabel Corp writes in her post about "fourteen songs that folks on the asexual spectrum can enjoy on February 14". There are 'Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)' by Kate Bush, 'A Pearl' by Mitski, 'Dry' by PJ Harvey, 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' by Joy Division...
Billboard made a list of the 50 biggest love songs of all time, based on their chart position. It's mostly ballads, and the earliest entry on the list is 1958's 'To Know Him Is to Love Him' by the Teddy Bears. It seems love isn't really much of a thing lately - the newest entry on this list is 2011's 'We Found Love' by Rihanna.
NME has made a compilation of 23 best drill songs from the history of genre. After being pioneered by Chicagoan producer Young Chop in 2012, drill has become rap’s most popular sub-genre. The list covers everything from Chief Keef's 2012 'I Don't Like' to last years' 'Dior' by Pop Smoke.
BBC revealed the 10 most played songs on UK TV and radio of the last decade:
10. 'Sex On Fire' - Kings Of Leon
9. 'Forget You' - CeeLo Green
8. 'Counting Stars' - One Republic
7. 'Uptown Funk' - Mark Ronson, ft Bruno Mars
6. 'I Gotta Feeling' - Black Eyed Peas
5. 'Can't Stop The Feeling!' - Justin Timberlake
4. 'Get Lucky' - Daft Punk, ft Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
3. 'Moves Like Jagger' - Maroon 5, ft Christina Aguilera
2. 'Rolling In The Deep' - Adele
1. 'Happy' - Pharrell Williams
Lists are always great fun, right? Billboard made a totally unnecessary and a totally fun one - a list of the biggest pop stars every year since 1981 to 2019. It starts with Blondie, continues with Michael Jackson and Madonna from the 1980s, Nirvana and TLC, among others, from the 1990s, Eminem and Beyonce from 2000s, and Adele and Justin Bieber from the last ten years. Find the full list - here.
Billboard made a selection of songs that "shaped and reflected the music and culture of the 2010s". Billboard explains "not all of them defined the decade at its best, but for better or worse, it’s close to impossible for us to imagine the decade without any of them". It's not all great music, but it's […]
Fact Magazine likes electronic music, pop music with style, and hip-hop with substance, which is exactly to be found on their list of best 25 albums from April to July. Not all the names on the list are that well-known, which is the most worthy thing about it - finding out good music not many […]
It's 100 albums, and nobody in the world has heard them all properly. It's interesting to start exploring, even if not all of those are really that great. TH has an audio file for every album, so - press play!
From 'Big Fun in the Big Town' about New York 1980s rap scene to 'In Bed with Madonna' The Guardian shares a list of top 20 music documentaries.
