Music by Bergman: NiNE8

NiNE8 are music industry misfits. Since banding together nearly six years ago, the London-based collective, comprised of eight uber-talented late teens and twenty-somethings, has been perfecting its DIY sound.

With a series of alt hip-hop releases and sleek production in their arsenal, NiNE8 have gone from music college pals who liked to jam, to international names found jetting to studios in Los Angeles and winning adoration from the likes of Clairo and pop queen Billie Eilish.

NiNE8 was co-founded by rapper and visual artist Lava La Rue in 2014.  La Rue met Biig Piig in music class in college when they were both just 16. Piig is known for her soft vocals, switching between English and Spanish at lightning speed. Also in that music class: Lloyd, aka Mac Wetha, a beatmaker and producer who has worked on solo tracks for Piig.

19-year-old MC and vocalist Nayana IZ first saw La Rue perform at a Grenfell fundraiser, before introducing herself. Then we have rappers, LorenzoRSV, known for his grittier style; Bone Slim, the masked storyteller; Nige, aka DJ Sukha, and model, MC and producer L!BAAN.

Music by Bergman: Dreamer Boy

Having already spent time on the road with scene-leaders Clairo and Omar Apollo, Nashville’s Dreamer Boy is making waves with his fun bops inspired by puppy dogs, romance and daydreams. It’s all very warm and reassuring, in a coming-of-age, friends-for-life, everyone-goes-through-stuff kinda way. Currently working on the follow-up to his 2018 debut album ‘Love, Nostalgia’, he’s an exciting prospect for the year ahead.

.The new single from Dreamer Boy, Crybaby, was inspired less by Johnny Cash or Dolly Parton and more by George Harrison, David Bowie, and a particularly life-changing day spent indulging in psychedelics.

Best Covers: Coach Party ‘Bags’

Isle of Wight four-piece Coach Party have today unwrapped their cover of Clairo’s ‘Bags’. The release also comes with a video shot and edited by the band themselves.

Coach Party’s cover of ‘Bags’ is a result of the band’s restless lockdown creativity,

The muses of La Musa: Clairo

Only few artists have had such a meteoric rise in recognition as the twenty year old bedroom pop singer Clairo.  In the past few months, Clairo has gone from an underground singer to a lo-fi pop sensation with millions of views on YouTube and thousands of followers on social media.

Clairo’s music is perfect precisely because it doesn’t go with anything: it’s sweet pop with guitars instead of bedroom electronic beats; it’s young and fresh without falling into urban clichés; it’s new but it makes you feel at home.

Ville à Dômat #253: ‘Fascination Street’

Nou capítol avui de Ville à Dômat. Divus Julius ens prepara una selecció de música per llepar-se els dits en la setmana Sónar Festival. Estrenem el més nou de Spoon, Clairo, Sofi Tukker, Villagers, The Kooks, Dope Lemon, Octavian i els catalans Kids from Mars

Dijous 22h/ Dissabte 13h Ràdio Ciutat Vella 100.5FM

Ville à Dômat: Fascination Street

Divus Julius presents…Wallows

Despite forming less than a year ago, Wallows members Braeden Lemasters, Dylan Minnette and Cole Preston have been playing music together for nearly a decade. The connection is evident in their solid, high-energy live performances. Wallows have just wrapped up a series of sold-out shows at LA’s The Roxy and Troubadour, Slim’s in San Francisco, Constellation Room in Santa Ana and Mercury Lounge in New York City. Wallows are currently writing and prepping new tracks with plans to release more new music soon.

Wallows sound, an amalgam 90s era alt-rock with a younger modern twist, Now, the band prepares to release their debut album, Nothing Happens, available March 22 via Atlantic. Nothing Happens takes us through the ups and downs of life and captures the band’s journey towards adulthood through 11 intimate, introspective tracks. Wallows offers us a first glimpse into Nothing Happens with lead single and video “Are You Bored Yet? (feat. Clairo).”

 

 

 

Ville à Dômat #228: ‘The Music Store’

Regirem el nostre magatzem musical cada setmana per estrenar les millors cançons del moment. Aquelles canços que probablement no escoltareu enlloc més. Aquest dilluns Divus Julius estrenarà el més nou de Villagers, Suede, The Lemon Twigs, Ibeyi, Parcels o Lana Del Rey. Us descobrirem a nous talents com ara Slow Hollows, A Beacon School, Clairo, Yves Tumor o Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs. També tota la informació sobre el (BAM), In-Edit Festival i Primavera Club.

Dilluns 19h 100.5FM Radio Ciutat Vella

Ville à Dômat: The Music Store