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Vampire Weekend Return with Two New Tracks

After almost six years Vampire Weekend have finally made their long awaited comeback, dropping two new tracks from upcoming album ‘Father of The Bride’.  The two new tracks show the band going in slight change of direction musically but still maintaining that happy go lucky innocence and charm the band have always worn on their sleeve. The first track, Harmony Hall is a fun bouncy and happy song, the chorus is big catchy and sits atop a soulful Primal Scream sounding piano. As the song builds into a huge feel good ending you’re suddenly reminded of everything that made you

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A new Skunk Anansie album and lots of Ace Academies: Catching up with Ace

Martin Kent, known to most as Ace of Skunk Anansie, is one of those musicians who clearly put their heart in everything they do. It is rare to see someone who has achieved so much in his life being so modest and self-aware at the same time. In the last year he has being travelling Europe, sharing collaborations and mostly launching his Ace Academies, which had a particular resonance in Italy. I met him the first time last February on the occasion of my 4-day crash guitar course with him  - read here my previous interview with Ace. This October, exactly eight