Photo credit: Robert Bellamy Banjo or Freakout is Alessio Natalizia, an Italian multi-instrumentalist and producer living in London. You might know his previous work: remixes and reworks for such bands as Bloc Party, LCD Soundsystem, The Soft Pack, and Bombay Bicycle Club. Today’s JOTD, though, is synthy, folky, shoegaze-y pop all his own. Named “105” … Read more
A Speakers in Code Proclamation: We, the united bloggers of Speakers in Code, henceforth declare this tenth year of the 21st century, the official year of the percussive-stringed instrument known as the banjo. It’s an unlikely instrument, in a landscape of electronic bleeps and bloops, auto-tune, and mashups, but the banjo has stirred up underground … Read more
In 2009, Bombay Bicycle Club released its debut album, I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose, which launched them to immediate buzz band status across the pond. Combining electronic elements with acoustic bliss, they created a near-perfect indie-pop concoction, making an instant and noticeable impact on the music scene from which they sprang. … Read more