Tunes, tunes, tunes. Hello and welcome to JOE’s Songs of the Week. It’s pretty simple – we select five songs that have appeared in the wild over the past week or so that we think are worth your attention. It’s a mix of homegrown and international this week, with a particularly American troubadour kicking us […]

4 years ago

Random Access Memories sucks. Get over it. Almost 10 years into what biographers will no doubt one day refer to as a “glittering” career, this writer has received more hate mail over one piece than any other and it’s not even close. The offending article in question: A retrospective critique of Daft Punk’s 2013 album […]

6 years ago

The creator of one of the most immediately arresting albums of the year so far on the reality of being a pop star in 2019. It’s never like it is in the movies, is it? Maggie Rogers doesn’t think so, at least not when it comes to depicting the well-worn life of the musician on […]

7 years ago

It is a bit of a banger, in fairness. Donald Trump is quickly running out of songs to play at his rallies. Under a month ago, Prince’s estate released a statement in which they told Donald Trump not to play any of the late artist’s songs again. The song ‘Purple Rain’ had been heard at […]

8 years ago

Some acts thrive in a festival setting, others struggle, and then there’s N.E.R.D. It’s 2018 and Pharrell Williams, legendary purveyor of crystallised pop and R&B heroics, is quite literally begging the Electric Picnic Main Stage audience to whoop, cheer and oh dear god please acknowledge his flatlining band. They barely react, and why should they? N.E.R.D have had […]

8 years ago

It dropped at midnight on Friday, and we haven’t been able to stop listening to it since. Whether you love him or hate him, Pharrell Williams knows his way around a chewn. From his co-productions when he was a part of The Neptunes (Snoop’s ‘Drop It Like It’s Hot’, Kelis’ ‘Milkshake’, Britney’s ‘I’m A Slave […]

8 years ago