Posted by The Accidental Lyricist on 25 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: news, tip
Here’s a freebie MP3 to check out. Adam Tensta is a rapper based in Sweden and who tours in the region. “Bangin’ on the System”, featuring Eboi, is an extract from his upcoming album “It’s a Tensta Thing”. To download the track, try bangin_on_the_system.mp3! To find out more, visit RMH Entertainment. So what’s it all [...]
Posted by The Accidental Lyricist on 27 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: news, tip
For once, I don’t have the lyrics. But I do have the distinct impression this track is brilliant. Gabriel Rios is a Puerto Rican living in Europe. “Angelhead” is the name of the single and his new album. Check it out and leave a message. I’m looking for the lyrics, by the way. Link fixed [...]
Posted by The Accidental Lyricist on 26 Jun 2006 | Tagged as: news, politics, tip
Given the debate about refugees that is currently raging across the world, Cibelle’s choice of “London, London” as a single is accidentally topical. Written by Caetano Veloso, one of the founders of the Tropicalia movement, it is a simple, breezy account of staying in London and feeling safe in the 70s. Despite coming on the [...]
Posted by The Accidental Lyricist on 23 Mar 2006 | Tagged as: news, tip
I’ve decided to start featuring new music on a-Lyric. I’m starting the ball rolling with more English eccentrics: Jack Adaptor. The London duo write slack pop à la Beck or a Tom Waits before he started not shaving. There is little of specific merit in the lyrics, except I can understand the words and remember [...]
Posted by The Accidental Lyricist on 06 Dec 2005 | Tagged as: meanings, protest, tip
In the first of an occasional series, we can’t help throwing a metaphorical coin into the cap of Plan B, a 21 year-old Londoner that stands up and raps (for want of a better word) about the world around him. “When people hear ‘Kids’ on radio, everything they’re scared of about the city is in [...]