Genre: Tribute album
There have been loads of David Bowie tribute shows since the star died in 2018. There have also been plenty of covers of his music, usually focusing on his Ziggy Stardust glam rock persona and music.
Modern Love was put together by Drew McFadden, the music exec and DJ, and Peter Adarkwah, founder of BBE Music, with the express purpose of showcasing Bowie’s forays into R&B, funk, gospel, soul and jazz. The liner notes describe the project as an “interactive sonic map” where 17 artists delve into some of Bowie’s lesser-known material.
Naturally, this description is bound to get fans debating whether the song selection truly suits the brief.
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Daniel Dylan Wray
, April 7th, 2021 08:31
Black Midi are back with a second album that defies most (if not all) expectations people have of the band. They talk to Dan Dylan Wray about abandoning the jam, embracing the melody and picking up the wok. Home page photograph by Yis Kid
“People seemed to really like the debut album but after a while we all became pretty bored with it,” says Black Midi’s idiosyncratic singer and guitarist Geordie Greep. “So, it was like: this time let s make something that is actually good.”
It says something about the momentum behind this young band that they have already partly palmed off their highly revered debut album like it was a pesky fly hovering in their periphery. However, for anyone that was sucked in by the band’s chaotic whirlwind of a debut