Soap&Skin’s cover of Me and the Devil is Brilliant. How important are cover versions to promotion?

Soap & Skin’s new single, Sugarbread, is a talented opera of monks, orchestras and torturous screaming that actually works as a mad mash, but the B-Side cover of blues legend Robert Johnson’s Me and the Devil has destroyed me, here’s Soap & Skin’s version of Me and the Devil. It gave me a shiver from … Continue reading →

iamamiwhoami and the art of making people ask, who is she?

Recently, I’ve been really getting into music by iamamiwhoami. Its quite an odd name to remember when you’re telling your friends or searching for an album. But it turns out there’s a genius story behind the name and the music project. The story begins with a moderately pleasant pop album from a moderately easy going … Continue reading →

The Green Deal and Mule Balls

For David Cameron’s ‘Greenest Government ever’ the Green Deal is a Big Deal, and Green Deal loans are available from 28 January. But it’s not that surprising if people haven’t heard of it (81% haven’t according to a poll by YouGov), because the PR and Marketing for it has been – for want of a … Continue reading →