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God Is In The TV

1 week ago | godisinthetvzine.co.uk | Matt Hobbs

The act of leaving somewhere and returning later was discussed in a geographical manner five years ago on debut album Regresa. The album title itself translating as "coming back" in English. In that case, it was about revisiting Puerto Rican roots. The festival music videos, Spanish language, percussion and nod to a celebrity icon from their country really put the listeners deep into that culture .
God Is In The TV

3 weeks ago | godisinthetvzine.co.uk | Matt Hobbs

The colour amber has powers to it. It is said to protect against negative energy and harm, while simuteanously healing the body, spirit and mind. Furthermore it promotes warmth, joy, and optimism. Montreal's Jessica Hébert performs her compositions under the name Ambre Ciel. The multi-lingual composer's pseudonym translates from French as "amber sky".
God Is In The TV

1 month ago | godisinthetvzine.co.uk | Matt Hobbs

If you have ever watched a toddler dance to music - whether in person or through a YouTube-uploaded homemade video - you would know that witnessing this can change your mood. They let the music influence their body movement without overthinking or feeling any kind of embarrassment. They could clumsily fall down but if the song is still playing, their impulse propels them to get back up on their disco feet.
God Is In The TV

1 month ago | godisinthetvzine.co.uk | Matt Hobbs

When listening to their seventh album - their first since 2022's We - it's hard to not ignore the Pink Elephant in the room; to borrow from the title of Arcade Fire's latest release. With the knowledge that this is the first release from the Canadian group since frontman Win Butler was accused by five women of sexual misconduct gives an awkward tension surrounding their music.
God Is In The TV

2 months ago | godisinthetvzine.co.uk | Matt Hobbs

"I know I told these tales for many years now. I feel it's time to set my story free. Questions about what my future holds now. The thoughts of where I'll end up, where I'll be". Although she would consider her Little Dragon friends (Erik Bodin, Fredrik Wallin, Håkan Wirenstrand) - who she has known since high school and has performed musically with since 1996 - as a kind of close-knit family, Yukimi Nagano (now under the mononym Yukimi) has decided to venture on her own LP-wise for the first time.
God Is In The TV

2 months ago | godisinthetvzine.co.uk | Matt Hobbs

"Replace your I for a we and why? / Replace your I for a money can't buy / Replacе your I, bigger fish to fry". Norwich-born but active globetrotter Oscar Jerome wrote his previous record ' The Spoon' while couped in Germany's capital Berlin during the world pandemic. Understandably due to the forced isolation, its theme was about warped reflections of oneself, although rather interestingly Jerome took on different personas to reflect this mulit-angle.
God Is In The TV

Mar 11, 2025 | godisinthetvzine.co.uk | Matt Hobbs

Growing in a suburb of Athens, as a child Stella Chronopoulou could view both the ocean and the surrounding mountains. The sheep and goats being her alarm clock, her parents let her roam freely without permission around streets where cars were barely present but houses with unlocked doors were aplenty.
God Is In The TV

Feb 11, 2025 | godisinthetvzine.co.uk | Matt Hobbs

From the album's title of 11:11, to the names of the tracks '4AM' and '9 to 5', to the alarm beeping at the end of ' I Keep Losing Sleep', the concept of time is clearly important to Ireland-born Jessica Smyth.
Six Nations: Who rivals Antoine Dupont as tournament's greatest player?

Feb 6, 2025 | bbc.com | Matt Hobbs

Media caption, He's back! Dupont magic leads to first try of Six NationsThis year's tournament marks 25 years since the beginning of the Six Nations era. Over the past quarter of a century, the championship has played host to some true greats of the game and, in current France captain Antoine Dupont, has a player seemingly taking the game to another level.
God Is In The TV

Jan 20, 2025 | godisinthetvzine.co.uk | Matt Hobbs

The current mindset of a musician can be read into the way tracks are spelt on an album. On predecessor acts of rebellion Bogotá-born Ela Minus, with the exception of the postcode-pertaining opener ' N19 5NF', used all lower case text. This was despite the fact that the D-I-Y electronic musician's introduction in the LP world showed big strength in being about battling against obstacles. Yet on the Colombian's second release DÍA everything is enlisted in capital letters. Why? One might wonder.