Posts By Grace Mpofu

Deez Nuts is what hardcore punk is all about. It’s testosterone. It’s men in the front of the stage banging their head and slamming their sweaty bodies into each other. It’s rough, it’s angry and it’s drunk a lot of beer! It’s the type of music that bonds hardcore lovers together like pub rock did in the late 70s. When I went to see them last September they were amazing, even when I was one of the few girls who were there. Read More

New York-based indie pop band Fun, made up of lead singer Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost and Jack Antonoff, have recently topped the Billboard charts with their anthemic hit single “We Are Young”, featuring Janelle Monae. On their new album Some Nights, they are doing things differently. Read More

American roots-pop rockers Train have maintained an impressive career, albeit one that appeared to be propped up by their universal single of 2001, Drops of Jupiter. But the surprise runaway success of Hey, Soul Sister in 2009 and 2010 changed that, and the group is evidently reinvigorated, with the Drive By single seeing them bravely playing with brand new territory. Read More

“Live fast, die young/ Bad girls do it well,” Maya Arulpragasam chants on the intro to her latest single. Given that it’s a line loaded with the kind of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll fluff that most of today’s chart huggers are spouting, it was probably the last thing we expected to hear from the politically-minded Sri Lankan. Then again, it’s also a line that few could pull off so spectacularly.
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It’s hard to believe that Scars and Stories is the third album by The Fray. After the immense breakthrough success of their debut record How To Save A Life back in 2005, The Fray have dominated modern radio. Read More