Continuing onward with our retrospect of the best our Music Team thought 2013 had to offer! Peace- “In Love” – Ceri-Ann Hughes When asked to write about my album of the year there was only one which popped into my […]
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A Look Back On 2013 Part I
The nights are long, dark and cold, the airwaves are being filled by The Pogues and Slade in an endless swirling of christmas nostalgia and, as the year draws to it’s end, we here at Insanity HQ begin to look […]
Insanity Playlists 15/11/13
This week on our playlists our old friend Avicii continues his reign with his new single that comes out next month, Arctic Monkeys follow up their announcement of big summertime gigs next year with new single “One For The Road”, […]
LIVE REVIEW: The New Mastersounds @ Borderline, London
Borderline, London | November 6th, 2013 Since their 2003 album “Be Yourself”, The New Mastersounds music has been consistent, driving and a well needed source of British jazz-funk music. 2012’s “Out on the Faultline” is the latest album, […]
Live Review: Bombino @ Southbank Centre, London
Live Review: Bombino at the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London | October 25th, 2013 Bombino is the stage nickname of acclaimed Tuareg blues guitarist Omara Moctar. Hailing from Niger, the musician put out a record earlier this year that […]
Album Review: Eminem "The Marshall Mathers LP II"
Eminem – “The Marshall Mathers LP 2” Shady’s back, back again, and after the success of 2010’s return to form album “Recovery” he’s confident enough to title his latest release as a sequel to what most consider his masterpiece, “The […]
Presenters Picks: Stealth & Altair "You Do Me Wrong"
Stealth & Altair – You Do Me Wrong – Programmed V2.0 (Program) What is there to say about a song that already perfectly explains itself to someone with their eyes closed simply by being an excellently produced song? For those […]
Presenter's Pick: Imagine Dragons "Demons"
“Demons”- Imagine Dragons “Demons” is set to be the next single which is sure to storm the UK charts from the hit band Imagine Dragons. Well imagine (*bad dum tss*) this; a song filled with such heart wrenching “Heck Yes” […]
Playlists 01/11
This week we have Arcade Fire looking set to top the album charts with their fourth record, James Blake wins the Mercury Music Prize with “Overgrown” and Lady Gaga joins us back on the A-List with the second single off […]
REVIEW: Arcade Fire "Reflektor"
‘Sprawl II (Moutains Beyond Mountains) was undeniably the highlight from Arcade Fire’s 2010 album ‘The Suburbs’ and so it’s little wonder that this is the sound that they decided to pursue for their new double album. ‘Sprawl II’ was the […]
A Tribute to Lou Reed
Lou Reed On Sunday 27th October 2013 Lou Reed passed away from liver disease, aged 71. His recent image has been one of that grumpy old guy who sang ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ in the 70’s and did […]
Review: Pentatonix
Pentatonix So you liked Pitch Perfect? Glee is your favourite TV show, and you want to marry all of The Warblers…especially Blaine? Well honestly, these examples of a capella talents are a mere speck compared to the sheer awesomeness of […]