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Following her impressive debut ‘19‘ expectations were mighty high for Adele‘s comeback. Few could have imagined that the similarly numerically titled ‘21‘, propelled by the incredible single ‘Rolling In The Deep‘, would bring the young singer/songwriter to such dizzying heights.

Still, it would be wrong to attribute the Londoner‘s success solely to this lead single as there are plenty of fantastic moments on display ad demonstrated by the countless Adele tributes that exist on Soundcloud and Youtube.

Cougar writer Emily said “This is the album I’m not ashamed to admit I borrowed from my mum. Although Adele i always in danger of being overplayed, I still am not quite sick of her; for me it is her song writing that stands her apart from all the other ladies with pipes“.

Our boy Cole added ” I love Adele. I love her because she is more engaging with her voice and a piano than Rihanna and Lady Gaga are with million dollar stage productions. Her voice is heartbreaking and ‘21‘ has some of the most sincere young love tracks ever recorded. “Someone Like You”, “Rolling in the Deep”, and “Turning Tables” are all good enough to single-handedly carry a hit record. Whatever heartache (or genius songwriting partners) led to these beautiful songs was well worth it. I will still be listening to this album in 20 years.

TRACKS:

Adele – Turning Tables

I was delighted to see Arcade Fire won the Album Of the Year Grammy last night. Considering they were competing against the likes of Eminem, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga this was a huge achievement but ‘The Suburbs‘ deserves all the plaudits because from start to finish it is flawless.

The band blasted through ‘Month Of May‘ whilst 2 BMX riders raced around stage in what looked like mens sunglasses and video cameras for helmets. I can only imagine these are the same kids riding their bikes that the band sing about in ‘Sprawl I’ (Flatland).

The band went on to perform the brilliant ‘Ready To Start‘ where Régine Chassagne‘s delicate backing vocals proved to be positively spine tingling.

Best moment of the night besides Win Butler‘s bewildered look when accepting the award  has got to be Kanye West, who lest we forget also released an epic album, tweeting his support for the album.

For what it’s worth compared to a Grammy ‘The Suburbs’ was easily my album of the year as well.

I feel like music is in safe hands for a few more years.

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Pomplamoose‘s rendition of Lady Gaga‘s ‘Telephone‘ has been spinning in my head ever since I first caught their Youtube performance. The duo are at the forefront of the “Videosongs” phenomenon where the rules are simple:

1. What you see is what you hear. (No lip-syncing for instruments or voice)
2. If you hear it, at some point you see it. (No hidden sounds)

We like this alternative approach to recording and presenting music and we like this cover. KUDOS!

TRACKS:

Pomplamoose – Telephone

Besides being an artist in his own right Wallpaper. has been steadily unleashing original remixes and high quality mash ups over the past couple of years.

Having tinkered with artists as diverse as Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Passion Pit and Mariah Carrey there is a lot of material to soak up. With that in mind Wallpaper. just unleashed a mixtape covering all these tracks going back to 2007.

Check it out here!