Blog posts by year and monthJune 2012
Posts (6)
#Roses6Music - help build the Ultimate Stone Roses Playlist
Their 1989 debut defined Manchester's music scene for a generation becoming a bona fide modern classic, and this weekend The Stone Roses are back where it all began, playing three sold out gigs in Manchester's Heaton Park. The Roses' shows at Alexandra Palace and Spike Island have become the...
#Blog2012 - the 25 most talked about artists in 2012 revealed
Canadian songstress Grimes has topped the 2012 Music Blog Zeitgeist after being the most talked about artist of the year so far according to Hype Machine and their analysis of 863 key music blogs from across the world. They looked at what they've been writing about and calculated the number...
#Blog6Music - who are the best artists of 2012 so far?
We're just about to run down the 25 most talked about artists online this year, as compiled by Hype Machine and their database of 863 blogs. However, there are certain other blogs who are very good friends with us at Now Playing and so we asked them who their favourite artists of 2012. We'...
#Blog6Music - the 2012 Music Blog Zeitgeist with BBC 6 Music and Hype Machine
This Sunday BBC 6 Music and The Hype Machine are joining forces to unveil the top 25 artists of the year so far in the 2012 Music Blog Zeitgeist. As well as tracking who and what is currently the most talked about musicians online on a daily basis, Hype Machine also reveal their Music Blog Zeit...
#PunkBritannia - the Ultimate US Punk Playlist
After looking at the UK Punk scene last week and some of the amazing music it helped develop, this week we are turning our attentions to the US scene, and inparticular New York as 6 Music and BBC 4 continue celebrating Punk Britannia. All day on Sunday 6 Music will be celebrating the anarchist...
#PunkBritannia - help pick the Ultimate UK Punk Playlist
Throughout June, 6 Music travels back three decades to a time where youthful rebellion and three guitar chords collided to create one of the most important cultural developments in 20th century history: Punk rock. To accompany our special series of shows presented by the likes of John Lydon a...
