The Royal Wedding has been pretty much inescapable. Unless you’ve been held in a state of cryogenic limbo you wouldn’t have failed to notice that almost every newsstand adorns the faces of Kate Middleton and Prince William – the future king of England who’s due to tie the knot this Friday. The British government has even set aside a national holiday for the event and encouraged towns to organise street parties to celebrate. Sales of Union Jack bunting, not to mention tacky ‘Wills and Kate’ memorabilia, have sky rocketed.
With the big day closing in Shazam has put together a playlist of tracks that should – in the ideal world – get an airing at the post marriage party.
Billy Idol – White Wedding
An obvious choice, but a worthy one none the less… Billy Idol’s new-wave hit may be as ‘80’s as ZX-spectrum, but it still sounds great. Idol’s cameo appearance in ‘The Wedding Singer’, alongside Adam Sandler, gives him a double-whammy of wedding related trivia. Read more…
As part of the Sound of 2010 – the selection of up and coming artists the BBC launches at the beginning of the year- we have already witnessed the rise of Ellie Goulding, The Drums and Marina & The Diamonds, to name a few, into the premier league of today’s popular music.Also included in the much-coveted list and one of the last ones to release his output is the Londoner remixer and electronica producer Gold Panda. He specializes in dreamy sound landscapes, crowned with chopped vocal samples and minimal beats that have earned him comparisons with Animal Collective and The Field.Since his firsts tracks ‘You’ and ‘Quitter’s Ragga’ caught the attention of the most influential bloggers around the world his profile has gone from strength to strength. After spending most of the year carefully preparing his debut full-length, ‘Lucky Shiner’is ready to be released internationally on October the 12th via Ghostly International and in the UK through his own label ‘NoTown Recordings’.
The album’s ethereal new single ‘Snow & Taxis’ is now being offered for free download –see the widget below.
