Category Archives: Music

Kasier Chiefs – Thursday 5th February

February 6, 2015 by WhoIsDhillon

I got to see the Kaiser Chiefs on 5th February and write a short review for Metro Radio. Check it out below! The Kaiser Chiefs graced the Metro Radio stage last night, fresh off the back of their tour with the Foo Fighters in South America last year. Ricky Wilson, one of the judges from The Voice and lead singer, had previously likened the band to the Foo Fighters saying they “get on stage and get the audience involved and […]

Categories: Created Works, Music, Review, Website, Work • Tags: dave grohl, foo fighters, kaiser chiefs, metro radio, metro radio arena, music, review, ricky wilson

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Bombay Bicycle Club – O2 Academy 2014

December 14, 2014 by WhoIsDhillon

Bombay Bicycle Club released their 4th album earlier this year, which is much more electronic than previous editions as their sound has changed from their first album ‘I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose’ – so it was interesting to see how this would play out live on stage. They opened with songs ‘Overdone’, ‘Come To’ and a few more from the new album before moving onto ‘Lights Out, words Gone’, a personal favourite of mine. During ‘Ivy […]

Categories: Created Works, Music, Review, Website • Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club, electronic, entertainment, folk, I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose, indie, music, o2 academy, review

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Kings of Leon at St James’ Park

June 1, 2014 by WhoIsDhillon

Kings of Leon headlined the first rock concert that has been held in St James’ Park for a long time, and thankfully the barmy weather remained amazing giving the bands a chance to deliver an amazing show. I missed the first two acts Twin Atlantic and The Horrors but managed to catch a small bit of White Lies. They played their well know songs ‘To Lose My Life’, ‘Farewell to the Fairground’ and ‘Death’ as well as many more tracks […]

Categories: Created Works, Movies, Music, Review, Website • Tags: indie, kings of leon, live, music, newcastle, review, rock, st james park

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Some Summer Tunes

April 27, 2014 by WhoIsDhillon

I know the weathers been up and down the past couple of weeks (mainly down) but with summer approaching hopefully we’ll get the chance to set up a barbecue here and there. And to get the barby going you’ll need more than just some mediocre cooking skills, a massive bag of meat and some alcohol to mask the taste of burnt sausages. Here’s a list of tunes to get the party going: Nelly – Ride Wit Me (Viceroy “Jet Life” […]

Categories: Music, Review, Website • Tags: daughter, electro, Hayley Williams, house, music, nelly, paramore, remix, review, rixton, summer

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Fall Out Boy with special guests Pretty Reckless

March 23, 2014 by WhoIsDhillon

Fall Out Boy has been touring Europe since 28th Feb promoting their newish album Save Rock & Roll which came out last year in April. The album was recorded in secrecy after many reformation attempts during the bands hiatus, and has since gained many positive reviews while also hitting number one in the US – the bands second album to do so. The night kicked off with support act Pretty Reckless, with lead singer Taylor Momsen psyching the fans up […]

Categories: Created Works, Music, Review • Tags: fall out boy, indie, music, newcastle, Pete Wentz, pretty reckless, review, rock, save rock and roll, Taylor Momsen

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North Road

December 1, 2013 by WhoIsDhillon

I got the chance to film an acoustic band from the Durham in the North East. North Road is comprised of three members, Jack Robinson, Josh Henderson & Charlie Griffiths. They cover a range of instruments but primarily use acoustic, mainly guitars, their vocals and a Cajon drum. North Road was formed in the summer of 2012 as all three of them studied for a diploma in Music at New College Durham. Prior to becoming North Road they played music individually and often […]

Categories: Music, Photography, Website, Work • Tags: acoustic, acoustic band, cash for kids, Charlie Griffiths, d3200, d7100, entertainment, guitar, indie, Josh Henderson, metro radio, mtv, music, New College Durham, nikon, north road, photography, remix, sunderland, the North East, whoisdhillon

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30 Seconds to Mars with You Me at Six

November 19, 2013 by WhoIsDhillon

You Me At Six opened the night to warm at the crowd. They got everyone raising their fists and screaming with popular songs like Underdog and Bite My Tongue. Josh Franceschi, the lead singer and frontman encouraged people to mosh as much as they could, crowd surf, and basically be as maniac as they could. This was a sign of things to come. Jared Leto opened 30 Seconds to Mars by slowly descending onto the stage from a small platform, […]

Categories: Music, Review, Website, Work • Tags: 30 seconds to mars, 30secondstomars, entertainment, indie, jared leto, Josh Franceschi, metro radio arena, mtv, music, newcastle, review, rock, shannon leto, thirty seconds to mars, thirtysecondstomars, Tomo Miličević

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Northern Pride Uk

July 23, 2013 by WhoIsDhillon

Northern Pride Uk is a festival that provides a strong and positive voice for the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transexual community. On Saturday the 20th it was held in Newcastle Upon Tyne at Exhibition Park, and for a festival that was free, it was easily in the category of something that people should pay to see! Acts included headliner Amelia Lily, Toyah, Katrina of the Waves and Gaynor from Metro Radio. Every act put on an amazing performance, with a […]

Categories: Created Works, Music, Photography, Review • Tags: amelia lily, entertainment, exhibition park, festival, miss rory, music, newcastle, northern pride, northern pride uk, outdoors, photography, pride, review, whoisdhillon

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Songs to chill out to over Summer!

July 13, 2013 by WhoIsDhillon

No Diggity was a classic R & B track by Blackstreet way back in 1996. It was the track that many people grooved to when R & B was ‘in’. Now Alice Jemima, a 19 year old singer songwriter from Newton Abbot, Devon has given a fresh take on it. Her version is more chilled with a rich tone that anyone can relax to during this hot summer. To me its got the same kind of vibe heard in The XX. […]

Categories: Music, Review, Website • Tags: alice jemima, blackstreet, computer magic, daft punk, daughter, don't speak, electro, eminem, get lucky, glitch, indie, justice, mtv, music, no doubt, postal service, remix, review, summer, the xx

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A Few Songs That You Should Definitely Check Out….

June 11, 2013 by WhoIsDhillon

It has been a while since I came across a songs that worthy to put on repeat. Daft Punks ‘Get Lucky’ was great, but has been heard everywhere so I wanted to find something that wasn’t getting the playback it deserved (I sound like a hipster!). The first song that has to mentioned is by Roxie LS, a singer songwriter based in London who I can barely find anything about other than she likes surfing. Every link to information about […]

Categories: Music, Review, Website • Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club, Bombs Away & Komes Remix, Calvin Harris, chilled, dance, Dirtyphonics, edm, electro, electronica, ellie goulding, entertainment, Giraffage, great gatsby, indie, lana del rey, mtv, music, Myndset, remix, review, roxie ls

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The Most Anticipated Release of the Year? Daft Punk!

May 14, 2013 by WhoIsDhillon

The French duo Daft Punk have finally got around to creating their fourth album. We’re not including the Tron: Legacy soundtrack, since it was a soundtrack with various short bits of music that were amazing but….no. Random Access Memories, which is set for UK release on the 20 May, has been in the works possibly since 2008 while they were also creating the Tron: Legacy score (one of the songs does sound a lot like something from Tron). The album […]

Categories: Music, Review, Website • Tags: 70s, 80s, daft punk, dance, duo, electro, entertainment, french, giorgio, giorgio moroder, groovy rhythm, house, mtv, music, old school, pharrell, pharrell williams, random access memories, retro, review

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A little late to the Daft Punk party

May 1, 2013 by WhoIsDhillon

Daft Punk are finally back to give us some new music for a proper album rather than a soundtrack, not that I’m saying the Tron soundtrack was poor, quite the contrary. I enjoyed it most when driving through snowy conditions while epic music boomed out the speakers amplifying the dreary conditions. They’re latest track, Get Lucky, is the first off they’re upcoming fourth album Random Access Memories. The album is to be released on 17 May, and judging from the […]

Categories: Music, Review, Website • Tags: 70s, daft punk, dance, electro, funk, get lucky, Michael jackson, mtv, music, nerd, pharrell, pharrell williams, remix, review, soul

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David Bowie and his big surprise.

January 10, 2013 by WhoIsDhillon

David Robert Jones, or David Bowie as he’s known, is making a comeback. The 70s music sensation has released his new single ‘Where are we now?’ to much celebration. David Bowie first set the world alight in the 70s. Born in 1947 in Brixton, London, and raised by mum Margaret Mary and dad Haywood Stenton, Bowie was considered an adequate choir singer with above average musical ability. After many attempts to break in to the pop industry, Bowie’s success came […]

Categories: Music, Review, Website • Tags: 70s, 80s, berlin, britrock, daily telegraph, david bowie, entertainment, glam rock, jonathan ross, kiss, minimalist, mtv, music, neil mccormick, nostalgia, queen, rock, the next day, twisted sister, video, where are we now?, ziggy stardust

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My Top 10 Remixes of 2012

December 30, 2012 by WhoIsDhillon

These are my top 10 favourite remixes of 2012. They may have not been created in this year, but it’s when they were added to my library! Runner Up – Paddling Out (Wolfgang Gartner Remix) – Miike Snow Well we’ll start with Miike Snow Paddling Out since I just figured out what this song was after hearing it several times. I though it’s definitely worth a mention since it was featured in an episode of Suits which gives anything massive brownie […]

Categories: Music, Review, Website • Tags: adventure club, alexisonfire, azealia banks, carlos serrano, childish gambino, daughter, desire, drum and bass, dub step, dubstep, electro, electronica, entertainment, indie, kanye west, kings of, kings of leon, lana del rey, love thy brother, mase, miike snow, music, no pets allowed, notorious big, p diddy, paddling out, passion pit, patrickreza, pick your poison, r and b, RAC, rap, remix, review, rock, sierra leone, smims&belle, veronicas, washed out, wolfgang gartner, youth

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Short Radio Show

December 8, 2012 by WhoIsDhillon

Well as the analogy goes, it looks like I’ve got my fingers in too many pies (is it me or does that sound a bit dodgy nowadays?). I had to create a short 30min radio show for my Commercial Radio Course, and since I didn’t think I had a voice for radio I was too chuffed with doing it. What I did enjoy was the technical side of things such as creating the jingles, beds and some of the adverts. We also got the chance to […]

Categories: Created Works, Music, Work • Tags: adele, back to the grave, chromatics, created, dj, dub step, electro, entertainment, music, newcastle, radio, remix, skyfall

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Carlos Serrano remixes!!

October 18, 2012 by WhoIsDhillon

Been a while since I’ve stumbled onto a song worth writing about, and then a load of them pop up at once. All of them are by Carlo Serrano who has been mentioned before for his excellent mish-mash of Phoenix vs Kavinsky (check it out!), and now I’ve found some treasures. They came about while trying to find some remixes of the Chromatics, who were featured on the Drive soundtrack. It’s also worth having a listen to their album as […]

Categories: Music, Review • Tags: carlos serrano, chromatics, diamonds of sierra leone, diddy, dub step, edm, electro, get em high, kanye west, lady, m83, mase, mo money mo problems, music, notorious big, rap, remix, review

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Passion Pit – Take a Walk Remixes

July 20, 2012 by WhoIsDhillon

Passion Pit is a band I would not have heard of or got into until a mate made me listen to one of their tracks which was Sleepyhead, and that song went on to be my favourite off their 2007 debut EP ‘Chunk of Change’. The song was a catchy mishmash of synth pop with a backing vocal that appealed to my Indian background. After continuous play of the album, that single track went on to rack up a hefty play count. Now they […]

Categories: Music, Review • Tags: dance, electro, gold fields, highweights, house, indie, m machine, music, passion pit, remix

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Hugs&Drugs Remixes

July 20, 2012 by WhoIsDhillon

I recently came across a new genre of remixes called drumstep simply because the words “Justice” and “D.A.N.C.E.” were involved. That’s enough to get me interested since the French electro duo are awesome enough, so seeing how they could be improved was too tempting. Hugs&Drugs is John L from Southern California (check out the site), and what he has created here is something that takes the original track and mixes it up enough to make it different, but not so much that it losses […]

Categories: Music, Review • Tags: d.a.n.c.e., drumstep, electro, indie, justice, mr brightside, music, such great heights, the killers, the postal service

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Santigold – L.E.S. Artistes (Brummer Remix)

June 25, 2012 by WhoIsDhillon

I have no idea how I missed this remix, but thankfully I stumbled onto it this morning resulting in it being on all day. Santigold was an artist I listened to back in college after hearing her song ‘Creator’ featured during the Alberto Vo5 hair commercial. The odd genre bending style mixing fast rap over synth beats was enough to make it sound amazingly fresh and awesome. It pretty much resulted in her being constantly on repeat in the car […]

Categories: Music, Review • Tags: brummer musik, disco, electro, indie, mtv, music, remix, santigold, soundcloud

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High For This (PatrickReza Dubstep Remix) – Ellie Goulding

May 31, 2012 by WhoIsDhillon

Hot on the release of Ellie Goulding’s cover of the The Weekend’s High For This, PatrickReza has added his own spin on the track. Whereas Ellie’s cover is more relaxed, taking an almost dark electro vibe to a song about taking codeine, PatrickRezas is more uptempo. The bass builds up the drops sharp, with vocals chopped and distorted to what sounds like an old 8 bit NES. I gotta say I love the 8 bit mixing with the drumb and […]

Categories: Music, Review • Tags: Adventure Club Dubstep, Bar9, Bare Noize, Caspa, crystal castles, Datsik, Doctor P, Downlink, dubstep, electro, ellie goulding, Enigma, Excision, Feed Me, Flux Pavilion, Funtcase, Gemini, high for this, indie, Klaypex, Mau5trap, music, Nero, Noisia, Owsla, patrickreza, remix, Rusko, Skream, Skrillex, soundcloud, the weekend, UKF Dubstep, Zeds Dead

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Category Archives: Music

Kasier Chiefs – Thursday 5th February

Bombay Bicycle Club – O2 Academy 2014

Kings of Leon at St James’ Park

Some Summer Tunes

Fall Out Boy with special guests Pretty Reckless

North Road

30 Seconds to Mars with You Me at Six

Northern Pride Uk

Songs to chill out to over Summer!

A Few Songs That You Should Definitely Check Out….

The Most Anticipated Release of the Year? Daft Punk!

A little late to the Daft Punk party

David Bowie and his big surprise.

My Top 10 Remixes of 2012

Short Radio Show

Carlos Serrano remixes!!

Passion Pit – Take a Walk Remixes

Hugs&Drugs Remixes

Santigold – L.E.S. Artistes (Brummer Remix)

High For This (PatrickReza Dubstep Remix) – Ellie Goulding