With Just A Hint Of Mayhem

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Mayhem’s 12 Days Of Christmas – Day 5 – tiLLie December 17, 2023

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Day 5 of Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas posts brings you the supremely talented tiLLie. She has been releasing some fantastic tracks since 2019. It is almost impossible to put tiLLie in a genre box, which makes her just the kind of artist I love. She has a knack for producing music with infectious hooks and is skillful at developing perfect earworms. She has a great pop sensibility which is intertwined with punk, metal, and rap to name just a few. Her current single “jeLLiefish aPocaLypsE” is something very special and her cover of the Darkness classic “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” is one of the best covers I have heard for a while. Check out tiLLie now!

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Mayhem’s 12 Days Of Christmas – Day 4 – girli

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Day 4 of Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas series for 2023 features girli, another fabulous artist I discovered thanks to Spotify’s Misfits 2.0 playlist. girli made it into the Mayhem Charts top ten last month. I have said before that the argument about the atrocious way Spotify treats artists will be covered in the new year. But for me, Misfits 2.0 has helped to expose some great artists, including girli. She has released music since 2015, including a collection of fabulous singles and a debut album ‘Odd One Out’ in 2019. “Nothing Hurts Like A Girl” is close to being a perfect pop single. If you like electro, sharp pop, classy punk, rap and hooks worth their weight in gold then look no further than Amelia Toomey a.k.a girli. She has even recorded with one of my favourite bands, the Tuts, who sadly are no longer together. Get some girli in your ears and in your life, you will not regret it.

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Mayhem’s 12 Days Of Christmas – Day 3 – Poppy December 16, 2023

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Day 3 of Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas features Poppy or Moriah Rose Pereira to her family. She was born on my 36th birthday back in 1995 in Boston, Massachusetts. She came to prominence as a YouTube viral sensation, an android who made some excellent and cutting commentary on modern culture back in 2014. Then she signed her first record deal in 2017 and has since produced some stunning metal/ industrial music. She has so far released five albums, the third one, ‘I Disagree’ went to number one in the UK rock chart. Get Poppy‘s music in your life now!

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Mayhem’s 12 Days Of Christmas – Day 2 – Royal And The Serpent December 14, 2023

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Here we are at day 2 of Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas for 2023 and it is another act I discovered via Spotify’s Misfits 2.0 playlists. Today we feature American singer-songwriter Royal and the Serpent a.k.a. Ryan Jillian Santiago. Apparently Royal and the Serpent translates to Me and my ego. Since 2019 she has released a fantastic selection of eclectic and stunning singles and has supported a diverse set of artists including Demi Lovato and Fall Out Boy. She made it into the US Alternative and Rock Charts top 20 in 2020 with “Overwhelmed”. Check out the video for that tune and some other excellent tracks below.

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Mayhem’s 12 Days Of Christmas – Day 1 – WARGASM December 13, 2023

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The Mayhem 12 Days of Christmas feature hasn’t been around for a while, so I am reinstating it for 2023. It is not always Christmas-themed, sometimes, like this year it is an opportunity to showcase some great sounds. This year does have a theme though, Spotify gets so many things wrong, like not paying artists fairly, but that argument is for another day. One thing I believe that the greedy streaming service with the green logo has got right is its Misfits 2.0 playlist. The 12 Days of Christmas tunes will feature 12 acts I have discovered via Misfits 2.0 or some favourite acts featured on the said playlist. The Mayhem 12 Days of Christmas series for 2023 will culminate in a playlist at some point.

Day 1 features London’s WARGASM, a band formed 2018 by Sam Matlock and Milkie Way. They draw on electro, punk, definitely the Prodigy, and even pure pop. But they are very much out there in a space that could only be filled by WARGASM! Check out some of their ace tunes in the videos below.

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The 12 Days Of Christmas 2021 – Songs Of Hope – Day 12 December 23, 2021

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Well, this is it folks, the final day and song of this year’s 12 Days of Christmas series which as most of you know comprises a collection of songs about hope. The first ten posts have given you songs from Bill Withers, The Beatles, Johnny Nash, Bob Marley, ELO, Sam Cooke, Monty Python, Curtis Mayfield, Fleetwood Mac, the Four Tops, and the Source featuring Candi Staton. In the next few days, there will be a Spotify playlist of all twelve tunes and any that you recommend, feel free to fire more of your recommendations to me. For my final choice, I wanted to use a Christmas song, but I struggled to find something appropriate. So after much deliberation, I chose a 1991 UK top five hit, produced by Suggs of Madness, “All Together Now” by the Farm. Why did I choose this as a Christmas selection? The lyrics were written about the Christmas Day Truce in World War I where, on Christmas Day 1914, soldiers from both sides put their weapons down, and met in no man’s land to exchange gifts and play football. This was an action driven by the soldiers, not the top brass. Personally I well up every time I hear it, but it also makes me feel inspired to think that we can change things by our actions and that whole thing shows the total futility of war in my view. I have immensely enjoyed putting these songs out there and I hope you have enjoyed listening to them. The world remains a strange, dark place, well it certainly feels that way here on Plague Island UK. But I sincerely hope that these songs help you even in a small way. Stay safe, stay strong and I will be there for you if you need me.

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The Race For The UK Christmas Numer 1 in 2021

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2021 is the 70th year of the UK Christmas Number one and up to now only three acts have managed three successive Christmas number ones; The Beatles, Spice Girls, and Ladbaby (a.k.a Mark Hoyle), the latter is vying for four in a row with “Sausage Rolls For Everyone” supported by Elton John and Ed Sheeran, the song is effectively a rework of Ed and Elton’s new Christmas tune, the current number one. It is also worth pointing out the Beatles took Yuletide number one on four occasions. The 2021 Official Christmas Number 1 will be announced on Friday, December 24 by Scott Mills live on BBC Radio 1’s The Official Chart Show. So you can download or stream up to midnight on 23rd and that will help your favourite move up the charts. Ed Sheeran and Elton John’s “Merry Christmas” might hang on to the top slot and everyone from Abba to Gary Barlow to Craig Revel Horwood to George Ezra are in the mix. But so are the Kunts with an updated version of “Boris Johnson Is A Fucking Cunt” from last year, the slight change is that it is now titled “Boris Johnson Is Still A Fucking Cunt”. (There are eleven versions of the Kunts track, don’t forget to download them all, you know you want to. I totally agree with the sentiment and personally, I would love to see the Kunts at number one, although I suspect that Ladbaby will win in the end. The saving grace for all of Ladbaby’s hits is that all the proceeds go to the Trussel Trust who supports a nationwide network of food banks in the UK. As I said earlier I really would love to see the Kunts top the chart, but if it has to be anyone else then at least the Ladbaby song is raising money for a great cause. Who is your tip for UK festive number one?

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The 12 Days Of Christmas 2021 – Songs Of Hope – Day 11 December 22, 2021

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We are at day 11 of this year’s 12 Days of Christmas series which as regular readers know showcases a collection of songs about hope. That’s right, only one left after this. The first ten posts have given you songs from Bill Withers, The Beatles, Johnny Nash, Bob Marley, ELO, Sam Cooke, Monty Python, Curtis Mayfield, Fleetwood Mac, and the Four Tops At the end of the twelve days, there will be a Spotify playlist of all twelve tunes and any that you recommend. I have really enjoyed putting these songs out there and I hope you have enjoyed listening to them. The world remains a strange, dark place, well it certainly feels that way here on Plague Island UK. But I sincerely hope that these songs help you even in a small way. Today’s song is one of my favourite songs of all time, the Source featuring Candi Staton with “You Got The Love”. Check out some of the other mixes too, but for me, the Now Voyager Mix is the definitive one. I know that this is rooted in God and religion and I am an atheist, but it transcends pure religion, it is simply sublime. Get your groove on and dance people!

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The 12 Days Of Christmas 2021 – Songs Of Hope – Day 10

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Three more sleeps, not counting tonight until the bearded weirdy pops down your chimney. Obviously, I mean Santa Claus and not me ok? We are at day 10 (albeit a little late) of this year’s 12 Days of Christmas series which as regular readers know showcases a collection of songs about hope. The first eight posts have given you songs from Bill Withers, The Beatles, Johnny Nash, Bob Marley, ELO, Sam Cooke, Monty Python, Curtis Mayfield, and Fleetwood Mac. At the end of the twelve days, there will be a playlist of all twelve tunes and any that you recommend. It has gone so quick for me with only two more songs to go after this one. The world is a strange, dark place right now and I hope that these songs help you even in a small way. Today’s song is a 60s classic, “Reach Out I’ll Be There” by the Four Tops. Levi Stubbs Jr had one of the greatest soul voices ever in my opinion. Once again stay strong good people, we will get through all the shit that life throws at us eventually and there will be light at the end of this time. If you are feeling particularly low talk to someone. I am happy to be here for you if you need me!

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The 12 Days Of Christmas 2021 – Songs Of Hope – Day 9 December 20, 2021

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Wow, where does the time go? We are already at day 9 of this year’s 12 Days of Christmas series which as regular readers know showcases a collection of songs about hope. The first seven posts have given you songs from Bill Withers, The Beatles, Johnny Nash, Bob Marley, ELO, Sam Cooke, Monty Python, and Curtis Mayfield. At the end of the twelve days, there will be a playlist of all twelve tunes. Covid has turned the world upside down and highlighted so many mental health issues for many of us. So I hope these songs help even in a small way. Today’s song is a 70s classic, “Move On Up” by Fleetwood Mac. Once again stay strong good people, we will get through all the shit that life throws at us and if you are feeling particularly low talk to someone. I am happy to be here for you if you need me!

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