influences…

Where to start with a website like this. My very own website. My own little corner of the vastness of the internet to call my own.

This is a music website, intended to be used to share information about music me and some friends are putting together. I’ll do the whole ‘about’ section when I get a bit longer but for now, why don’t I start with a non-exhaustive list of artists/ bands that have shaped how I see music.

Main criteria for the list…

a) have I binge listened at least one of their songs at some point in my life. Yes? On it goes.

b) would I still happily listen to them at my current age and enjoy what I was hearing? Yes? On the list, please. c) but some are embarrassing, it might give off the wrong vibe for this whole thing? ON. THE. LIST. That includes you, Coldplay. Here you have it…

R.E.M., Mapache, Gregory Alan Isakov, Bon Iver, incubus, The Paper Kites, The Streets, Kendrick Lamar, Wunderhorse, Paul Curreri, Flyte, Gengahr, Razorlight, Fruit Bats, Mac Miller, Mystery Jets, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Gaslight Anthem, DOPE LEMON, Palace, Foals, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Black Keys, Kojey Radical, Radiohead, Athlete, Oasis, The Thrills, The War On Drugs, Hiss Golden Messenger, Kurt Vile, Alabama Shakes, The Kooks, MGMT, The Libertines, N.E.R.D, 2Pac, Jeff Buckley, The Strokes, Steely Dan, The Killers, Stormzy, Blind Melon, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Sam Fender, The Marcus King Band, Childish Gambino, Tyler, The Creator, Drug Cabin, Bahamas, Chris Staples, Reverend Baron, Beruit, The Whitest Boy Alive, Hell Is For Heroes, Janelle Monáe, Travis Scott, Hot Chip, The Hives, Weezer, Kings of Leon, Michael Jackson, Imogen Heap, David Bowie, alt-J, Two Door Cinema Club, The Pouges, CHIC, Marvin Gaye, Gorillaz, Sister Sledge, The Beach Boys, Amy Winehouse, The Libertines, Babyshambles, Dirty Pretty Things, Booka Shade, Ash, Supergrass, Blur, The Verve, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, Jamie T, Francisco Tárrega, Lorn Huron, Eric Clapton, Smokey Robinson, The Commitments, Iron & Wine, Travis, The Temper Trap, The xx, Jamie xx, Queens of the Stone Age, Futurebirds, Modest Mouse, Oracle Sisters, Dominic Fike, Prospa, Plump DJs, Her’s, Wiley, Chase & Status, DJ EZ, Blind Pilot, At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta, James Taylor, Cat Stevens, The Charlatans, Neil Young, Bonobo, Leon Bridges, Michael Kiwanuka, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Caribou, Bloc Party, The Avalanches, Paper Planes, Justice, The Chemical Brothers, Simian Mobile Disco, Groove Armada, BICEP, The Prodigy, Barry Can’t Swim, Cotton Jones, Burial, Benga, Skream!, Ryan Adams, Al Green, Charles Bradley, Sampha, Pulled Apart By Horses, Oscar Jerome, Gang of Youths, The Avett Brothers, Bruce Springsteen, The Darkness, Flight of the Conchords, Nick Mulvey, Amy Winehouse, Fatboy Slim, The White Stripes, The Fratellis, The La’s, Daft Punk, Ash, The Vaccines, Pharrell Williams, blink-182, Rudimental, Kevin Morby, A$AP Rocky, J. Cole, JAY-Z, Musiq Soulchild, Baby Keem, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Jimi Hendrix, Arctic Monkeys, Jhelisa, Sunship, Beastie Boys, Jane’s Addiction, Outkast, John Legend, John Lennon, Circa Waves, Hannah Wants, Jungle, Al Nicol, Royel Otis, Maribou State, Hiatus Kaiyote, Nas, Ocean Alley, Action Bronson, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

That’s a non-exhaustive list bit hopefully gives you a good idea of the angle I’m coming from.

In the unlikely event this is being read, big love to you and have one heck of an evening!

Alan x

PS - that’s one of my wife’s chicken’s on my pedalboard this morning. Enjoy!