The Brag

Not many people can mash together a clip of Tom Hanks with Dr. Dre and not only make it funny, but somehow effortlessly cool.

Posted: June 7th, 2012 under Brag 465 (June 4), Feature Music, Music, Music - Interview, New.
Tags: interview, Marissa Demetriou, Music, Music Feature, Oxford Art Factory, Sampology

Pip Brown would like you to know that she’s feeling alright. People have been inquiring about this a lot lately – ever since the New Zealand singer, otherwise known as Ladyhawke, revealed that she had chosen the album title Anxiety as a reflection of her own state of mind. Some chose to interpret the title as a cry for help, but she tells me that this was definitely not the case. “I have quite bad anxiety and everyone around me knows it, to the point where it’s accepted that it’s just the way I am,” she says. “It actually became a running joke in the lead-up to this album. The label kept calling me, asking what the album title was going to be, so finally I said, ‘It’s going to be called Anxiety, okay? Get off my back!’ I said that as a bit of a joke, but I realised I actually really liked it. I didn’t realise the effect it would have until much later – people are on the phone to me all concerned asking, ‘Are you okay?’” she says with a cheeky laugh. “I’m just thinking, ‘Ohh shit, what have you done?’”

Posted: June 5th, 2012 under Brag 465 (June 4), Feature Music, Music, Music - Interview, New.
Tags: Alasdair Duncan, Anxiety, interview, Ladyhawke, Metro Theatre, Music, Music Feature, Pip Brown, The Metro Theatre