It’s almost a bad sign when your come back song sounds like a parody by The Lonely Island and so it is on the comeback of Mr Coombs aka P Diddy aka Puff Daddy, or whatever he wants to be called nowadays. Packed full of clichés and expletives, the beat is good and the chorus […]
Category: Single Reviews
Single review: Matt Cardle – ‘Hit My Heart’
If there is one artist that proves you can be much more interesting once you’ve escaped the reality show bandwagon it’s Matt Cardle, who has succeeded in releasing a series of singles and albums that are far better than anything we’ve ever had from reality winners. This third cut from his latest ‘Porcelain’ album feels […]
Single review: John Newman – ‘Out Of My Head’ (Club Edit)
You can almost hear the meeting about this record: ‘We like John Newman’s songs, but to get him more credibility we need to thrust an off the shelf drum machine beat under him and call it a club edit.” Proving that slower, more sombre music cannot be turned into a club hit no matter how […]
Single review: Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX – ‘Fancy’
‘Fancy’ sees a combination of two of the best female talents around, though this joining-up isn’t quite as great as you’d imagine from them both collaborating. ‘Fancy’ manages to repeat the same electronic loop throughout its entire running time which quickly proves a little too tedious even with the added crowd sounds. Azalea’s raps manage […]
Single review: Franz Ferdinand – ‘Fresh Strawberries’
Onto single number five from their most recent album, don’t be put off by the unusual title as this song bursts into a fruity indie hit with more than a few hints of the Beatles in its bouncy, retro-sound. With the metaphor stretched into an allusion to fame (possibly) it’s perhaps not as outrageously catchy […]
Single review: Blizzard – ‘Testing The Water’
In 2014 it’s difficult to differentiate yourself in a crowded market of young upstarts spitting a few verses on YouTube and then disappearing into obscurity, struggling as they do to stand out. Though Blizzard’s ‘Testing The Water’ treads familiar lyrical ground about coming up through the industry it’s better than a lot I’ve heard with […]
Single review: Asgeir – ‘Going Home’
As gloomy and sombre as the Icelandic winters that Asgeir will be familiar with, ‘Going Home’ is a downbeat, slow-moving but atmospheric ballad with the lyrics and vocals weaving their way through a musical landscape. As evocative as it is, ‘Going Home’ struggles to inject some variety into its four minute running time with the […]
Single review: Adrian Duffy & The Mayo Brothers – ‘Someone Like You’
Not a cover of the Adele song of the same name, this ‘Someone Like You’ is a jaunty indie ballad with a simple, stripped back guitar sound and a big nod towards country. Lyrically positive and musically uplifting, it’s not the most bombastic of songs and the chorus doesn’t really step up a gear but […]
Watch: Damon Albarn – ‘Lonely Press Play’ video
Fresh from picking up the Award for Innovation at last night’s NME Awards, Damon Albarn has released the studio version of new Everyday Robots track ‘Lonely Press Play’.
So far all we’ve had is live and acoustic versions after Albarn debuted the track earlier this month at the Sundance Film Festival and then performed it on Radio 2 – listen to the album version below, which is accompanied with a travelogue-type video filmed by Albarn himself:
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Listen: Gruff Rhys – ‘American Interior’
Last month Super Furry Animals, Neon Neon and sometime solo man Gruff Rhys announced his next project is an ambitious album, film, book and interactive app bundle called American Interior.
As is the Welsh rocker’s way these days, American Interior is a concept album – this time about one of his ancestors who trekked across America in the late-1700’s to find a lost tribe of Welsh-speaking Native Americans.
Today he has revealed the title track from the album which, if nothing else, is proof that Gruff is still one of the best at spinning a complex narrative into something stunningly simple and accessible. Listen to ‘American Interior’: