Sia’s first single proper, ‘Chandelier’ takes a few listens to really grab you, as its large soaring notes and autotuned undertones struggle to gain traction at first as Sia’s powerful voice is used more for impact than necessarily good music. But her energy and power soon show themselves, and though it lacks the emotion and […]
Category: Single Reviews
Single review: Rough Copy – ‘Street Love’
Coming fourth in last year’s The X Factor, Rough Copy have taken the classic Anita Baker song ‘Sweet Love’, keeping its famous hook-filled chorus but slapping so much autotune on it I’m surprised a computer isn’t credited in the sleeve notes. Thrusting the famous hook in amongst an even more heavily autotuned set of verses […]
Single review: Robin Thicke – ‘Get Her Back’
With the Blurred Lines album and song now behind Mr Thicke, but possibly not the controversy, he’s now moved onto a new album from which this is the first cut, all about his estranged wife ‘Paula’. ‘Get Her Back’ is an ode to his wife but if this was the sort of thing my partner […]
Single review: Lenny Kravitz – ‘The Chamber’
Kravitz is back with this first cut from his tenth studio album ‘Strut’. ‘The Chamber’ boasts a familiar bass sound that I can’t put my finger on, which distracts me more than it should from a track that doesn’t really do anything particularly exciting. With shades of classic Blondie in its retro sounds, it’s a […]
Single review: Hedley – ‘Anything’
The first cut from their album ‘Wild Life’, Canadian rockers Hedley deliver this track that cherry-picks styles from across the board, including Mia’s ‘Paper Planes’ and the discography of Train. Its expletive-based hook belies a song that screams out for radio play: its sunny, optimistic, clap-along nature with a mixture of vocals during its titular […]
Single review: Chasing Grace – ‘Run’
Effectively balancing the male and female vocals of the group over a rattling drum beat that wouldn’t be out of place on a Sam Smith record, ‘Run’ is not a track that will blow you away with a distinctive chorus and set of verses, but it’s a solid enough indie-pop song with some shades of Lady […]
Single review: Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea – ‘Problem’
The first cut from the diminutive singer’s second album starts so promisingly: the building verse that opens the track with its pop-funk and retro styles will get your toe-tapping, but then just as the crescendo hits and the bridge builds to what you expect to be a cracking chorus, her vocals fade away and the […]
Watch Music Video “Sleeping With The One I Love” Fantasia
Fantasia has released a new music video for her latest single “Sleeping With The One I Love”. The music video is quite dramatic but you might think that Fantasia hasn’t delivered it right. Maybe she wanted to do it a little differently and the video came out otherwise. “Sleeping With The One I Love” may […]
Watch Music Video: “Want You Back” by HAIM
HAIM has finally rewarded the fans with a music video. It’s the MV that you have all been waiting for some time now. “Want You Back” is the lead single from HAIM’s upcoming studio album. It will be band’s second studio album and it will come out in the first week of July. As of […]
Music Video Review: “Project Steps” by T.I.
T.I. has premiered official visual of his latest single “Project Steps”. This new track was originally premiered back in March. Produced by MARS, this track is believed to be part of T.I.’s upcoming solo LP titled “Traps Open” by the news isn’t confirmed just yet. The music video for “Project Steps” is directed by PhillyFlyBoy. […]