La Roux have today released the first single proper from upcoming second album Trouble In Paradise in the shape of ‘Uptight Downtown’. Following on from the release of ‘Let Me Down Gently’ last week, ‘Uptight Downtown’ is a lot bouncier and upbeat than that – but most importantly it sounds just as exciting. Listen to…
Single reviews – 27 May As the sun comes out, here is a bumper bundle of songs released into the charts this week – reviewed by Philip Lickley The Ting Tings- ’Hit Me Down Sonny’ [rating:3/5] Buy: Hit Me Down Sonny A worthy release from their under heard new album, though the main instrumental hook…
Katy B’s dancey new single ‘What Love Is Made Of’ has got a shiny new video. Directed by Emil Nava, the promo features a load of youths showing off their pimped up motors by doing donuts and stuff. Check it out below: ‘What Love Is Made Of’ (out 8 July on Rinse/Columbia) is the first…
This week’s single releases – 26 May (Part 2) Part 2 of Phil Lickley’s roundup of the week’s top new single releases. See Part 1 here. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – ‘Mermaids (EP)’ [rating:3.5/5] I’ve never been a big fan of Nick Cave and this song, in some ways, emphasises why but also…
This week’s single releases – 26 May (Part 1) Part 1 of Phil Lickley’s weekly roundup of new single releases. 2 Chainz feat. Wiz Khalifa – ‘We Own It (Fast and Furious)’ [rating:3.5/5] Taken from the latest Fast and Furious film, ‘We Own It’ is a dark gritty rap that sounds more Jay-Z than Jay-Z…
Arcade Fire – Reflektor {rating} Download: Reflektor Alarm bells began to ring as soon as it was revealed that Arcade Fire’s fourth album, their follow-up to 2010’s massively successful The Suburbs, was to be that most pretentious of all rock band pretentions: a double album. As more details began to emerge – namely that the…
I covered brotherly duo Drenge’s new single ‘Backwaters’ on a recent New Music Roundup and described their sound as like a more punk-rock version of The Smiths (I think it’s because the vocals sound a bit like Morrissey!) Today Eoin and Rory Loveless have revealed the promo video for ‘Backwaters’, which is a good old…
Lana Del Rey’s second album Ultraviolence is out on 12 June. So far we’ve heard the brilliant ‘West Coast‘, which has been followed up this morning with ‘Shades Of Cool’ – another great track which has a definite Bond theme feel at the start, before stretching out into a gorgeous chorus that could almost be…
I’ve been a big fan of The Darlingtons ever since I received their debut EP ‘New Independent‘ back in 2011. Following the release of their debut album Decades Dance last year, it looks like the boys have retraced their steps and gone back to the independent roots of that excellent debut EP – casting off…
Up and coming LA-based electronic-singer-songwriter BANKS is touted as the next huge star, and it’s not hard to see why with her very stylish new single ‘Warm Water’ – which was released this week on London label Good Years. It’s a sleek, slinky and well-polished single to follow her previous sleek, slinky and well-polished releases…
