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“I am titanium….” Oh sorry, wrong song. But Martin’s soaring dance-ballad ‘Anywhere For You’ certainly has shades of that Guetta song in its verses, though thankfully the chorus treads its own path even if it quickly grabs the expected moments in a club song from the speeding up drum path to the breakout dance section. […]
Though he sounds more like a Jackson 5 tribute artist by name, this is a very soulful cover of a Jennifer Hudson song. Jackman can certainly hit those big notes, living up to the ethos of the talent show he has sprung from. Backed by some soaring strings this is a very good cover of […]
Following on from the recent funky resurgence for Chromeo, here are Freemasons funking it up too with ‘U Drive Me Crazy’. Not a cover of the similarly titled ‘Fine Young Cannibals’ track, it lifts a lot of the sound you’d expect from a third new single from Chromeo and fits in nicely with that sound. […]
After the impressively catchy ‘Do It All Over Again’ Fox has slipped a little too much into clichéd territory with this generic ode to love and girls. With some unsubtle autotune under his vocals, ‘A Billion Girls’ lacks the expected punch from this promising young artist and comes across too much like a Junior Senior […]
Thankfully Guetta’s ‘Bad’ is not as bad – nay, not as horrible – as his recent ‘Shot Me Down’ adaptation which took the remix concept showcased by the Audio Bullys in 2005 and removed all the appeal. Sadly, ‘Bad’ is not a particularly original concept, including as it does every dance music trope you could […]
It’s always a good investment getting Elton John on a record as his mature vocals always add a sense of gravitas, but his work on this is rather limited and fleeting compared to the vocals of the main artists. Lyrically bittersweet and touching, it has shades of the Christina Aguilera collaboration with A Great Big World, though […]
The Hoosiers The News From Nowhere Preorder: The News from Nowhere It’s album number three for The Hoosiers, coming four years after their last LP. ‘The News From Nowhere’, supported by its fans as is popular these days, sees like more of a group effort from the four-piece as their latest album features different vocalists […]
‘Empire’ sees a bit of a shift change in Shakira with some sweeping choral sounds and a more interestingly produced backing, but her powerful voice is still present and there’s certainly more energy in it than her recent collaboration with Rihanna. Boasting a powerful, memorable chorus (thanks mainly to its lack of lyrics) even if […]
It’s fifth single syndrome for The Saturdays as they release ‘Not Giving Up’ as it comes across as a familiar sounding club tune, though the pace of the vocals and the determined pop sound still sound like winning factors and you can’t criticise the girls for being understated. It’s just that, compared to the interesting […]
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 […]