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If you’ve ever wondered what you’d get if you crossed Rob Thomas’ ‘Lonely No More’ with hints of Elton John’s ‘I’m Still Standing’ then you’d get this. Forgetting it’s similarity to especially that first song, this is actually a really catchy mid-tempo pop song with a quickly singable chorus. Rixton’s vocals are clear and fit […]
Having contributed her vocals to plenty of records, here’s Ella’s solo offering and though her powerful voice bellows out over the perky and punky brass backing, it’s a little too similar to ‘Waiting All Night’ whilst being the lesser of the two records. It’s difficult not to be won over by the slowly building bridge […]
Part two of my round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Lee Thompson’s Ska Orchestra feat. Bitty Mclean – ‘Fu Man Chu’ Though nobody in the video is wearing facial hair of the type described in the title, this chilled-out laid-back ska tune relaxes in its simplicity. For fans of […]
Part one of my round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. AlunaGeorge – ‘You Know You Like It / Bad Idea’ It does feel like a real let down when you get this sort of musical sequel coming on the coat-tails of ‘Your Drums, Your Love’ and the excellent ‘Attracting […]
Cheryl Cole, or whatever her name is now, returns with this clap-along pop number that shamelessly steals the rhythm of ‘Single Ladies’ and slaps a less distinctive number on top of it. The rhythm is great and designed for the pop-dance crossover, but it’s only until the bridge and chorus comes in that the song […]
Chaka Khan must be laughing all the way to the bank as her seminal hit ‘Ain’t Nobody’ has once more been covered / sampled, this time by Maverick Sabre on this slowed-down swaggering number. But, let’s be honest. If the song didn’t have the sample built so intrinsically into its chorus would we enjoy the […]
If you enjoyed ‘Best Day of My Life’ then ‘Believer’, the next single from ‘American Authors’, continue in a similar positive, sing-a-long vibe. It shares a very similar sound and structure so, if I’m being honest, you’d be better sticking with the earlier song, but for those of you who want more of the upbeat, […]
It seems that Cher Lloyd has grown up, releasing this much more mature ballad. But, unfortunately, as she’s also gone more serious, she’s lost a lot of that tongue-in-cheek spark that we expect from her. ‘Sirens’ doesn’t have the alerting power the title suggests, instead coming across as a sub-par cover of the recent X-Factor […]
With a title like ‘Louder’ you’d expect Neon Jungle to go a bit noisier, which to some degree they have, but outside of the alerting chorus there’s not a huge amount of guts to this piece, coming across as quite an uninspiring semi-ballad. The chorus will make you sit up and listen and as a […]
Part three of my round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Lucy Spraggan – ‘Lighthouse’ She dropped out of the X Factor due to illness but, like many of the other competitors, this hasn’t stopped her from releasing a song onto the chart. Her first single proper, after her last […]