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Clean Bandit – New Eyes Atlantic Out now 3.5/5 Way back in April 2013 I reviewed a song by an unknown band called ‘Clean Bandit’, giving the experimental ‘Mozart’s House’ 7 out of 10 and enjoying the fresh sound and something different offered by the mixing of electronic, rap and classical. Over twelve months on […]
My roundup of the week’s top new single releases Alison Moyet – Love Reign Supreme Following the refreshing comeback ‘When I Was Your Girl’ comes this second single from her latest album ‘The Minutes’. A faster paced, much more uptempo single with a nod towards the club, ‘Love Reign Supreme’ is a less satisfying affair […]
You can’t accuse this song of being highbrow. In a nutshell the lyrics talk about a relationship being best when both parties are drunk. Quite. Outside of this delightfully frank assessment of life, it’s a fun electro-pop number held together by Koma’s listenable vocals. Less clubby than your usual Tiesto offering, this will keep the […]
Elsewhere Lopez is promoting footie with Pitbull but here she is with her second musical offering from her latest – eighth – album. More restrained than her recent material, ‘First Love’ is a song that will take a few listens to settle in, and though it’s not a particularly memorable single for her compared to […]
A finalist in the ninth series of the X-Factor, Henderson channels a Bastille and Duffy sound for this mid-tempo pop-number. It takes a few spins to settle in but her powerful and involving voice carries the track comfortably, and there’s enough production trickery and style-changes to hold your interest, though it’s the bridge and chorus […]
You may have noticed that there is some football competition just around the corner. Here is one of the unofficial entries featuring Britain’s Got Talent finalist Gabz, firmly nailing her colours to the mast here. Though the verses don’t quite suit her voice, the catchy chorus with its simple, but memorable, hook and the subsequent […]
A European number one that has taken a year to reach these shores, ‘Stolen Dance’ channels Franz Ferdinand on their recent album closer ‘Goodbye Lovers and Friends’ but with added melancholy. It’s not a song that will fill you with joy, with the verses being particularly downbeat, but the faster, comparatively jaunty chorus is very […]
With a song title that could well be a metaphor for Gray’s career, he is back with this familiar-sounding record that isn’t going to rock the boat for his fans. ‘Back in the World’ is a gentle pop-song with a ‘Passenger’ vibe, though you could argue that Gray nailed that sound first. It’s not a […]
This memorial track for charity campaigner Stephen Sutton has gained lots of traction this week, storming into the iTunes charts and currently sits at number five in the mid-week chart. Forgetting the great cause it’s for for a moment, this is a very raw, basically produced number that you will either love or find awkward […]
With a lead singer that looks like a cross between Freddie Mercury and Mick Jagger, and a sound that crosses them with the Manic Street Preachers, ‘Put Your Money On Me’ is a great follow up to ‘Kiss This’ with a poppy, 70s-rock vibe that picks up where The Darkness left off a few years […]