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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 […]
If there is one artist that proves you can be much more interesting once you’ve escaped the reality show bandwagon it’s Matt Cardle, who has succeeded in releasing a series of singles and albums that are far better than anything we’ve ever had from reality winners. This third cut from his latest ‘Porcelain’ album feels […]
You can almost hear the meeting about this record: ‘We like John Newman’s songs, but to get him more credibility we need to thrust an off the shelf drum machine beat under him and call it a club edit.” Proving that slower, more sombre music cannot be turned into a club hit no matter how […]