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If Queen and ELO had had a child and delayed its release into the public eye for a few years you’d probably have seen them record something like this. Going glam with a capital G and aping a bit of Muse in the process, ‘Hoochie Coochie’ is a seventies-style number with some neat rock undertones. […]
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week! Dizzee Rascal feat. Robbie Williams – Goin’ Crazy I’m really not sure about this song. As a big fan of Robbie I really want to enjoy it but there’s something a little artificial about the record. It has a certain catchiness to […]
Just like the Klaxons track out this week, The Kooks find themselves struggling to follow-up the great ‘Down’ with the follow-up. ‘Around Town’, continuing the departure in sound for the band, lacks the vocal hooks that the band are known for, and though it’s musically intriguing with its use of instrumentation and choir sound, it […]
Releasing this non-album track for charity in the wake of ‘I Was Gonna Cancel’, if Minogue found the lack of response to that track disappointing then I don’t think this will reverse the situation. Coming across as more like a Sophie Ellis-Bextor track, ‘Crystallize’ nails the poppy sound, especially in the chorus, but doesn’t employ […]
It was also going to be tricky to follow up the storming ‘There Is No Other Time’ but in releasing ‘Show Me A Miracle’ Klaxons have failed more than you’d think in its shadow. Not as experimental as their earlier material nor as poppy as their most recent single, it falls between two chairs and […]
With a video that comes across as ‘Goodbye Mr. A’ for The Avengers generation, you’ll find the visuals are the most exciting part of this pop record that tries hard to snaffle the catchy chart friendly sound 5SOS have previously demonstrated with their two singles, but fails. The opening of the chorus has potential but […]
‘Here For You’ is a mixed bag of a record. There’s a promising and pacey verse held together by the smooth voice of Laura Welsh, and a building bridge that suggests the record will become more than you’d expect – but the chorus lacks the imagination you’d expect and it falls back on some typical, […]
I had the pleasure of seeing ‘Hudson Taylor’ live a few weeks ago and they were a captivating live act with a good collection of songs. Following ‘Monsters’ and the incredible ‘Care’, ‘Battles’ may be the weaker of the trio but that doesn’t make it a bad track; anything but. The fast pace, the well […]
Let’s face it, it’s going to be the video that everyone talks about. But concentrating on the music for the moment, this re-make and re-release of a song from their first album (and their second single) hitting the charts for the world cup, is actually one of the best “new” songs of the year: upbeat, […]
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 […]