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…
Clean Bandit has premiered the official music video for her latest single “Solo”. It’s her collaboration with pop princess Demi Lovato. Clean Bandit also succeeded in enrolling the pop star for the music video, which is great. However, I’m somewhat disappointed with the music video. I feel that the project could have been taken a…
We all saw the trailer in ‘Pushing 20’ and ‘Exhale’ for what the 20-year old is up to in her next LP “Singular: Act II”. Now she is out with “In My Bed”. The album is set to be released on July 19th, but she keeps giving us the glimpses of the bigger picture. Last…
Beady Eye have announced the third single to be taken from their debut album Different Gear, Still Speeding. Following on from ‘Bring The Light’ and ‘The Roller’, ‘The Beat Goes On’ will be released on 11 July. The single will be released as a download as well as a 7″ – limited edition, numbered versions…
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