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First things first: Happy New Year! Now that’s out the way, let’s get stuck into the serious business of looking forward to what 2014 has in store for us all. After a pretty impressive 2013 for big albums – Bowie, My Bloody Valentine, Daft Punk, Jay Z, Kanye, Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire, Beyonce to name […]
Season 4 The Voice contestant Kris Thomas first captured attention with his exceptional audition of Whitney Houston’s “Saving All My Love For You.” Covering songs ranging from Miguel’s “Adorn,” Bruno Mars’ “When I Was Your Man” and The Jackson Fives’ “I’ll Be There,” Thomas’ vocal talent proved to be uniquely special as he sang each […]
The MonaLisa Twins, an Indie/60’s backbeat pop duo, released their full-length album “When We’re Together” and have already made some visually creative music videos for a few tracks on the album. Originally from Austria, the MonaLisa Twins’ distinctive musical style is drawn from a mixture of 60’s Pop, 60’s Rock n’Roll and Beat Music. They […]
Keyser Soze, an authentically original Reggae band with strong influences of jazz and soul, has recently released their album The Remedy. The sextet, consisting of members Jammal Tarkington (leading & backing vocals, saxophone), Rodney Teague (lead and backing vocals, trombone), Chris Williams (trumpet), Ryan Hall (guitar, electronics), Mike Mayhall (bass), and Jon Hall (drums), was […]
Legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young releases his ‘Live At The Cellar Door’ album next week via Warner Bros, who have made the entire thing available to stream online today. The live album features tracks taken from Young’s solo shows at the Washington DC venue back in 1970 – where he played six gigs to promote his […]
There’s not many more big albums coming out in 2013, now that Christmas is officially upon us and the music industry starts to focus on stocking-filler releases, but one LP I’ve had my eye on for a while is TOY’s Join The Dots. Their self-titled debut album turned out to be one of my favourites […]
With Christmas just round the corner the album release schedule is predictably dominated with lots of cash-in’s like reissues, box sets and anything else that might be loosely described as a ‘stocking filler’. I’ve rounded up the pick of the releases for December below, which includes a few albums and box sets as well as […]
Robbie Williams – Swings Both Ways {rating} Buy: Swings Both Ways In 2001, an incredible twelve years ago, Robbie Williams shifted gear and released a swing album of hits, adapting his previous album title by adding a letter, to create ‘Swing When You’re Winning’, a fifteen-song strong collection that was an ode to one of […]
Jake Bugg – Shangri La {rating} Buy: Shangri La Jake Bugg is special. Anyone with an interest in British guitar music knows it and, thanks to the success he’s had since being thrust onto the BBC Introducing Stage at Glastonbury 2011 when he was just 17, he’s everyone’s favourite to become the next great British […]
The Killers – Direct Hits {rating} Buy: Direct Hits (Standard) Ten years ago Las Vegas foursome The Killers burst onto the scene with their indie breakthrough hit ‘Mr Brightside’, finding fame with its follow-up ‘Somebody Told Me’ and then a string of hits from their debut album ‘Hot Fuss’, with a re-release of their initial […]