Flirting is fun and it’s really easy once you have your puppy strolling with you on your favorite jogging track. This is what J. Cole is going to show you in his new music video for “Wet Dreamz”. The official video for “Wet Dreamz”, directed by Ryan Staake, was premiered by the 30-year old rapper…
There are a lot of stories about this years Record Store Day swirling around – what with all of the surprise releases, live appearances and everything else. The one I’m most interested in though is the debut of Jack White’s new song – the title track from his upcoming new solo album Lazaretto. White aimed…
It’s a slight change in style for the Kooks who return after a couple of years away with this more experimental sound mixing in unusual percussion, a skat-influenced chorus, crowd shout-outs and a freer way of doing things. It’s not going to be a winning track for them like their most famous hits, but you…
With a throbbing, bassy backing that has echoes of Muse’s ‘Madness’, ‘Solo Dancing’ is a building, electronic, Moloko-inspired number with a strong beat, especially when emphasised by the clever, watchable video. With several shifts in tempo amongst the relentless electronic backing, it’s a song that doesn’t employee a central chorus or memorable moment but comes…
Cassidy teams up with two heavy hitters of the music world with Jessie J being the primary contributor here, her wobbling vocals lifting the song to more heights with Thicke feeling the lesser of the contributors, his verses being a little bland. The seventies Earth, Wind and Fire feel will bring in an older audience…
It’s that time of year. Yes, when our Eurovision track lands. Sounding very unlike a typical cheesy Eurovision song, Molly wisely drops her surname on this release to bring a bombastic number that balances a percussion-focussed bridge with a striking verse and ethereal, Florence and the Machine-like chorus. It’s not as immediately catchy as our…
Taken from The Amazing Spider-man 2 soundtrack, ‘It’s On Again’ is at its best when Alicia Keys is singing, so much so it’s worth skipping the first thirty seconds of aggressive rap to get to the more central part of the song, the opening proving to be Lamar’s only contribution to the piece which should…
This week’s new single releases – 21 April (part 2) Part two of this week’s single reviews from Phil Lickley. See part one here. Lethal Bizzle feat. Wiley – ‘They Got It Wrong’ [rating:2.5/5] The latest single from Lethal Bizzle mixes up the chiptune-style popularised by Labrinth with a series of speedy rap verses including…
This week’s new single releases – 21 April (part 1) There’s so many notable new singles out this week that Phil Lickley has split his single reviews into two parts. Here’s part one: Agnetha Fältskog – ‘When You Really Loved Someone’ [rating:4/5] The former Abba singer releases this new solo effort. With swelling strings and…
“Flashlight” is the new single from Jessie J, the British singer who made it big with “Bang Bang”. This new single will be used as a soundtrack for “Pitch Perfect 2”. Although the track isn’t released in full yet, someone got the full copy and uploaded it online on April 20. This can possibly result…
