Every year, as we enter July, I sit down and think about my favourite songs of the year so far, and this year has been no less of a challenge than in previous ones. With over 300 songs downloaded and having listened to probably over 750 new songs this year, whittling them down to just…
With lyrics like ‘Fuck your no strings… I hope I have twins’ newcomer Chloe Howl marked herself out as a pop star with a difference when ‘No Strings’ was debuted on her recent Rumour EP. Each of the tracks on the EP got a video, but now ‘No Strings’ has graduated to ‘official video’ status….
Chloe Howl has released the final video from her debut Rumour EP today. The singer promised to release a video for each of the EP’s tracks, and over the past few weeks has put out promos for ‘Rumour’ and ‘No Strings’. The final video is for the ballad ‘I Wish I Could Tell You’, which…
Regular readers may remember I featured up and coming singer Chloe Howl’s ‘Rumour EP’ in my latest new music roundup, and today she has released the next video from it. Each of the EP’s four tracks is set to get a full promo video, and today is the turn of the very catchy ‘No Strings’….
There was a fear from me that it would the case of diminishing returns after the excellent ‘No Strings’ was followed by the good, but not great ‘Paper Heart’, but the quality level is lifted in this multi-layered funky lyrically interesting number that takes its funky, gloopy start and speeds along with a toe-tapping poppy…
New music round-up Yet again I’ve got lots of cool new music to share with you in this third edition of my New Music Round Up series – which features everything from electro-pop to folk. If you know of any new artists that could feature in my next round up, let me know either on…
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Bastille – ‘Things We Lost in the Fire’ Download:Things We Lost in the Fire Single number six from Bastille lands firmly in the ballad territory telling an emotive story of lost memories over a retro-sounding keyboard riff and the band’s familiar vocal…
So in this final part, here are my top twenty songs of 2013! 20. Gary Barlow – ‘Let Me Go’ (Released: November, No. 2) After a few years captaining the reformed Take That man-band, Barlow released his first major solo single in fourteen years. Taking inspiration from Mumford and Sons, this perky, country-tinged number feels…
It just so happens that what is due to be the 20th edition of my New Music Round Up’s has coincided with the time of the year that everyone likes to publish retrospective lists. I thought it would therefore be a cool idea to go back through all the new music I’ve featured over 2013…
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Amber Run – ‘Heaven’ Avicii meets Mumford and Sons meets Autotune in this cross pollination of genres. A slow burner, taking half of its running time to even touch on its chorus, fans of Coldplay and similar indie bands will seek refuge…
