Having explored the bottom 25 of the year so far, here are my quarter-century of the best songs in 2013 this year. Do you agree or disagree with my selection? Post your thoughts below. 25. Loveable Rogues – ‘What A Night‘ Released: April A catchy slice of summery pop from the BGT runners-up. With a…
Part 1 of Phil Lickley’s roundup of the week’s top new single releases. Afrojack feat. Chris Brown – As Your Friend And we kick off this week with another entry into ‘Now! That’s What I Call Clichéd 2013’ with another autotune-filled, synth-heavy dance track with Chris Brown sounding so bored on the song that he…
This week’s single releases – 31 March Phil Lickley takes us through another batch of new single releases. Alison Moyet – ‘When I Was Your Girl’ [rating:3.5/5] Buy: When I Was Your Girl The first release from Moyet’s eighth album is much poppier than I’d expect from the classically trained singer. Sounding very much like…
Frightened Rabbit has been secretly working on their EP. They released it just a few weeks after releasing their last album. Probably the band thought they have more musical gems to air. But the five-track EP fails to impress other than the opening track “State Hospital (Atlantic)”. This track is the only new material that…
Over the past twelve months I have reviewed 752 singles and EPs on my weekly All-Noise single reviews column so hopefully that puts me in a good position to create a best of list for 2013, comprised not necessarily of songs that have sold the most or charted the best, but have been the most…
Philip Lickley takes us through the pick of the coming weeks single releases. If you would like to write for All-Noise, get in touch on submissions@all-noise.co.uk Single Reviews – 27 January BeBe Black – ‘Deathwish’ [rating:3.5/5] Buy: Deathwish ‘Deathwish’ from BeBe Black is a track with two identities. It starts off as an Emile Sande…
