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This Week’s New Single Releases (22nd September 2013)

My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Ben Pearce – ‘What I Might Do’ Given a new lease of life due to its appearance in a television commercial, this slick thick-bass number headed up by the Barry White-sounding Ben Pearce is a funky, laid-back number. It doesn’t really become […]

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The September album release schedule is ridiculously good!

If you’ve been thinking recently that 2013 has been a bit underwhelming so far in terms of big new albums, then September might just put it right. Autumn is generally a good time for new albums, as bands who opted to not release new LPs before the festivals now gear up for a big release […]

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Music Video: “Summer Girl” By HAIM + BIG NEWS

HAIM has been away for a while and we had lost the hope that we will see them returning this year. Nevertheless, they’ve returned with a new song titled “Summer Girl”, which is the first taste of their new album. The new song “Summer Girl” is produced by Ariel Rechtshaid and Rostam. This breezy track […]

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My Glastonbury 2013 review…

Glastonbury is commonly regarded as the world’s biggest and best festival for lots of reasons, but the one reason that stands out for me is the freedom it offers festival-goers to enjoy the weekend however they choose to. Other festivals pack you into designated areas and have a limited amount of stages and options. At […]

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Watch Music Video: “Want You Back” by HAIM

HAIM has finally rewarded the fans with a music video. It’s the MV that you have all been waiting for some time now.  “Want You Back” is the lead single from HAIM’s upcoming studio album. It will be band’s second studio album and it will come out in the first week of July. As of […]

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Single Review: “Little Of Your Love” by HAIM

HAIM has finally released the overdue studio version of his recent single “Little Of Your Love”. The trio premiered this new single back in July when they performed it live on SNL. However, for some unknown reason, HAIM kept delaying the studio version until now. Today, they give us that precious song in full, in HQ. […]

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This week’s new single releases – 31 March

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 […]

February playlist – all the best new music from last month in one place!

It may be a short month, but February still managed to produce some awesome new music! My February playlist features Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke’s brilliant remix of MS MR’s ‘Fantasy’, AlunaGeorge’s ‘Attracting Flies’, Yeah Yeah Yeahs new single ‘Sacrilege’ and loads more. Listen to the playlist below, and remember to go check out my […]

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What were the best albums of 2013?

We’re coming up to the end of the year, which means there’s currently a deluge of ‘best of’ lists hitting us from all angles online. I don’t like to dwell too much on picking out the ‘best’ when it comes to albums as to pick one excellent album out as ‘better’ than another seems a […]