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…
Part one of my round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Andrea Begley – ‘My Immortal’ After Leah McFall hit the charts with some of her covers, it’s time for the winner to also arrive in the top 40. A slow-paced, stripped back beautiful cover of the Evanescence classic, it’s…
It’s been another busy month in the world of awesome new music, and we’ve done our best to collate the creme de la creme of all that was amazing in May 2014 into the below playlist. In it you will find a fair amount of La Roux, who burst back onto the scene this month…
New music roundup (no. 12) This new music roundup features awesome new tracks from great new bands Embers, Jagwar Ma, Temples, DRENGE and BINARY, as well as hot new Nottingham songstress Indiana. Enjoy! Embers – ‘Part Of The Echoes’ You may remember Manchester band Embers from their amazing Monastery Sessions last year – if 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…
Two new tracks from the Klaxons, a new one from Gruff Rhys, the return of both Howling Bells and Little Dragon, killer remixes from Four Tet, Kanye West, Mssing No and brand new tracks from exciting up-and-comers like JUNGLE, Circa Waves, Hockeysmith and more. It’s safe to say February was a pretty awesome month in…
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Arthur Beatrice – ‘Grand Union’ ‘Grand Union’ is a slow moving indie number that is as gentle and rolling as you could imagine from a softly spoken male singer trying to do a lower key version of Everything Everything or ALT-J. It’s…
