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My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Editors – ‘Formaldehyde’ Download: Formaldehyde Editors are back with the second single from their latest album and, though the voice of lead singer Tom Smith is recognisable, the sound is considerably different, possibly reflecting the band’s change in line-up. Though bringing some […]
This week’s single releases – 14 April Reviews of all of this week’s top singles from Phil Lickley. The Brand New Heavies feat. N’Dea Davenport – ‘Sunlight’ [rating:3.5/5] Very much nailing an audio sandscape of the song’s title, ‘Sunlight’ sounds like the cousin of many a summer chill-out tune matched with Jamiroquai and, at times, […]
The BRITs single of the year gets mashed up with a hit from the British Breakthrough act of 2014, performed live and released. {rating}
Read more about Bastille and Rudimental – ‘Pompeii / Waiting All Night’ (Live at the BRITs) …
Rudimental and Ed Sheeran have premièred a new single titled “Lay It All On Me”. This new single was released on September 25th. The track is a lounge party-ready single that is filled with bass and drums, which make it a perfect rendition for a party. The new single will be included in the Rudimental’s […]
As excitement builds ahead of Kasabian’s huge Summer Solstice homecoming gig this weekend in Leicester’s Victoria Park, the band have finally announced who will be their support acts. In a short but sweet post on their official site, the Leicester band announced that support on Saturday will be coming from: Rudimental DJs Jagwar Ma Zane […]
My A-Z round up of the new singles available for digital download this week.
Foxes – ‘Let Go For Tonight’
The second single from their debut album and this is a much more accomplished listen than their first cut. With a bombastic backing tune and a hugely danceable vibe, with Louisa Rose Allen’s vocals belting out, this is a great slice of bouncy pop with some well-placed lyrics, musical breaks and a fun, closing section. Hopefully this will do well for the young singer in the charts. (7.5/10)
Read more about This Week’s New Single Releases (23rd February 2014) …
The festival announcements are coming thick and fast at the minute – it’s almost as if they time the announcement and tickets sales to coincide with the season of Christmas gift-buying! Today it’s the turn of the Isle Of Wight Festival, who have announced that Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro will headline the Friday night of […]
My round up of the new singles available for digital download this week. Bastille – ‘Of The Night’ From the freshly released deluxe edition of their debut album, ‘Of Their Night’ starts off as a dark version of the dance classic ‘Rhythm Is A Dancer’, one of my personal favourites of all time growing up as […]
The shortlist for this years Mercury Music Prize album of the year has just been announced, and it turns out my prediction from yesterday wasn’t too far out – I’m counting 7 out of 12 as a success anyway! Here’s the full shortlist: Arctic Monkeys – AM David Bowie – The Next Day Disclosure – Settle […]