This 20 year old vocal powerhouse may be more familiar to you as Cat Valentine from Victorious, but her voice has pushed her further than the Nickelodeon show. Ariana Grande’s velvet tone has landed her collaborations with MIKA on ‘Popular Song’ (momentarily resurrecting his career) and Mac Miller on summer hit, ‘The Way’. The duality…
Cat Olley reviews the new Blood Orange track.
‘Reflektor’ is the lead single from Arcade Fire’s upcoming album of the same name and the fourth album of their discography, it is produced by former LCD Soundsystem front man James Murphy. As lead singles go, it’s hard to imagine something much better than this. The bass and percussion in the introduction have a chilled,…
The Edge reviews Kids in Glass Houses latest effort ‘Peace’
A single review of Conor Maynard’s new single ‘R U Crazy’
Panic! at the Disco’s new single ‘This is Gospel’ is brilliant and available to download now.
With the 90’s seeming an age ago and many female musicians choosing to go unisex or solo, the days of girl bands appear long gone. Yet LA sister trio Haim have been making waves in recent years with impressive songs like ‘Falling’ and entertaining performances at Glastonbury and Reading. Finally the record their fans have…
Chris Evans reviews Sub Focus’ second studio album.
Amidst the fallout from the misogynistic mardi gras of his last number one single, ‘Blurred Lines’, everyone has apparently forgotten that Robin Thicke is actually a singer with a hefty back catalogue, and actually has other songs. I’ll admit something now that in hindsight is shameful: having paid no attention to the actual lyrical content of ‘Blurred…
Chvrches debut, The Bones of What You Believe, reveals a buried brilliance.
Ageing is something that inevitably happens to everyone, and unfortunately for the Kings of Leon, instead of getting better like a good red wine, the band have instead become rather stale and flat in recent years, like an ancient glass of lager. I still claim that their debut, Youth and Young Manhood, is a simply…
2013 has been the year of the throwback. With labels like Run For Cover and 6131 Records belting out some sterling lo-fi/90s-esque/alt-rock bands like Daylight and Pity Sex, the latest band in this vein is offering a slightly different take on this. While bands like Daylight are pointing fingers at Nirvana for their influence, Nashville…
Banks’ debut EP is mystical, despondent, and musically intelligent.
Given that this record was released mid-July, this review is long overdue. I’d basically scrapped that idea, in a the-moment’s-gone sort of way, but then today I got home to the vinyl pressing of the record. As with every new vinyl, it needed a spin right away, and as I listened to it, it reminded…