The theme of Ashes is clearly heartbreak. In a recent interview with The Guardian, Kyla La Grange, who is a Cambridge Philosophy graduate, said she wanted to “tap into that feeling of being really fucked up”, but sadly, Ashes doesn’t quite deliver. In fact, the dramatic love songs make this seem more like a Twilight…
Scouting for Girls are (unfortunately) back just in time for our delightful British summer, with a single called, who’d of thought it, ‘Summertime in the City’. With an idiotic video, and equally stupid lyrics accompanied by a predictable ‘la la la’ melody, it’s just another generic pop song from the three piece. The thing with…
‘One More Night’ is the second single from Maroon 5’s newest album Overexposed and shows some of the colour of the album that isn’t reflected by the lead single ‘Payphone.’ Staccato beats at the start of the verses merge into smooth vocals in the bridge creating a multi-layered song that keeps you interested throughout. Both…
Championing the genre of ‘future pop’ just as 4AD label mate Grimes did with the release of Visions earlier this year, Montreal duo Purity Ring’s debut is brimming with throbbing synths and dreamy vocals. Consisting of vocalist Megan James and everything else-ist Corin Roddick, the pair have created one of the most exciting, critically acclaimed…
Electro-pop outfit Passion Pit has created an album that is infectious, upbeat and mesmerising; at times though, its just far too much…
Cast your mind back 12 months and you might remember hearing about this new girl on the block, Kreayshawn, as her exciting electro hip hop sound generated one of the underground club tracks of the summer, ‘Gucci Gucci‘. At that point, there was a lot of hype, and since then she has been working on…
From the off there is something different about the new Lucy Rose single. In ‘Lines’ -from the EP with the same name- Lucy Rose has taken a style she used before and really embraced it. ‘Lines’ doesn’t have the dramatic drums of ‘Red Face’, or the heavy influence of Bombay Bicycle Club that was plain…
The second single from Electra Heart is the hard-hitting ‘Power and Control’ and with ‘Primadonna’ as the brilliant first single, it has a tough act to follow. A strong choice from Marina Diamandis, perhaps choosing it for it’s direct comment on the power struggle in relationships. However, critics have claimed that Marina has lost her musical…
Alexander Green reviews The View’s fourth effort, Cheeky For A Reason and finds a band that probably should have disappeared a while ago
First ‘Love Interruption’ , then ‘Sixteen Saltines’, now we have ‘Freedom at 21’. Jack White’s latest single from his album Blunderbuss is something of a mixed song. When you first listen it will throw you off given its peculiar rhythm. Quickly, however, it grows on you. A lot. The guitar takes a while to kick…
I was baffled, when I heard that The Script were collaborating with Will.I.Am, because in my head the two types of music I typically associate with each artist are practically on opposite sides of the spectrum. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the result, named ‘Hall of Fame’. I don’t think that it’ll be an incredible commercial…
The xx return with new single Angels, a song of sparse emptiness and foreboding percussion. It’s not the new dancefloor direction promised, but a teaser of what’s to come.
By now we’ve all uttered the words “Oh, have you heard that Azealia Banks chick? You know the ‘212’ one?” to countless people and usually received an acknowledged nod in return or an enthusiastic “I LOVE ‘212’!” followed by chants of “Ima ruin you cunt!” to the nearest person. However, despite ‘212’ being the track…
‘Vegas Girl’ is teenage heartthrob Conor Maynard‘s second single, following on from the success of his debut single ‘Can’t Say No‘ which went to number 2 in the UK charts in April. ‘Vegas Girl’ follows a similar path to his first single with his *NSYNC style, breathless vocals and catchy R&B beat. The lyrics are…