2013 has been a big year for gothic rockers Fearless Vampire Killers, what with headlining the Red Bull stage at Download festival, opening for the 2013 Kerrang tour and recording their second album in America with William Control. Somehow, in the midst of all that, they’ve found time to record spooky new single ‘All Hallows…
“Paper Trails” is a cerebrally seductive offering from Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington, it will feature on their forthcoming LP Psychic, which can be streamed in full here. The track sees a contemplative Jaar croon in an introspective and lugubrious manner over Harrington’s adroit instrumentation. The two artists truly bring out a scintillating quality in each other…
As a piece of pop music this number is no bad piece, nice repetitive rhythm, catchy chorus that is as sticky as a treacle covered badger and potential, with a bit of remixing, to become a club classic that could effortlessly end a good night out. Staring through cynical spectacles ‘Let It Rain’ feels like…
Essex based singer-songwriter Arthur Walwin’s has steadily been gaining a loyal following over the past year with the support of radio DJs including Fearne Cotton and Nick Grimshaw, and ‘Someone Who Knows’, the first single from his forthcoming debut album is a polished and radio-ready pop-rock number that should widen his fanbase even more. Walwin…
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,…
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.
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…
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…
‘Heavy Head’ represents a change of bearing into mellower waters for the Berkshire quartet.
Will Miley Cyrus’ latest offering have less of an impact on the charts than her previous chart smash?
In 2010, Forest Swords appeared out of nowhere with his debut EP Dagger Paths, a swirling concoction of drone, dub, and lo-fi RnB. As soon as he arrived, he disappeared back into the wilderness to record his first album. ‘The Weight Of Gold’ was released online this summer, with the tagline “Life’s too f—ing short”.…
Coldplay release their first single in 2 years for the Catching Fire soundtrack