Kelly Clarkson’s new single is a smooth, soulful country track that makes you want to drift away listening to it. ‘Don’t Rush’ has a lovely melodic sound that pulls you in, and lyrics that I think anyone could relate to, and her voice sounds lovely, as usual. This more soul driven direction suits her voice,…
‘Six Degrees of Separation’ is the newest single from The Script album #3, in line with The Script’s previous albums. While this new album signalled their desire to move into a different direction, featuring rap and urban tracks, this harks back to ‘Breakeven’ and ‘The Man Who Can’t Be Moved’ – it’s a ballad, and it’s…
Mumford & Sons are one of those bands absolutely everyone has heard of; there is literally no escaping them. ‘Lover of the Light’, the latest single from Babel, is unlikely to stop this from happening. If anything it’s quite likely that this track will reincarnate ‘Mumford Mania’. It’s pretty much everything you would expect from…
Arguably the best song off Beacon, Two Door Cinema Club’s latest release ‘Sun’ offers us another slice of summertime indie-pop escapism that they have become known for. The track begins in a light, hazy way—with a simple key part and Alex Trimble’s vocals; simplicity at its very best. It’s almost unexpected when 20 seconds in,…
The first time I heard Haim on Dianna Agron’s tumblr, all I could think of was ‘how come I’ve never heard of this band before?’ Described as “folk-meets-90’s R&B”, the sister act opened for Mumford and Sons not too long ago and recently had their latest single ‘Don’t Save Me’ premiered on BBC Radio 1.…
Little Mix became my guilty pleasure when they released their debut single ‘Wings’ and I expected great things from the group and yet after listening to this new release I am left with mixed feelings about the success of the single. They have clearly been adventurous with this single and are definitely trying to make their…
I first saw this band a year ago in a quirky bar in North London with an audience which amounted to no more than fifty. I was pleasantly surprised by their enthusiastic indie pop sound. A year on, and the five piece band from Nottingham have just released their fifth single. ‘Teenage Daughter’ is taken from…
The heavyweight pioneer of Dubstep returns and as always, returns well. Skream announced this month his new Skreamizm E.P will be released before Christmas and with that gave a Soundcloud link to closing track ‘Junkyard Dispute’. Opening with dark, melancholic pads, he quickly drops a bass line which is at the same time intriguingly new and comfortably…
After the success of ‘Midnight City’ yet the relative failure of other singles ‘Reunion’ and ‘Ok Pal’, the French synth-pop behemoth seek to set the record straight on their fourth track from the critically acclaimed Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. Starting off in a trademark fashion of deep synths, rolling voices, and catchy drum beats, ‘Steve…
The third single to be taken from sophomore album Come of Age, ‘I Always Knew’ is exactly what you would expect from The Vaccines (pun intended); Jangly guitar riffs, militant drums, and predictably throwaway lyrics (“‘Cause it’s you / woah woah it’s always you / woah woah I always knew”), all wrapped up in an…
The country pop darling recently released ‘Begin Again’, the second single from her latest album Red. In this ballad, it looks like she has redeemed herself from that awful I-think-this-was-written-by-a-twelve-year-old ‘We are never ever getting back together’ (which unfortunately, has now become horribly catchy). In ‘Begin Again’, she sings about moving on from an ex,…
Frankie Cocozza made a name for himself by being the resident ‘bad boy’ of the X Factor, causing a scandal by being kicked out of the competition for taking class A drugs. His brief stint on the X Factor demonstrated what little, if any musical talent he possessed, but just when we thought we could…
Justin Bieber is back with his new single ‘Beauty and a Beat’. Despite usually hating the teen pop star, this song is surprisingly catchy. Don’t worry, I’m not going to start praising Bieber, I hate the cheesiness of this song as much as the next person, probably more so in fact. However he does know…
After storming the charts with their first single ‘Feel the Love’, Rudimental are back with ‘Not Giving In’. As with the first single, Rudimental stay true to their soulful roots, but balance this out with another dance-floor hit – with John Newman and Alex Clare contributing to the track. After a soulful start, the whole…