As an accompanying single to Rammstein’s upcoming best-of album Made in Germany 1995–2011, ‘Mein Land’ does a good job of summing up their musical power and ‘oomph’. Rammstein’s wonderfully humorous style is put to good use in a video which contrasts the dark, industrial metal Germans with a sunny beach setting, parodying Baywatch and The…
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From its explosive introduction to its Generation X-aping refrain of “Here we are now/Entertain us”, the stage is set for Seattle grunge trio Nirvana to have a huge hit this Christmas. Despite some hardcore fans of the band accusing Nirvana of selling out by releasing such a commercial tune, bookies now pitch ‘Smells Like Teen…
Little Justin Bieber makes it easy to hate him, doesn’t he? In this disgustingly sugary festive number that mixes references to everyone’s favourite day with focus-group level ‘gangster’ language (see “Shawtee with you”), the little spawn of Satan proves that he can even ruin Christmas. The formulaic and catchy nature of the chorus will guarantee…
‘The Fear’ is the newest single from 23-year-old Devon surfer Ben Howard. Following on from upbeat summer sizzler ‘Keep Your Head Up’, ‘The Fear’ takes a more relaxed and – if people actually still did this – singalong ‘round the camp fire’ vibe. With Howard’s skillful acoustic guitar playing and tender vocals, this track shows his real…
Nicki Minaj becomes Roman Zolanski for the lead single for her second album.
One Direction are the latest in a line of hate-to-love and love-to-hate boy bands of the modern pop music scene, along with the likes of JLS and The Wanted. Their debut release ‘What Makes You Beautiful‘ was the fastest-selling single of the year in the UK, but had people cringing far and wide at the…
“And who do you think you are/Running around leaving scars”, Christina Perri croons on the chorus of single ‘Jar of Hearts’. If you have listened to the radio recently, you will no doubt have heard the song which gave the singer-songwriter a large amount of unexpected success. A piano ballad full of heart-wrenching lyrics –…
I know what you’re thinking. Surely James Blake can’t be releasing more material, having already churned out an album and an EP this year. Clearly the man is something of a music-generating machine, as his latest EP Love What Happened Here is due for release this December. ‘Curbside’, a cut from the EP, was premiered…