Sweet Sweet Lies – No one Will Love You (Like I do)

New single by Brightoners Sweet Sweet Lies is all that that name conveys – duplicitious, bittersweet, cheeky and twee. All in the best ways possible. Noone Will Love You (Like I Do) is a malicious acoustic ballad that’s as passionate … Read More

Flash Fiktion – Artificial Colours

Warning: this single contains strobe lighting. And the best use of the cowbell since Daft Punk is Playing at My House. Flash Fiktion’s new release Artificial Colours is an epileptic piece of electro-pop, and has a chorus that’s so profanely … Read More

The Drums – How It Ended

The Drums release new single How It Ended on Halloween (Monday 31st October). The video is, by their own admission, an homage to London.

Shot in the city during their last tour-related visit, it shows our … Read More

You Love Her Coz She’s Dead – You Love Her Coz She’s Dead

I think that I was trying very, very hard to come up with a way to describe this self-titled release from the impressively-monikered You Love Her Coz She’s Dead, and as of right now, it’s still a … Read More

Vallenfyre – A Fragile King

How doom-laden do you want your morning? A pre-noon Vallenfyre review is pretty similar to pouring tar over your cereal. Here we have the depths of death and doom pedigree, with members of Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride … Read More

LA JOVENC – Perverse Or Polymorphous

La Jovenc (real name Giovanni Dal Monte) is an avant-garde Italian electronic producer. Perverse Or Polymorphous, his experimental electronica and trip hop album, was self released on Monday 3 October 2011.

To some, this album will not … Read More

Sophie Barker – A Forest / Say Goodbye

Sophie Barker was the remarkable and stunning vocalist behind the electronica / downtempo band Zero 7. Her solo Seagull album was released in May this year and received much praise.

She releases her amazing version of The … Read More

Is Tropical – Lies

Masked trio Is Tropical return with their third single from debut album ‘Native To,’ and it’s more straight-up pop than other tracks I’ve heard from these Londoners.

Is Tropical used to have an air of mystery about them, … Read More

Daniel Pearson – Wishing Well

Daniel Pearson is a Yorkshire born rock country singer-songwriter from Leeds whose debut album Satellites is due for release on 16th January, 2012. He’s reminiscent of Bruce Springsteen, Ryan Adams and Bob Dylan.

Wishing Well, the lead single … Read More

The Raid – Heads Or Tales

What’s this? I don’t understand? I…can’t…quite…get…my…head…around…it. Oh, it’s just a simple rock’n’roll single. But, where’s the ‘experimental’ electronic bleeps? The off-kilter percussion? The surf-rock and/or 80s and/or shoegazing element? What’s ridiculous is that it took me a few listen … Read More