SHOCKOLADY – Hello

Shockolady features Timofey in her new single Hello.

I’m afraid I will have to be harsh on this one, but this song sounds like something you will hear in Eurovision. It sounds like a track a DJ would play … Read More

THE HOSTS – September Song

I know I’ve got a cracker of a single on my capacious hands when, even on a deadline that’s sailed by a while back, I still get carried away listening to it and completely forget that I’m meant to … Read More

Johnny5thWheel&thecowards – Diary Of A Liar

Preston, Lancashire artists Johnny5thWheel&thecowards call their sound steampunk-doom-jazz, which experimentally mixes folk with psychedelia. Influenced by Tom Waits, Scott Walker and The Flaming Lips, it’s members are Richard Lomax, Stevie Guy, Dave Watkins and Dave Barker.

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TO THE BONES – Emperor’s Ride

“This is a song about being reborn,” snarls frontman Rhys in To The Bones’ new single, ‘Emperor’s Ride’, and this latest cut from the Bolton-based noisemongers does indeed sound like a band given a new lease of … Read More

MIKE MARLIN – Skull Beneath The Skin

The opening of the song is mysterious, sounding like a childhood lullaby yet quite spooky at the same time. Then Marlin Marlin’s deep vocals creep in accompanied by eerie lyrics and pulsing guitar. Quintessentially English and utterly catchy and … Read More

SILHOUETTE RISING – Rehab

Last February, the American band Silhouette Rising released their latest single Rehab.

Rehab got me hooked right from the beginning. Starts with a nice, short build up with well-performed vocals, and brilliant dynamics through the whole verse. When it gets … Read More

APPLES & EVE – L’Homme

Brighton gypsy folk artists Apples & Eve formed in 2010 as the duo Eva Rose (guitar/vocals) & Francine Perry (drums/vocals). They studied together at the same college and learnt they had a mutual interest in music of this genre.

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THE GHOSTS – Everything Will Do

‘Everything Will Do’ is the new single from The Ghosts’ debut album The End. The lead singer at times sounds like Liam Gallagher. What do I mean at times? I was thinking ‘Oasis’ throughout the whole song. Still, despite … Read More

SOFT BULLETS – Posterity

Posterity is the debut single from Soft Bullets. Soaring and cloudy indie electronica with a very commercial sound. It’s a pretty basic release: rhythm, synth and the hook of ‘don’t forget that you will rule the world.’ It’s catchy … Read More

DAN MICHAELSON AND THE COASTGUARDS – Sheets

Well damn. I’m a fan of subtlety in most of the music that I listen to (my love of the Manic Street Preachers notwithstanding) but there does come a point when sometimes one feels like whatever they’re listening to could … Read More