Evanstar – I Won’t Regret

Evanstar greet us with an electronic heartbeat which fades into rhythmic percussion and leads into a louder and guitar-based chorus. The lyrics are a bit naff and the vocals are a bit standard, but it’s quite a catchy song. … Read More

Deafkid – Talk

Deafkid start their single, Talk, with acoustic guitars that seem to set us up for a pretty conventional record. However, then in come the whispery and ghostly vocals and electronica. The percussion in parts of the song is rather … Read More

LUKE RITCHIE – Butterfly

As a London based acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter, Luke Ritchie has played with artists like The Golden Retrievers and acclaimed folk singer Hannah Peel . His rich, passionate folk and blues style is compared with John Martyn and Paul … Read More

AL LEWIS – Treading Water

As a Welsh musician Al Lewis has been BBC Radio Cymru’s Best Male Artist for the last two years. He’s become increasingly well known and released two successful Welsh language albums. Supporters include DJs Steve Lamacq, Huw Stephens, Janice … Read More

Dewayne Everettsmith – It’s Like Love

‘It’s Like Love’ is the debut (UK) single from Australian singer-songwriter Dewayne Everettsmith – a collaboration with viola player Jasmine Beans that has soundtracked Australia’s tourism marketing campaign.

It’s a slice of clean, pop-folk balladry, with slow burning acoustic … Read More

Pablo Nouvelle – One more Chance

Swiss filmmaker and musician Pablo Nouvelle – aka Fabio Friedli – has been creating quite the buzz this year. His blend of electronica and hip-hop with old pop and soul music is extremely accessible despite its intentional experimentation.

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Damn Vandals – This Amazing

Well, this is just inconsiderate. Damn Vandals here seem to have the gall to sound recognisably like a guitar band but not immediately bring to mind another band. While this is fantastic news to them, as they already seem … Read More

Bad for Lazarus – My Muddle

You can have as much deafening feedback as you want, as many smashed guitars and Metal Machine Music’s as you want, the weirdest songs will always be the ones with an enormous, heaping dose of melody along with its … Read More

Autoheart – Control

I’m never sure whether to trust any band that actively refers themselves as a “Pop group”. I mean, I know that any band that plays music and appeals to a wide variety of people is technically a “Pop group” … Read More

Dr. Meaker – Fighter

Fighter is the new release by Dr Meaker. If given a genre that best fit this, it would be dubstep.

This release was a bit harder to get into. The tracks didn’t feel as well structured; the samples were … Read More