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Track: Ted Barnes feat. Michael Clarke – ‘Way Beyond This’: a delicate acoustic tune telling of the moment your lover leaves
YOU MAY or may not have been blessed enough to have swooned for Clayhill, the cruelly underrated trio who got lumped into the semi-trendy genre ‘The New Acoustic’ by the music press alongside the likes of Lowgold and Kings of Convenience, which definition did them a massive disservice. Seek ye their albums; for further evidence …
Track: DijahSB shares new single ‘By Myself’ ahead of new album
Toronto-based rapper DijahSB just gifted us with ‘By Myself’, sporting a down-tempo classic boom bap beat with a funky bassline to suit. The tune has a sprinkle of the contemporary, with a distinct guitar riff towards the final verse and chorus, present in a portion of Odd Future’s records, early last decade. The production on …
See: Generation – ’21st Century Woman’: are our favourite Merseyside glamsters teetering on the edge?
LIVERPUDLIAN glamour trash punk brothers Generation are teetering on the edge of fratricide in their new video, ground down by the demands of rock ‘n’ roll, by cheap rum – these guys have taste – that ain’t Captain Morgan’s, no way, José. The trials and tribulations of the life of a glam rock duo, all …
Track: Lou Main releases the melancholic debut, Orchard
Birmingham born, Bristol based singer-songwriter Lou Main has just released his debut single Orchard, the first of a series of releases he’s got planned for 2021. Of his outlook, Lou says “I make music that brings together hip hop production with indie musicianship and poetic songwriting with influences from Kanye West to The Stone Roses …
See: Greywind – ‘Am I Asleep?’: Killarney siblings show a softer side, but still rock
THE ROCK synthesis of Irish siblings Steph and Paul O’Sullivan, Greywind are back after their dominating 2017 album Afterthoughts with a new single, which loses none of the anthemic rock catharsis while revealing a more heartsore dimension. They accelerated through their formative period when the very first song they uploaded to SoundCloud, “Afterthoughts”, was picked up …
Track: Vengeant share their epic first single Angel’s Battle Cry
Swedish metal band Vengeant have released their first single, ‘Angel’s Battle Cry’. A Progressive, Symphonic Metal masterpiece inspired by Magic: the Gathering. This track gets better and better as it goes on. The band have managed to create a track within this genre that sounds amazing with no over blown production or gimmicks. Danae Komodromou’s …
Track: Cherym release brilliant new single ‘Kisses On My Cards’
Northern Irish pop-punks Cherym have celebrated signing to Alcopop! Records by releasing a new single, Kisses on my Cards, out right now. The Derry trio released the record just in time for Valentine’s Day, but it was too good of us to ignore. Of the track, vocalist Hannah Richardson says: “‘Kisses On My Cards’ is a …
See: Birthday Ass – ‘Blah’: zero-fucks no-wave punk-funk fun!
PRIYA CARLBERG, vocalist with no-wave post-punk melange-stirrers Birthday Ass, has a vision deliciously at right angles with the world; jump in, but jump in sideways, with their new single “Blah”. Blah. You heard right. Blah. Blah blah. Blah blah blah blah. Priya rounded up some of her fellow cohort from the jazz conservatory at which …
Track: Chloe Foy – ‘Left-Centred Weight’: luscious, hook-laden folk to welcome spring
AS 2021 stretches and tentatively decides to dangle an experimental leg out of bed you, like me, will be looking round for the first buds and flowers of spring; new musical talent to get excited about, to bring us fresh, bright melodies. Step forward clutching the butter yellow of early daffs please, Chloe Foy; this …
Track: Niklas Paschburg – ‘Little Orc’ (Uele Lamore Remix): an impressionistic and cinematic retake
FOLLOWING on from the experimental pop of “Bathing In Blue”, in tandem with British vocalist Millie Turner last November, modern compositional pianist and composer Niklas Paschburg has once more offered a track up for reinterpretation and if required, reinvention; this time the creative baton being passed to Parisian composer and multi-instrumentalist Uele Lamore. She’s taken …