This is a very unsuspecting album. I did not suspect it to throw me off the sassy French New Wave band scent as much as it did. There was no odour of Nouvelle Vogue on this album. No whiff of those re- interpreted chansons that made the collective group of artists so unique. I even […]
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Break out the whiskey glasses, throw in the ice and take a huge swig of this intoxicating new album from the duo that is Grand National. Incorporating the talents of Rupert Lyddon and Lawrence ‘La’ Rudd, both hailing from London, Grand National is quite the enigma. They possess a momentous sound with intricate layers – […]
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Prepare your ears for the refreshing sounds of Benny Sings, whose latest album Benny…. At Home is bubbling with a sparkling array of jazz, a zest of hip hop and a juicy chunk of pop, without any sickly sweet after taste. Like a thirst quenching glass of ice cold pink lemonade, Benny Sings puts the […]
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The grand- daddies of electro- house cool are without a doubt, the German duo of Walter Merzinger and Arno Kammermeier. Or as they are more commonly known by educated dance floor fiends the globe over – Booka Shade. Having only released two albums comprising solely of their own material, Momento and Movement in 2004 and […]
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This is one for the cool kids. Keep those Ray Bans on to avoid the neon t-shirt glare, strap on your Nike Airs and prepare to pop to the phat beats of this killer compilation. Mainstream it is not. Good enough to blast from your car stereo it is. Today’s dance/ rock scene is a […]
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Damn, Norman Jay has packed a whole lot o’ soul into this album. In fact, he has loaded almost every genre under the sun on to this double CD. With a revolving barrel of disco, reggae, hip hop and uplifting house; Norman Jay fires a range of eclectic tracks. But you’d be forgiven for thinking […]
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Pull open the doors, slide onto the smooth dark leather seats, crank up the volume and watch as the neon signs race reflectively over the dash whilst you listen to Neon Neon’s debut album, Stainless Style. No other album has endeavoured to tell the story of a billionaire playboy with the fervour that Neon Neon […]
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Boy, oh boy. Have I encountered a paradox with this new album. There are parts of it I love, and parts of it a loath to such an extent it gives me a migraine to replay them. I have always enjoyed Tame Impala. Their debut tracks, such as Glass Half Full of Wine and Why […]
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In a universe where young bands are hell bent on screaming their idiosyncratic prophecies to an overly saturated and usually uninterested audience, the Plain White T’s seem to have emerged from a different angle. Tom Higgenson, Dave Tirio, Mike Retondo, De’ Mar Hamilton and Tim Lopez are the lads from Illinois that make up […]
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Album Artwork Copyright of Mariachi El Bronx & White Drugs. Like most good things, people always have a way of finding out about it. Even when hardcore punk rock bands have a mariachi side project that ends up gaining more momentum than their aforementioned musical pursuit. Random good things like that. As a writer, and […]
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