Author: Paris365
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I love Natalie Prass. Her self-titled debut, released earlier this year, is a fine example of how to do folk pop perfectly. If you’re a fan of Jenny Lewis, I think you’d love her, too. Their songwriting and vocal styles are similar enough that if you like one you should like the other.
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This time around Will Young channels The Beatles, delivering a superb ballad that sounds like it could’ve been written by Paul McCartney during The Beatles heyday. With soaring strings, gospel-style backing singers, and an unforgettable melody, it’s damn near impossible to resist.
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The always charming ZZ Ward leans further into the realm of pop with her new single, “Love 3X,” and hopefully it’s just far enough to get her all over top 40 radio without having fans of her rock side get all bent out of shape… We’ll just have to see what happens. In the meantime,…
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Recently I reviewed Chungking’s incredible new album, Defender. It was a rave review during which I gave the album very high praise, comparing it to some of the greats, like Goldfrapp and Ladytron. I highly recommend that you read the review before reading the following interview with Chungking’s charismatic lead vocalist, Jessie Banks! But, if you…
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Back in February, the girls of IV ROX released their Imperfections EP, which peaked at number 12 on the iTunes Pop Chart. To further intrigue fans, the girls set about having some remixes of “Under The Bridge” done, which you can hear below. First is TS7’s mix, which seems to split the difference between house…
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Mew are my favorite proggy band. When I hear most prog, it seems like it’s more about being technically proficient and showing off your skills with your instruments than writing actually inspired songs. Instead of writing a heartfelt song and making it epic and allowing room for some soloing, you just write the odd music…
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We normally don’t make posts about things streaming on other sites, but we’re making an exception here because we really love Donald’s band the Virgins… The following is the official press release about the stream, etc: Donald Cumming is extremely proud to finally unveil the full extent of his debut solo LP Out Calls Only…
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Yes, the most exciting music rumor so far this year is true: Ireland’s most legendary band, The Corrs, are back! As in, the hugely popular and highly successful family band are making a new album and planning to tour! That’s all that is known as of yet, so I thought I’d give you a little…
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Over the course of Florence + The Machine’s third album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, she mentions the Virgin Mary, Persephone, Motown’s Delilah, Jonah and St. Jude, but Catholicism and mythology are very small influences compared to the worst thing in the world, which is what the album is truly about: heartbreak. Rather than…
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Often times when artists do positive anthems like this they come across as all too cheesy. But Kiesza’s new single “Stronger,” which hails from the Finding Neverland: The Album release, is empowering without tasting saccharine at all, coming across more like Florence + The Machine’s “Shake It Out” than Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off.”
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This is one of my favorite tracks from Muse’s new album, Drones. Much of the album is spent being proggy, trying to be Queen or even David Bowie, but this song reminds me of the Muse I fell in love with nearly a decade ago. It’s just a great hard rock anthem. Get ready to…
