Tag: pop
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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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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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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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It’s Like You Never Went Away is the stunning debut EP by Goldroom, a DJ who’s been getting some serious accolades as of late. And when you listen to this, you’ll know why. Not only is he a beat maestro, he can write some serious pop tunes to boot. Here, he delivers four songs, each…
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Little Boots has just unveiled her new video for Better in the Morning, which was premiered by Fader, as you can see above. A lovely video to go with a lovely song, what more can I say? Here’s Little Boots herself on her tour and more: “I’m honoured to have some incredible support acts confirmed for…
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Monarchy’s lovely cover of Beck’s “Lost Cause” will be on their Re|Vision EP, which will be nine cover versions and a remix. It will be released on the 15th of June. “Lost Cause” was commissioned by Julian Ballestros, a fan who supported the duo through the “choose a cover” option when they were doing their…
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Typically, our #songoftheday is selected from newly released singles, but once in a while we fall in love with something that we missed the first time around. So, we figure better late than never and cover i t anyway. Such is the case with “You’re Worth It” by Cimorelli.
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“Someone sucked the life out of the room / When that someone said goodbye much too soon,” begins Nate Ruess’ lovely new ballad, “What This World Is Coming To.” And that pretty much sums up the song right there: the classic tale of boy meets girl and they fall in love and then she leaves…
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Well, you’re either going to love this one or hate it. Personally, I found it a little unsettling at first because I’m not used to seeing Katharine McPhee like this. She’s so sweet and innocent on Scorpion. And she was both of those on Smash, too. And she didn’t get very risque when she released…
