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Single Review: “I Need Ya” – Somebody’s Child

The thing that caught my ear the most about this song was the distorted bass, The song chugs along at a fair pace, starting off with analogue drums, I’m getting the feeling that this might be a hybrid of analogue and acoustic, but whatever it is, it’s not unpleasant to the ear for sure. Lyrically …

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Single Review: “Jellyfish” – Lizzie Esau

Lizzie is back! Catchy guitar riffs, half rapped half sung lyrics with the usual fire…. Lizzie was one of my predictions for big things in 2022, and I’m glad she’s not lost any of that passion in her music since I first heard her with “Bitter Weather”. So, what’s this? Well this song is a …

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Album Review: “Cabin 19 Fever” – Wild Card. Words: Sammy Stein.

Wild Card is a London-based jazz combo led by French guitarist Clement Regert with British drummer Sophie Alloway and Australian organist/keyboardist Andrew Noble. Formed in 2011 and with five album releases to their name, the trio is popular on the UK jazz scene and performs regularly, with residencies at prestigious venues including The 606 Club and Ronnie …

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Single Review: “Outside” – Greysha

Greysha is back! This is one of the tracks from her new EP “Fresh Out The Feeling”, and being familiar with her sound I know she wasn’t going to bring anything short of excellence.  This track is moody, which is typical of her sound, electronic drums, with guitars in minor chords, vocals swirling around and …

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Single Review: “The Forest” – Platronic

This is quite a track! It opens with bird song, and breathing, and then the pulsing synth bass line, when I close my eyes I don’t see myself walking through the forest I see myself gliding through tall trees as I listen to this… the vocals are wordless it’s lahs and nahs, and it just …

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Single Review: “I’ve Got Nothing John” – Coco And The Lost

I think this is the perfect breakup song! A take on the classic dear John letter maybe?  “Thinking of a reason we should stay together 12 months on, I’ve got nothing John.” This is a brutal lyric, wrapped up in a really up tempo indie pop song, the chorus is infectious.. Favourite part of this …

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Single Review: “Getting Away With It” – Electronic

It was Bernard Sumner’s birthday on the 4th January, and I thought I’d celebrate it by reviewing a song that he collaborated with Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys and Johnny Marr on – they are the key players on this but there is more on this later on in the review. If you …