Track Of The Day – “I Want You To Stay” – Carol Jarvis

Carol Jarvis is back with a tune that showcases both her voice and her trombone playing, she came on my radar with a track called “In My Veins” which was my track of the year at the time it came out. This is a house track, it starts off all atmospheric, before it drops into …

Track Of The Day: “Groove Is In The Heart” – Deee-Lite

Throwback Track Of The Day “Groove Is In The Heart – Deee-Lite.@theonlyjosie reminded me that this track was 35 years old. I remember the year it came out, it was a heady time, it was pre Madchester, Oasis were still in nappies and Grunge was still in the Delta Quadrant. This further brought the possibilities of …

Track Of The Day: “Queen Of Queens” – Vanity Fairy

On first listen I thought I’d been transported back to 1984 – neon signs, enough hairspray to destroy the ozone layer, and the ubiquitous Linndrum which I’m suspecting I’m hearing here. This has all the makings of a track made in the nerve centre of Prince’s genius, and it’s done so well! All the funk, …

Chillout Track Of The Day “To Face The Truth” Pet Shop Boys

I recently had a chat online with @weeblade about @petshopboys and it made me think of this song. It was never released as a single, but was on their Behaviour album from 1990. This is typical of that era of the PSBs, it’s moody, and having been recorded on analog synths, it gives off that warmth. Lyrically it’s …

Track Of The Day: “Hollywood Dream” – Eighty Ninety

This track is a mesh of so many different influences and this is what attracted me tot it. First of all it starts off with a strummed acoustic guitar giving me the impression that it was a country song. That perception changed when the bass came in, I reckon it’s enhanced with a synth too. …

Blog Interview: Nathan Zanagar

Hello Nathan how are you? I’m great, it’s nice to have a chat with you. Congratulations on the release of La Grande Salle’ how does it feel?  Thank you so much. It feels really good—especially knowing that some of these songs waited a long time before being released. It’s a relief and a joy to …

Single Review: “Country Boy, Country Girl” – Garlen Lo

Garlen Lo needs to actually release an album of songs with these types songs. Wholesome, humorous homemade songs that are just written to make you smile. He’s gone and done it again with this song, packed full of charm – if he’s writing this for someone in real life she needs to say yes! Hold …

Single Review: “(They Say It’s Like) Riding A Bike” – Dan Whitehouse X Jasmine Gardosi

Well, this is quite a mixture! This combines spoken word, with indie rock sensibilities but then you’ve got a spoken word element too and a little bit of hip hop too. This is a track that has an infectious hook, and it caught my attention immediately, it’s almost like a self help tape wrapped up …