“I’ll see what I can do yeah” starts off this one with a pitch bent note and a “WHOOP!” to begin it. It then launches into a big indie rock track which passes through filters – it’s all big riffs, but again this is a strong track with a belter of a chorus. The chord changes …
Single Review: “SHARK!” Dirty Nice
To an upbeat guitar driven track we go with this one, a bit rowdy! And fair warning – the “again and again and again” bit will get stuck in your head. It’s quite the catchy refrain! What I really like though is that the song references the title with its punctuation mark to make its …
Single Review: “Hailstones, Clocktower, Hummingbird” – CATMILK
There are many things I like about this one, one being that it starts off with a little poem at the beginning, then fades up to the music coming in. You would be forgiven for thinking it was just that, but it all fits together nicely. An acoustic guitar driven number, this song gives me …
Blog interview: Bedhed
Congratulations on the release of “Holding Their Breath” how does it feel? Amazing! We waited a long time to have our first single out, and the response has been in wildest dreams territory. It’s brilliant to have one of our songs out there and have made this thing we love, and that it’s finding so …
Blog interview: The Great Leslie
Congratulations on the release of “Burn Me, Drown Me” how does it feel? Thank you! It feels like we have really good momentum going at the moment with the great things that have happened to us recently, this release just comes at the perfect time to keep that going. What’s the story behind the song? …
Single Review: “I Get Around” – Beach Boys
For my throwback track review I thought I’d go back to the 1960s. On July 4th 1964 The Beach Boys began a two week run on the US singles chart with this song. This is probably the first Beach Boys record I ever heard, on a dusty TDK tape in 1989 that a friend of …
Live Review: Too Many Zooz, London Jazz Cafe 3rd July 2023. Words: Sammy Stein.
Too Many Zooz are NYC-based trio Leo Pelligrino on baritone sax, Matt Muirhead on trumpet, and David Parks on drums. London’s Jazz Café was the perfect venue for the trio, the crowd was enthusiastic, and the space was large, packed, and atmospheric. After the first set by pianist/rapper Harvey White who topped his piano playing, …
Single Review: “Ready” – Cory Wong and Ben Rector
This track screams summer soul! Wow! From the top, guitar virtuoso Cory Wong opens fire with muted guitar playing 16ths although I get the feeling that may be delays, and the guitar sound over that comes in over the top playing the main riff.. I can’t even get my head around it.. it’s clean, it’s …
Video Premiere: “Breakneck” – BlitZ
BlitZ are a 3 piece Rock band hailing from Nottingham UK, renowned for their high octane live performances and Massive Rock Anthems, . BlitZ have been tearing roofs off venues and gaining an ever growing fan base (The BlitZ Crew) since their formation in 2015. BlitZ are Stuart Corden – Bass lead vocals Kevin Simpson- …
Copasetic Foundation Celebrates Ten Years. Words: Sammy Stein
May 2023 marked the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Copasetic Foundation. What began as an informal vehicle for jazz and related music words and music productions has grown to become an established, non-profit collective that creates and produces live music and theatre shows, to promote the understanding and appreciation of jazz and related music via …