Doviak is here with a track that comes at you with attitude, the drums deep and punchy in the mix, with some great guitar work, and his vocals so clear… I love the way that there’s a falsetto over the top to reinforce it all. Overall the track is dark, both lyrically and musically, …
Single Review: “Thirteen Weeks” – With Sun
Thirteen Weeks – With Sun I’ll be honest, I struggled with whether I wanted to review this one, as the subject matter is that raw. And everyone that I know that’s heard this song has had the same reaction. I don’t think I’d have been able to do it justice as a reviewer as my …
Album Review: “Music In The Air” – Mark Christian Miller. Words: Sammy Stein
Music in the Air Being jazz correspondent for Platinum Mind can lead to discoveries and ‘Music In The Air’ from US musician Mark Christian Miller, featuring renowned West Coast musicians Jamieson Trotter on piano and arrangements, Mike Gurrola on bass, Kevin Winard on drums, Larry Koonse on guitar and Danny Janklow on alto sax, is …
Single Review: “What Would Buffy Do?” B of Briz
For the non nerds among us, this song is about Buffy Summers. Buffy is a vampire slayer from the fictional town of Sunnydale, and her role is to protect the town and the world from the Hellmouth which is located on the site of the high school Sunnydale High. This was a tv series back …
Album Review: “Tarraska” – Tarraska
Tarraska just dropped their new album….. I have tea. I have biscuits. Let’s do this. Sins Of The Other This is a straight out ballsy track, it kicks in with a guitar riff at the beginning – the squeal of a pinched string heralds the rest of the instrumentation coming in – open hi hatted …
Blog interview: Sammy Stein – author, “The Wonder Of Jazz: Music That Changed The World”
Hello Sammy, how are you? Very well, thank you. Congratulations on the release of The Wonder Of Jazz. How does it feel? I feel nervous and excited. It is also like letting something go. Once something is released, you lose a bit of the control over it, and the sudden release from the immersion can …
Single Review: “Know Me” – Days Of Rome
The thing I like about this song is its quirkiness, the intro makes you think it’s a soulful slow jam, but when the beat drops, it’s anything but. What do I mean? Well at around 0:10 a trumpet comes in, and then we get treated to a scratch, straight into the drums, bass, and guitar …
Single Review: “New Life” – The Happy Somethings
Check Out “New Life” here on The Happy Somethings Bandcamp My favourite wibbly wobbly timey wimey pop trio are back…. And as always they bring the goods and they bring it well! The melody is very much in keeping with their retro sound, but they add some interesting twists from the future too. “Welcome to …
Single Review: “Gaze” – Alpha Twin
Well! This exploded out of my main speakers nicely! The guitar riff at the beginning comes in distorted and put through an EQ to make it sound like it’s coming out of a little radio. At 0:10 the bass comes in with kick and hi hat playing around two notes… Then… BOOM! 0:19 the whole …
Single Review: “Mirrors” – Tony Goff and The Broken Colours
Horns. Jangly guitars. Sweet harmonies. Strong punchy vocals. I mean… What’s not to like???? This song is a summer tune, with an upbeat outlook and that’s what attracted me to the song, singing about being ready to love again, with a strong confidence that Tony sings from his belly, it’s like you’re coming out of …