Tag: Single Reviews

You heard it here first folks. Expect alot of talk about these two young sisters from Sweden early next year. First Aid Kit are Johanna and Klara Soderberg from Enskede,

The stompy chorus and overblown video hype this track up, not to mention the fact that its been anticipated since, oh, how many years? But considering the reportedly dark times

With a new album (‘The Bachelor’ ) and a new label (Bloody Chamber Music), the sparkle-haired elf has taken a high-fashion, eighties disco-influenced turn in this new single. Though his

The new Girls Aloud video is, quite literally, a load of balls. Gone are the days of 5 girls dancing at a tea party table in Elizabethan get-ups, as Untouchable

Boom Boom Pow Not quite the knockout blow the title might imply, ‘Boom Boom Pow’ sees the Black Eyed Peas cash in on the Kanye-fuelled robot rap trend, injecting a

Despite the inarguably explosive stardom of Leslie Feist post the toe-tapping (iPod) commercial success of 1234, Canadian indie rockers Broken Social Scene still insist on treating their band members like

The Decemberists’ last album, The Crane Wife, was a musical rendition of a Japanese folk tale, so perhaps it’s not all that surprising that their upcoming album, The Hazards of

A motley hodgepodge of exclamatory lyrics, including groggy demands of “Bring me tea, bring me coffee, I was up all night,” Art Brut’s latest single places the band in that

“Come Back” from Depeche Mode’s upcoming album Sounds of the Universe is a sign that the thirty-year-old band is showing its age. The song is predictably electronic New Wave, but

With a step away from a sing-along sound that has become characteristic of The Boy Least Likely To, “Balloon On A Broken String” will get your toes tapping to the

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs new single, “Zero” from their upcoming LP, It’s Blitz! is brimming with synthesizers and electronic influence, so much so that drummer, Brian Chase, and guitarist, Nick

NYC hipsters have flocked around Lauren Flax’s debut single like grannies around a Michael Guiney’s January Sale. A melodic house track with all the addictivity of a Gui Boratto jam,

There’s nothing more annoying than a latecomer to the party. They show up at half two, twisted, and drink all your Lidl wine, eat all your non-perishables, make the jokes

Hands up who knows Fever Ray. Hands? Anyone? Well, let me ask that question in about a month’s time, I reckon the reaction will be somewhat more enthusiastic. Fever Ray

We can’t seem to get enough of ICP around these parts. Maybe it is down to our love of all things Guinness, or maybe its just the self-assured, catchy as

You can imagine the label exec meeting all too easily. A&R Man: …So you see, by wearing all black, writing vaguely morose lyrics, and singing in baritone these Interpol and

The first lady of chavdom returns with this, the first single off her forthcoming ‘Jigsaw’ album. ‘I Got You Dancing’ sounds like an 11 year old was left to play

Not Squares, quite simply, shattered our groins. First supporting Chicagoite cretins Mahjongg earlier in the year, and then local loves Cap Pas Cap at their single launch last week, this