Category: Single Reviews

Lotusbliss Could Be Your New Favourite Band If The New Song ‘Horror’ Is Anything To Go By. Essentially Pop Caught Up With The Brothers With A Few Questions.

April 22, 2021

A lifetime of creation, experimentation, making noise and camaraderie has come to fruition with the Kent band Lotusbliss; literally a band of brothers who are starting to make waves in the indie rock music scene.

Kelsey Coleman – ‘Break Mine’

April 22, 2021

Daniela Federici is a master of the black and white portrait, and together with pop singer Kelsey Coleman they’ve made a video that’s compelling right from the word go, with Coleman filling out every line and every syllable of her new single, ‘Break Mine’, while Federici captures every aspect of the performance. The clip is so watchable is the clip that you might might miss that it’s entirely footage of Coleman’s face, set against a black background.

Jack Rayner – ‘Daydream’

April 22, 2021

Dancers Sebastian Melo Taveira and Hannah Cleeve are stunning in Jack Rayner’s new music video for his new single, ‘Daydream’. Over the past past year, Rayner sat down and poured his heart out into two songs of complete contrast – ‘Daydream’, and ‘Hold On Me – Jack Rayner Remix’, featuring Karma.

Me And My Nightmare – ‘Mad World’

April 22, 2021

Tears For Fears released ‘Mad World’ back in 1982. It charted pretty much everywhere – except the US. Nonetheless, over the years, it’s developed a life of its own, and nearly 40 years later it’s an acknowledged classic, with a new found relevance, which Mea Fisher, and her band Me And My Nightmare, have taken on board with their 2021 update.

Los Musick and P.A.T. Louisiana’s Finest – ‘My Friend Hip Hop’ 

April 20, 2021

‘My Friend Hip Hop’ is the opening track on ‘Inside The People’, and could very well be considered as having “instant classic” status.

Pierre Porter – ‘Marry Me’

April 20, 2021

Pierre Porter is of Italian and Ghanian heritage, and was raised in the Bronx. Over the past 4 years he’s been making a name for himself in music, and wears his creative hat in every way he can, from being a part-time videographer to crafting his sound. He’s been putting in the hard grinds, and into his unique sound, and it definitely shows in his new single, ‘Marry Me’.

FreeWorld – D-Up (Here’s To Diversity)’

April 20, 2021

Memphis Tennessee is probably the most important city with regard to the development of popular music. It’s the home of the king of Rock and Roll, it’s one of the birthplaces of the blues, it marks the gateway to the Dirty South, and and it’s the birthplace of many influential rappers and rap styles. Soul, R&B, gospel, funk, jazz, rockabilly, psychedelia: there’s hardly any American musical style that isn’t being done in Memphis, and being done well.

Sparkle – ‘Easy’

April 20, 2021

You may remember Sparkle from her debut single, ‘Be Careful’, released by the Chicago Soul and R&B singer back in 1998. It was one of the year’s defining songs, and it hailed the arrival of a gorgeous new voice, finding its way to the top of Billboard’s “R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay” and charts all over the world. Sparkle followed this success with a number of other hits, including ‘Time to Move On’, ‘Lovin’ You’, and ‘What About’. The songs were sexy tunes, but they were also grown-up pop tracks, which addressed complicated relationships in direct, unsparing language. Sparkle could communicate intense passion and true sophistication at the same time, and people noticed.

Fresh Da Zoe – ‘No Sleep’

April 20, 2021

Born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, but now in the US, Fresh Da Zoe doesn’t sound particularly menacing, or angry, or secretive on his new single, ‘No Sleep’. But with lyrics like, “If I want you dead, you won’t hear about it,” making the boast point-blank, almost cheerfully, utterly confident about his ability to eliminate rivals without breaking a sweat: that’s probably more frightening. He’s effortlessly lethal, yet at the same time he’s able to say the most remarkable and threatening things in an instantly approachable way.

Red Shaydez – ‘Lemme Go Talk My Sh**’

April 20, 2021

With ‘Lemme Go Talk My Sh**’ Red Shaydez reminds us once again how she’s managed to make it so far.

Eagle Johnson And Clean Machine Are Getting High With New Release ‘All My Friends’

April 20, 2021

It’s April 20, aka Weed Day, so what better day than today to cover the latest single by Eagle Johnson and Clean Machine, ‘All My Friends’, which is all about gathering together with your friends, forgetting your problems and putting the world to rights – by getting high?

Dave Sheriff Releases Latest Single ‘We’re Off On A Holiday’

April 16, 2021

‘We’re Off On A Holiday’ is the new single from country singer, Dave Sheriff. The track, which rewrites a previous single from 2018, is the Telford artist’s celebration of the lifting of lockdown, and its bright and easy listening mood is a reflection of that currently being felt across the UK.