Category: Singles

THE MELODIC – One Day / Reckoning Song

By aaamusic on May 22, 2013 in Reviews, Singles

The Melodic are a British band born and raised in Brixton and this should say enough; but to those not familiar with the cultural melting pot that South London is, this band managed to fuse several sounds coming from all around the world, especially from well, the South.

Their latest release is ‘One day/Reckoning song‘, a cover from Asaf Avidan. Quite distant from the original version (shouldn’t a good cover be like this?), The Melodic elaborated the piece in the [...]

Charlie Straight – I Sleep Alone

By aaamusic on May 10, 2013 in Reviews, Singles

Despite the rainy morning in London, it is still possible to find a reason to foolishly dance in front of the window. This reason is the new upcoming single ‘I Sleep Alone‘ by the Czech band Charlie Straight; the single features the collaboration of the Oscar-winning-singer Marketa Irglova.

Closer to the tradition of the new Indie-folk rock genre which has its main representatives in the Mumford and Sons, rather than the Britpop bands Oasis and Blur, the Czech quartet [...]

THE BEAUTIFUL WORD – May Not Be Love

By aaamusic on May 09, 2013 in Reviews, Singles

Simply by watching The Beautiful Word’s music video one can see how much effort has gone into this project (it’s a cute homemade stop motion feature). The way the video is done could come across as childish but it adds nicely to the music, fitting in well with the style of the song. ‘May Not Be Love’ is simple but melodic and effective. A darling little love song with sweet vocals, pretty guitar melodies and a sparkle of glockenspiel. Wonderfully [...]

JULIA BIEL – We Watch The Stars

By aaamusic on May 09, 2013 in Reviews, Singles

After working with Polar Bear and with producer Ben Watt of Everything But the Girl, being featured in a Nokia Campaign and being nominated at Rising star BBC jazz awards, Julia Biel presents her second album.

Her first single ‘We Watch The Stars’ sounds like an odd choice for a single, but Julia Biel definitely knows how to deliver an obscure and introspective tune, in a lovely and engaging way – it becomes impossible not pay attention.

A mesmerizing, moving song with a [...]

BITE THE BUFFALO – Blue Lips

By aaamusic on Apr 30, 2013 in Reviews, Singles

It seems to be an unwritten rule of life that even if you’re writing an essay that makes life feel like an evening out under the whims of the Marquis de Sade, there is something about the scuzzy, sparky groove of a song like ‘Blue Lips’ that makes you want to put your shades on and take your laptop and fermenting angst out into the garden for a chill-out session. Starting with a swaggering percussive lollop (complete with what may [...]

COCOVAN – Bang Bang

By aaamusic on Apr 22, 2013 in Reviews, Singles

The vocals kind of remind me of Diana Vickers from the X Factor but I think I can overlook that aspect. The music is inspired by New Order and David Bowie as well as more current pop acts. It’s a catchy track produced on a limited budget, the song writing, production and direction having been done entirely by the Cocovan. It’s always inspiring to see a musician who is able to produce something of quality on their own. [...]

OLYMPIANS – Filling My Heart With Weird Dreams

By aaamusic on Apr 22, 2013 in Reviews, Singles

I would totally understand if the term Math-Pop makes you flee in abject terror, dear reader. God knows I have every time I’ve come across it prior to the latest single from Norwich based quartet Olympians. Surely they’re functionally incompatible concepts? What have the fluid, intangible joys of pop music got to do with the rigid functionality of numbers? I was unconvinced to say the very least. And then I played the song. And my knee-jerk biases continue [...]

MATORS OF MIYAZAKI – Human Resources

By aaamusic on Apr 16, 2013 in Reviews, Singles

With a band name like Mayors of Miyazaki and a press release promising short and sweet, you’d be forgiven for thinking ‘Human Resources’ is a sunshine-y little ditty, possibly by some otaku indie-pop outfit. The smiles are there, yes, but brace yourselves for the one-and-a-half minutes of hyperdriven strangeness.

Mayors of Miyazaki do have sweetness, with high-pitched male/female vocal harmonies cooing a pop melody that brings to mind The Subways or Blood Red Shoes. However, the instrumentation here jacks up the power [...]

SHOCKOLADY – Hello

By aaamusic on Apr 04, 2013 in Reviews, Singles

Shockolady features Timofey in her new single Hello.

I’m afraid I will have to be harsh on this one, but this song sounds like something you will hear in Eurovision. It sounds like a track a DJ would play in Ibiza to a bunch of drunk, shirtless Dutch guys, who don’t have a clue about dance music whatsoever. I know it is a dance track and lyrics are not supposed to be smart, but come on! “ The sound of your [...]

THE HOSTS – September Song

By aaamusic on Apr 02, 2013 in Reviews, Singles

I know I’ve got a cracker of a single on my capacious hands when, even on a deadline that’s sailed by a while back, I still get carried away listening to it and completely forget that I’m meant to be reviewing it. Such is the case with this, the new single from Sheffield’s very own The Hosts. A slice of retro tinted bliss expertly produced by their city’s resident demi-god Richard Hawley, ‘September Song’ is pretty much a total joy [...]