If you’re stumbling around the place looking for some jumbo, godzilla-sized, magniloquent tunes, then may we point you in the direction of Pigeon Wigs debut mini-album ‘Rock By Numbers’, you lucky, lucky thing? After delivering a string of psychedelic blues rock monoliths with singles ‘Near The Knuckle’, ‘Death Of A King’, ‘Hold Up!’ and ‘RadiationContinue reading “Pigeon Wigs – Rock By Numbers”
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MACY – Shoulders Back
Bubblegum-pop starlets don’t come any more fizzy and energetic than MACY and her new single ‘Shoulders Back’ is every bit as sparkling as any of her releases to date. Like contemporaries Charli XCX, Dua Lipa and Little Mix, the Abertillery performer takes shamelessly overt melodies and couples them up with razor sharp, glistening EDM productionContinue reading “MACY – Shoulders Back”
Papa Jupe’s T.C. – Wetmarket EP
Who is Papa Jupe? And what is his T.C? We’re still not certain but after hearing the ‘Wetmarket EP’ we think we could be persuaded to give up all our worldly possessions and prostrate ourselves in front of a graven image of him or some shit. Because five lads from Cardiff, who we guess areContinue reading “Papa Jupe’s T.C. – Wetmarket EP”
Blur – St. Charles Square
Britpop’s perennially cheeky cockney chappies are on the comeback road and the second single of their renaissance – ‘St Charles Square’ is a sprightly distillation of the many varied elements that made Blur outstanding in the first place. Which elements in particular are they, you ask, for clarification purposes? Firstly, Damon Albarn’s in peak EnglishContinue reading “Blur – St. Charles Square”
Nicky Wire – Keeper of the Flame
As a rule of thumb, in most bands the frontman is the powerhouse, the largest personality, the loudest mouth. But for Wales’ absolute greatest, Manic Street Preachers, that’s simply not the case, with singer and guitarist James Dean Bradfield being the first to admit his charisma weighs in at only a fraction of his lyricist,Continue reading “Nicky Wire – Keeper of the Flame”
Duke Keats – Dirty Glamour EP
If Prince wrote a whole EP for Placebo expounding the flashy, deathly seediness of the Hollywood circuit through flourishes of jazz and avant-garde funk guitar twangs, we reckon it may have sounded something like the record Coventry performer Duke Keats has put together for his latest luxuriant EP release – ‘Dirty Glamour’. Essentially a selectionContinue reading “Duke Keats – Dirty Glamour EP”
Aderyn – I Wish I Had A Dog
We’ve been racking our brains on this one but we’re pretty sure that, to date, there have been zero songs inspired by the utter horrendousness of suffering private rental landlords with rules like 1) No Dogs and 2) Fines for putting up pictures on your wall. With her latest single ‘I Wish I Had AContinue reading “Aderyn – I Wish I Had A Dog”
Andrew Cushin – 4.5%
From Lewis Capaldi and Ed Sheeran all the way over to Sam Fender and Jake Bugg, solo boys with guitars are currently in vogue and they tend to stick to formulas, like the former two artists with their arena and stadium packing emotion saturated acoustic-ish pop songs or the latter two artists who make sonicallyContinue reading “Andrew Cushin – 4.5%”
The Snuts – Gloria
The sun’s out, June’s kicking on, the air’s warming and all the barbeque parties, sunbathing sessions in the park and weekend trips to the beach are firing up. It’s as if Scottish indie professionals The Snuts have been gripping tight hold of ‘Gloria’, ready to drop it as soon as the seasons shoot up aContinue reading “The Snuts – Gloria”
Tom Auton – Go Back
Looking for a low down and dirty, utterly intoxicating, brooding blues-rock record to have on repeat for an indeterminate number of days? Well your search has come to its sweet end as Cardiff singer/songwriter/guitar and production virtuoso Tom Auton has just the piece of Royal Blood-esque audio gold you need. The riffs on ‘Go Back’Continue reading “Tom Auton – Go Back”