It was almost ten years ago that Victorious first hit television screens. The sitcom spawned mainstream names such as singer Ariana Grande, record producer Leon Thomas III, Dynasty actress Liz Gillies, among others. The series lead was Victoria Justice, who played Tori Vega. Justice’s music career was once tied and defined by her as an […]Read More
2020 was an incredible year for Freddie Gibbs. He had a number of hard-hitting features and Alfredo, a collaborative album with producer The Alchemist that earned him a Grammy nomination as well as heaps of critical acclaim. In 2021, Gibbs shows no sign of losing this momentum with his latest track ‘Gang Signs’ which features […]Read More
"Paris Youth Foundation excel in what they sets out to achieve: a well-constructed rock-pop ballad that maintains its energy and its narrative throughout". Matthew Prudham reviews the Liverpudlian group's first single of 2021, 'The Back Seat'. Read More
"‘You Don’t Own Me’ will get you, I promise, out of your lockdown malaise up onto your bedroom floor." Matthew Prudham reviews Pale Waves' latest single from their upcoming second album, Who Am I? Read More
After a five year wait, fans of Birdy can enjoy the first release from her fourth album, Young Heart. ‘Surrender’ doesn’t disappoint. It’s an enchanting return. The singer-songwriter Jasmine van den Bogaerde is now 24-years-old. For over half her life, she’s performed music. Birdy, a family nickname stemming from a large gaping mouth she had […]Read More
Ahead of their forthcoming new EP, Blame Game, Chicago band, Beach Bunny have released their sassy new single ‘Good Girls (Don’t Get Used)’. Accompanied by a retro game styled video, the single is about women taking back control and taking aim at the manipulators and ‘players’ of the dating world. Lead singer Lili Trifilio added […]Read More
Dublin’s Somebody’s Child have rapidly established themselves as a creative sound, with their catchy guitar motifs and the distinctive, raw voice of songwriter Cian Godfrey. With the release of new single ‘Lost’ they show that they can master more than just the indie genre. This will be part of their upcoming EP Hope, Amongst Other […]Read More
‘Butterfly’ by Sody (Sophie Davidson) is here to remind us all that “real growth takes time” as the singer-songwriter promises that there will be light after the dark. It’s most certainly a fitting theme after the challenges 2020 has thrown at us all. With a blissful vocal and lyrics that burst with emotion, ‘Butterfly’ is […]Read More
‘The Valley of the Pagans’ is the eighth song from Gorillaz‘s project Song Machine. The virtual band have been releasing a tune almost every month as opposed to an album, accompanied by their typical eerie, psychedelic and colourful animated music videos. Usually, I would focus more on the music and the lyrical content, but Gorillaz […]Read More
Five Days North are a Manchester based five-piece who have made impressive progress over the last few years, steadily gaining a loyal fan base with their own brand of heart on their sleeve lyricism and fantastic indie pop styling. Forming in 2015, Five Days North have released an array of singles that have allowed them […]Read More
East London duo, The HeavyTrackerz, are back with hard-hitting, quintessentially British grime track ‘What You Do’. This is a strong introduction to their new album Trkrz Fm, which was also released in November. The single features Frisco, Capo Lee and Bossman Birdie – some of the rising talents in the UK rap scene. It could […]Read More
Yungblud’s forthcoming album WEIRD! is self-described as being “like a series of Skins”, but perhaps Misfits is a better TV comparison: his new single ‘mars’ is an anthem for anyone who has ever felt uncomfortable in their skin. The track dropped on 27th November, ahead of the release of his new album, expected via Locomotion […]Read More
2020 has seen alternative music scenes burst back into popularity. New talent has brought life back into genres such as Emo and Pop Punk, which have dwindled slowly since the early 2000’s. The generation that grew up around these movements are now the new talent making up the scene, so it’s only appropriate that forgotten genres […]Read More
Anecdotes of the simultaneously idiosyncratic and mundane characters of everyday life pervade the narrative of the latest single ‘Enough is Never Enough’ from Galway band The Clockworks. With Joycean vigour, outsider observations of the bigoted cafe owner through to the buskers in reverie are unified by their existence within a corrupt and unjust society. All […]Read More
The healing power of music never ceases to amaze me. From the opening lyrics of ‘lavender and heaven’, by Norwegian singer songwriter iris, I knew this track was something much more than another guitar backed ballad. 25-year-old Vilde Iris Hartveit Kolltveit, or iris, hails from Bergen in Norway. ‘lavender and heaven’ is the first track […]Read More
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