Category: Tracks
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TRACK REVIEW: Drugs by Charli XCX (feat. ABRA)
By Fraser McGovern (@FraserMcGovern) Singer/songwriter Charli XCX serves as living proof that sugary pop music doesn’t have to be total cack. Though their lyrics aren’t anything to write home about, singles from her 2014 LP Sucker boasted some of the catchiest hooks of that year in tracks like Boom Clap, Break the Rules, and my personal…
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TRACK REVIEW: Chanel by Frank Ocean
By Will Sexton (@willshesleeps) Christopher Breaux, more know to the world as Frank Ocean, has once again surprised the world with more glorious music. The latest addition to his discography is the dreamy Chanel, which debuted on Apple Music’s main radio channel Beats 1 during the second episode of Ocean’s own show blonded RADIO. Played on repeat for…
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TRACK REVIEW: Green Light by Lorde
By Oliver Butler (@notoliverbutler) One thing that should always subtly remain with you when listening to Lorde‘s music is her age, and what she’s achieved by it. Around the age of 13/14, she was laying the groundwork for her debut album, Pure Heroine, and by the age of 16, she smashed into the face of…
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TRACK REVIEW: Love by Lana Del Rey
By Nicola Roy (@circaslaves) If anybody is likely to disappear for two years and re-appear with a new image, single and with zero promotion whatsoever (and have it be a success), it’s Lana Del Rey. Since her fourth album Honeymoon was released in 2015, everyone’s favourite queen of sadness has been somewhat quiet, aside from her…
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TRACK REVIEW: Slide by Calvin Harris (feat. Frank Ocean & Migos)
Written by Andrew Barr (@weeandreww) One of the world’s biggest DJ’s and collaborators, a reclusive R&B crooner and a rapidly-ascending hip-hop trio slide together on a pop song hand-crafted for summer, about Pablo Picasso. When Slide opens with a piano melody and a pitch-shifted vocal, you’d be forgiven for thinking that you’re listening to a…
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3WW by Alt-J REVIEW
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) Logs crisply burn as the intro to Alt-J‘s comeback single begins to unravel. The London alt-rock outfit has returned with 3WW, displaying the power the band possesses to make the most miscellaneous of sounds become a gateway to a mystic land. 2014’s This Is All Yours was a beautiful albeit flawed demonstration of…
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TRACK REVIEW: Sweet White – Lovers
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) Showing themselves as an act who like to spend time working on their craft rather than rushing it out, Sweet White have returned with a brand-spanking new single named Lovers. Following up the success of Genine, which you can read more about here, the five or so months in the lab has…
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TRACK REVIEW: Resolute – Walk With Me
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) Hailing from the mystic land of the ice and snow, most commonly known as the West Midlands, Resolute mark a shift that’s become more apparent in music as of late which is a move towards incorporating other genres in order to revive the carcuses. With other genres starting to stagnate, no name…
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GR8 MUSIC M8: January 2017
A new segment where I’ll be taking a look at any albums, EPs and singles that were my favourites of the past month. Want something reviewed? Let me know via twitter. By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) Albums Run The Jewels – RTJ3 “We’re in sync so much now, after two records and several tours – and this…
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So far, so good? New Mac DeMarco tracks REVIEWED
By Liam Menzies (@blinkclyro) Having appeased the appetite of hungry fans with his Another One mini album in 2015, Mac DeMarco has announced details for his course. This Old Dog, the peculiar lo-fi rocker’s follow up to 2014’s critically lauded Salad Days, is set to drop on May 5th via Captured Records and DeMarco has…
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