Featuring new rock from Bad Nerves and Abbie Ozard, indie from Mamalarky and Deco, and pop from the likes of MARINA and GIRLI, these are the new releases of 16-22 November that have thrilled me throughout the week!
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Single Review: Alt-pop icon MARINA returns with empowering ‘Man’s World’
Pop sensation MARINA (Marina & The Diamonds) returns with first single from her forthcoming album this week, following up from 2019’s rebirth album Love + Fear. Piano-driven ‘Man’s World’ is a dreamy mid-tempo alt-pop pearl with a feminist message.
Single Review: Ellie Bleach dazzles with retro heartbreak bop ‘I Thought I Saw You Last Night’
Quickly becoming one of my favourite up-and-coming singer-songwriters, London-based Ellie Bleach’s latest single, ‘I Thought I Saw You Last Night’, is the perfect break-up track packaged in a sparkling 70s-inspired power-pop banger.
Weekly Roundup: New Releases from 9-15th November
Fresh new music releases from 11 exciting up-and-coming artists in pop, rock, and indie! Featuring Dream Wife, Baby Queen, The Pale White, Only Sun, and Alfie Templeman.
PUP @ The Loft, Southampton (30/11/19)
Canadian punk-rock quartet PUP end their UK tour in Southampton, celebrating a hectic year of touring in support of their monumental third record Morbid Stuff. Support comes from Norwegian pop-punk band Sløtface, and British folk-punk band Fresh.
EP Review: infectious depression pop from Baby Queen’s debut EP ‘Medicine’
South Africa-born, London-based newcomer Baby Queen (Bella Latham) invites the world into her Baby Kingdom with her shiny pop gem of a debut EP, Medicine.
October 2020 Playlist
My favourite new indie, rock, pop releases from October!
Yungblud @ PRYZM, Kingston (23/10/19)
Genre-blurring trendsetter Yungblud plays PRYZM, Kingston to support the release of new EP ‘Hope for the Underrated Youth’.
Violent Sounds
For my last blog on violence, I’ve decided to carry on with my music related theme. I’ve prepared some songs that I think in some way can be related to violence. The playlist I’ve curated follows some songs that have similar themes. We start with racial violence (XXX, Black, This is America, etc.), then onContinue reading “Violent Sounds”
Dave performs ‘Black’ at the BRITs
As the first single from his debut studio album Psychodrama, Black serves an unapologetic love letter to the rapper’s black inheritance. Black is angry. Black is celebratory. The song explores blackness in all its glory and its tragedy. The song starts with ‘Look, black is beautiful, black is excellent / Black is pain, black isContinue reading “Dave performs ‘Black’ at the BRITs”
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