First Listen: Holly Redford Jones – Bonjour Madame
Holly Redford Jones delivers that swank, swagger, and sheer bravado in her new song titled 'Bonjour Madame', to be released tomorrow (May 3rd, 2019). Holly displays a beautifully weathered sheen to her vocals that...
First Listen: RHINO – Dream (ft. Too Many T’s)
Starting off rather retro like a virtual juke-joint, RHINO segue to the point and switches up the modern in their new collab with Too Many T's titled 'Dream'. I absolutely love the mix and...
First Listen: Neville Staple Band – Working Hard Everyday
With a street-level attitude and ambition that reaches for the stars, Neville Staple and his hungry band od cohorts deliver again with their new single titled 'Working Hard Everyday'. The track is that perfect...
First Listen: Partisan – Turn Me On
Partisan triumphantly return to form, in a harder edge form at that, in the form of their new single titled 'Turn Me On'. That's a lot of form, to say the least. But, in...
First Listen: Dave Allison – Hologram Hotel (Featuring Black Bra)
Starting off like something off of 'Their Satanic Majesties Request', Dave Allison and guest vocalist Black Bra give a beautifully droning anthem to the disenfranchised with their new track titled 'Hologram Hotel'. Totally keeping...
First Listen: CeVILAIN – Better Angels
Laced with grit and sheer determination, CeVILAIN splatters your speakers with their new guitar-driven epic opus titled 'Better Angels'. This is a sheer guitar attack on the senses, which I love. A stunning mix...
First Listen: Charlie Moss – Never Stop Loving You
After setting the indie scene alight with his energetic debut single, Brighton frontman Charlie Moss returns with his next track ‘Never Stop Loving You’, which has been produced by Josh Harrison who’s portfolio includes...
First Listen: Saint Sapphire – Rule The World Tonight
Saint Sapphire emerged from a place in between the Indie and Punk movements from Belfast, Northern Ireland, making upbeat songs with a hard edge, but with their own streetwise swagger, unique musicality and infectious...
First Listen: Downstairs Monsters – In A Flash
From the effortless hooks and nursery rhyme familiarity of The Beatles to Oasis’ anthemic sing-along choruses, this one-man band is keeping the spirit of English guitar bands alive in the heart of Israel, with...
First Listen: Banx & Ranx – Speaker (Feat. Olivia Holt and ZieZie)
Sexy and worldly, all within just over 3 minutes of danceable sonic seductiveness. That is the best way I can describe 'Speaker', the new track from Montreal's Banx & Ranx, with a little help...
First Listen: The Nile Deltas – Dust Me Down
With a delta blues type swagger and meanness to the slide guitar, The Delta Niles give a modern classic rock n' roll foot stomper with their new track titled 'Dust Me Down'. This was...
First Listen: Us3r – Renegade
Us3r is an electronic artist with a vision. It's almost as if his songs are constructed in his head long before they are put to record. And his new single titled 'Renegade', off of...
First Listen: Skyfever – Kings
With a bombastically spectacular and driving intro via fuzzy guitars and a pseudo-discotheque style, Skyfever brings the reign with their new single titled 'Kings'. At first listen one could say that this song would...
First Listen: Kim Thompsett – Woebetide Hill
Sweet and subtle, with beautiful 'audio-imagery' throughout meld together in a retrospectively classy is the best way to describe 'Woebetide Hill', the new single from folk artist Kim Thompsett. This is more of a...
First Listen: JNYHZD – Calling
JNYHZD is a British rock guitarist and composer, who writes big songs with big choruses ideal for mainstream Rock radio and that is exactly what 'Calling' is.
'Calling' has soaring anthemic guitar lines and enormous...
First Listen: Minx – Female Dirtbag
Don't let the title of Minx's new track titled 'Female Dirtbag' fool you. It's not about what you think at all. She even explained it in our exclusive interview when it was still being...
First Listen: LUCKYANDLOVE – Soul Alive
LUCKYANDLOVE has always been a guilty pleasure for me as a musician. They have that suave, decadent, almost noire-esque underground appeal about them yet they always come out with solidly built yet etherealistic songs....
First Listen: Jake Merritt – Opting Out
Jake Merritt is an absolute genius on the guitar. I know that is an odd way to start a review but after one listen to his new single titled 'Opting Out' I think you...
First Listen: The Landed – Don’t Look Up To The Stars
With a driving beat and tasty rhythm, The Landed deliver a powerful mix of rock and pop ecstasy with their new single titled 'Don't Look Up To The Stars'. Building with a powerful chord...
First Listen: Koncept – Strong
The first thing that brings me in with the new single from Koncept titled 'Strong' is the sultry intro and smooth beat. That is the first hook. The earnestness of the slightly gravely vocals...
First Listen: Kenny Roby and 6 String Drag – Brasstown
Alt-Country has always been a guilty pleasure of mine, being a guitarist myself. So when I see such a blast from the past as Kenny Roby and 6 String Drag, I get goosebumps. The...
First Listen: Waterstrider – Breed
Waterstrider's new sonic piece titled 'Breed' seems more like an 'etherealistic' journey of introspection and reflection than an actual piece of music. If you knew the story of Waterstrider, you could see why. Waterstrider,...
First Listen: Tarah Who? – Hurt
Tarah Who?'s new single titled 'Hurt' is a subtle masterpiece. It doesn't try to be grandiose or facetious in any way. It gets straight to the point in a musically undermining way. With a...
First Listen: Jared Dylan – Double Time
At the age of 24, New Jersey native Jared Dylan has already made a name for himself, having amassed a library of hundreds of original compositions and millions of streams on Spotify. His recent...
First Listen: Quiet Marauder – The Discovery
Ahead of the release of their third album for Bubblewrap Collective, The Crack And What It Meant, Quiet Marauder is whetting appetites with shuffling, indie-pop lead single, 'The Discovery'. Narratively conceptual, the wider album...