TRACK REVIEWS
Beady Eye - 'Flick Of The Finger'
Let's get something straight: there's not a single human being this side of the Statue of Liberty who isn't interested in what Liam Gallagher's doing. Whether he's running around Hampstead Heath (every morning at 6am), christening his cat ("Lazy...
10 Tracks You Have To Hear This Week (17/04/2013)
Beady Eye - 'Flick Of The Finger' Let's get something straight: there's not a single human being this side of the Statue of Liberty who isn't interested in what Liam Gallagher's doing. Whether he's running around Hampstead Heath (every morning...
Empire Of The Sun, 'Alive'
They've not had a record out for three years, but Empire Of The Sun's timing is impeccable - at least here in the UK. 'Alive', the Australian duo's first proper new music since 2008 debut album 'Walking On A Dream', is a sunshine soundtrack right...
Empress Of - 'Hat Trick'
Lorely Rodriguez is in love with a figment of her imagination on this track from forthcoming EP, 'Systems'. " I think you're a dream to me, " she trills over looping, starry synths and breathy effects. Take three minutes, listen to it, maybe...
Phoenix - 'Entertainment'
It feels like an age since French pop royalty Phoenix's album 'Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix' was never off the stereo, but this indie disco smash from their upcoming fifth record picks up where that album left off. Think Nancy Sinatra's smooth 'You...
Nelly - 'Hey Porsche'
So I still don't entirely understand the concept of 'EDM'. But if it denotes this sort of radio-friendly pish that Nelly's sold out to, I don't like it. The man who brought us 'Country Grammar' has traded in everything that made him the second...
Rudimental - 'Waiting All Night (feat. Ella Eyre)'
I don't know if it's just because I spent most of 2004 listening to a mixture of High Contrast and 'Baby Cakes' by 3 Of A Kind, but for me Black Butter Records' Rudimental can do little wrong. UK garage mixed with drum'n'bass loops, horns and an...
Flume - 'Holdin On'
At the tail end of last year everyone was harping on about Flume – and with good reason. The Aussie electro producer sits comfortably alongside exciting homegrown talent found in the clubs of Glasgow, Bristol and London. This glitchy single...
Outer Limits Recordings - 'Sugar Pie'
In the vein of Ariel Pink or Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Outer Limits Recordings create a psychedelic sound you'd imagine existed on Space Stations in the 1960s, all jangly twangs and the words " ma sugar pi-ah-ah " repeated ad infinitum....
Amelia Lily - 'Party Over'
This is too easy. Former X Factor contestant (the one with the pink hair who was "16" but looked as though she'd already worked three holiday seasons in Kavos) hooks up with pop factory Xenomania to produce some dross. It's the production team's...
