James Arden checks out the garage rockers latest album.
The Christian rock band from Brighton bring religion to the masses.
Recipe for modern R'n'B album: liberal helpings of guest rappers and an overdose of sexual euphemisms.
Having last emerged as guest vocalist for the rowdy disco homaging Hercules and Love Affair, ‘Epilepsy is Dancing’ marks a return to more sombre fare for vocalist Antony Hegarty. Hegarty’s vocals are the obvious selling point for 'Epilepsy is Dancing', his powerful sound dominating the muted clarinet and piano accompaniment. The hushed chamber tones and Hegarty’s emotional delivery come together seamlessly to create an eerily beautiful track.
Hannah Barrett
I am positive there is a clientele for Beyoncé’s boisterous ballad, but not me. She tells her ex-boyfriend to move on (although the fact is that she’s clearly having trouble getting over him). If he truly loved her he would have married her: what a great moral conclusion. A very clappy, upbeat melody (and blatant vocal talent) is lost in the superfluity of this song. We’ve heard this beat a hundred times.
Jonathan Wilkes
Since her circus theme was unveiled, I’ve been quietly harbouring an secret desire for a sinister barrel organ line and smattering of lion-tamer’s whipcracks to shake up the tired B.S. machine. As it happens, ‘Circus’ provides a synth-led and thoroughly autotuned Britney claiming (with some optimism) to be “like a performer”. For better or worse, it’s bland enough that it refuses to stick in my head, in that annoying way that ‘Womanizer’ always managed.
Pete Burgess
It’s hard to look at Sydney electro-pop duo Empire Of The Sun and not see an MGMT tribute act. There are sonic similarities too; the radio-friendly synth-beats and falsetto vocals found in ‘Walking On A Dream’ are nothing new to the ear. What's missing here is a spark of invention. As pleasant as these three minutes of stratospheric psychedelia are, the four-chord cycle rapidly becomes tiresome and the lyrics only have so much to offer. “Always pushing up the hill, searching for the thrill of it” sings Luke Steele. He hasn’t found it yet…
Rich Powell
Progressive, original and relevant are all adjectives. Miley Cyrus’s ‘Fly on the Wall’ largely provokes exclamations. Listened to predominantly by tweens and terror suspects, her lyrics contain such terrifying threats as "Don’t you wish that you could see me every second of the day?" Like Katy Perry without the irony or appropriate age, Miley is to good music what Ted Bundy is to pleasant drives in the country. Still, catchy and sure to be ubiquitous, this new strain of the Miley Virus is likely to be pandemic. Drink fluids and avoid TMF.
Hollie Heenan
Check into the Singles Club next week for the likes of MGMT, Glasvegas, and, if you're really well-behaved, Pussycat Dolls!
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