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.
Coming from their latest album, Icky Thump, The White Stripes release this cover or a song once performed by Pattie Page and create a very strange, but interesting rendition. Jack White’s trademark off-key yelling vocal style make an appearance here, but are not the best part of the song. The Arabic-meets-Spanish style trumpeting throughout the track give the song its uniqueness, but the heavy guitar part holds everything together and gives the cover a White Stripes type of sound.
The only thing that could take away from the enchantingly smooth, blues-based piano and the elegantly composed lyrics is Amy Winehouse’s vocals, which truly shine here. The track is comprised of just Winehouse and a gentle piano playing the background and with this type of set up the listener can truly experience Winehouse as an artist. Love is a Losing Game comes from a stripped down style that fits Amy Winehouse’s persona perfectly. Previous singles and will be played a lot in the near future, both on your radios and iPods.
Fast paced, crunching guitars, and much, much more…. Not really. The song is pretty bland through the majority of the two and a half minutes. The guitar and drums play the same three bars through the entire song and the chorus doesn’t add much until you get to the last thirty seconds. However, when they actually changed the song up a bit, i.e. added anything to it, it actually got pretty good. It’s too bad this only lasts for a bout 1/6th of the song.
As Paramore quickly rises through both the US and UK charts with their first single Misery Business from the album Riot!, they prepare for their next release with shows a good amount of promise. Crush… has the same type of pop-punk flare that Paramore is known for, but with an added amount of rock breakdowns. If you are looking for something more than the Warped Tour-esque song, then I’m afraid to say that you should look else where. However, Paramore does deliver strong and addictive track here. Crush is definitely worth the addition to the iTunes library.
Straight from the Midlands come Enemy and the title track from their debut album. A nice acoustic feel coupled with sweeping string parts surprise the listener as the track takes the form of a The Good, the Bad, and the Queen song, but much more interesting and enthralling. Enemy definitely comes through as the sleeper hit of this week's Singles Club and should be checked out as they continue their tour with Stereophonics.
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