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Track: Nicki Wells Shares Winter Warmer ‘A Little Christmas Of My Own’
Nicki Wells shares the warming new Christmas ballad ‘A Little Christmas Of My Own’, an emotive, retrospective single treading through Christmas traditions. A built around glowing, affecting piano and Wells’ silky, slightly smokey and effortlessly controlled lead vocal, ‘A Little Christmas Of My Own’ creates an affecting soundscape which is both melancholic and heartwarming, perfectly …
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Track: Mikaila Murphy Delivers Infectious, Sultry & Witty New Xmas Single ‘Ho Ho Ho’
What’s the most sexual Christmas song you’ve ever heard? I can guarantee that if you listen to the link at the bottom of this feature that the new single from Mikaila Murphy will be it. Packed with witty Christmas-centric innuendos, the track is infectiously fun and witty but still packs a punch with infectious ear-worm …
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Track: Guitarist & Composer Kıvanç Kılıçer Shares Unique Rock-Classical Arrangement of Vivaldi’s ‘Winter’
Guitarist and composer Kıvanç Kılıçer creates his own unique, rock tinted take on the legendary Baroque classical movement ‘Winter’ by Vivaldi. Building a dark, theatrical and cinematic soundscape with with horns, strings, orchestral drums and subtle synths, Kıvanç plays the intense lead line on his guitar, shredding his way through the track with confidence and …
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Track: US Rockers The Midway Share New Single ‘Tidal Wave’
US alt-rockers The Midway release their latest single ‘Tidal Wave’, a high-octane yet warming and subtly complex offering showcasing the bands mature writing and tight musicality. Comparable to the likes of Green Day, Foo Fighters, and Weezer, the band balance heavy overdriven guitars with larger than life drum sound, syncopated beats and angst ridden vocals …
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Track: Bugeye Share Vibrant New Single ‘Signs & Exits’
Alternative rockers Bugeye share the infectious and vibrant new single ‘Signs & Exits’, a beguiling, intense and deceptively catching mix of fuzzy guitar lines, sawing synths and punching drums. The tracks cutting, coating led vocals give the track a central hook with a delivering comparable to Pulp’s ‘Common People’ with a splash of 80s glam …
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Album Review: Snowfish – The Monster Upstairs
Alt-rockers Snowfish deliver the 11 track new long listen ‘The Monster Upstair’ a dystopian exploration of the band’s dark, muddy, multi-faceted sound. Setting the scene with the intense, overbearing ‘The World Is Burning’ the band quickly introduce their unique blend of rock elements with subtle – intricate acoustic guitar and synth lines. Instantly comparable to …
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Track: Singer-Songwriter Natalia Salter Shares Emotive & Delicate New Single ‘Million and One’
Folk-pop singer-songwriter Natalia Salter shares the emotive new single ‘Million and One’. Blending strummed acoustics and piano, the track starts with a simplistic yet warming backdrop under Salter’s silky, melancholic vocal deliver. As the track progressing, atmospheric reverberating guitar lines float around the soundscape before driving drums pull the track forwards. The singles reflective lyricism …
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Track: Sam Himself Shares Atmospheric Grower ‘Mr Rocknroll’
Sam Himself returns with the atmospheric, synth heavy and ever cool new single ‘Mr Rocknroll’. Sonically comparable to Future Islands with driving live drums and bass under a swelling sea of warming synths, Sam’s silky, melancholic, delicate and pleasingly gravelly lead vocals glide effotlessly with an air of ease and confidence. As the track progresses, …
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Premiere: hundredmillionthousand Shares Visuals For Beguiling New Single ‘One’
Neo-Classical experimenter hundredmillionthousand shares the new video for the haunting, beguiling new single ‘One’. We’re very pleased to be running the premiere! A haunting and hypnotic blend of intertwining, delay soaked piano under the soaring improvised vocals of Amara Mcphail, the track s at once unsettling and beautiful. As the track builds and progresses, biting …