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Heavily involved in the world of fashion, Angelo is heading Londonbound for Fashion Week and is looking to cause a stir. His forthcoming single is hotly anticipated by a dedicated following and is due for release on the 13th February.
I then had a chat/dance with her post-gig and was utterly enthralled with her charm which is every bit as warm has her vocals are.
From the start the catchy beat has you tapping your foot sub-consciously along.
When I was 17 the sort of sounds that were being produced from my adolescent vocal chords would have made a deaf man beg for silence. Suffice to say I had discovered Oasis and the joys of being a ‘singer’ in an Indie-Rock band (come on, it was 2007, EVERYONE was in an Indie-Rock band). [...]
Gone are the days of 90’s Britpop, but somehow, West Country boys, ‘Towns’ are bringing a hefty essence of the genre back. There’s been a gaping space in the music field for a while now, missing that throwback. Sure we’ve had the revival of the Gallagher siblings in their new ventures, but ‘Towns’ are unmarked [...]
There is a U2-esque sound to this single with Bono like vocals and a gradual build up to the slight crescendo of a finale. It begins with simple piano chords and then introduces the vocals, and gradually builds up in a layer of instruments. Although the piano and the vocals are melodic, the song doesn’t [...]
Long time readers of Never Enough Notes might be wondering how we pick our reviews. In my case, I do it entirely arbitrarily. I picked this because the label’s name references one of John Steinbeck’s more lyrical novels. Choosing in this way means that the first listen is always an adventure, but one with rather [...]
It is often easy to loose track, quite literally, when listening to a record fuelled with drifting echoes and sweeping vocals but Porcelain Raft’s latest record manages to capture the elements of both its compiled genres, being electronic and pop, and fuse it together nicely without straying too far into either. If ever you’ve listened [...]
Gone may the days of 90’s Britpop, but somehow, West Country boys, ‘Towns’ are bringing a hefty essence of the genre back. There’s been a gaping space in the music field for a while now, missing that throwback. Sure we’ve had the revival of the Gallagher siblings in their new ventures, but ‘Towns’ are unmarked [...]
This album, made up of B-sides, covers and previously unreleased songs, is the second compilation from Frank (the first-as the quick ones will have guessed-was titled “the first three years”), and although these types of B-Side albums are often something you expect from bands far bigger than the punk-folk singer from Winchester, the devout fans [...]
We’ve had a couple of reviews on Never Enough Notes recently covering the St. Albans quartet Enter Shikari, most of them concluding that the new singles ‘Arguing with Thermometers’ and ‘Ghandi Mate, Ghandi’ were not like their first album offering Take to the Skies. They were right, and maybe if you prefer their first album, [...]
Nada Surf have been making music for 20 years now, and are back with their sixth studio album and third with label City Slang. “The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy” hits the shelves on 23rd January, after a long four year break. The band’s name, according to lead singer Matthew Caws, is “actually referring to [...]
Personal bias at large, as Lisa Hannigan gets set to release her second single on March 26th from lyrically rich and emotionally enthralling album ‘Passenger’. ‘What’ll I do’ is a bright, infectious and colourful component to the album which continues to highlight the growing change in Lisa’s writing and delivery of her music. Reminiscing someone [...]
Reel Big Fish were one of my first loves in terms of music. The live album was one of my favourite albums that I could probably sing every lyric to every song, and after not listening to them in a long time, I had forgotten how good the Californian band really were. Saturday was a [...]
After the success of his fourth album, 2010’s Black City, Dear isn’t taking a rest and re-cooperating. Instead, he’s releasing this EP, touring, and preparing his fifth full-length, Beams, due out sometime this year. ‘In the Middle (I Met You There)’ marks Dear’s first duet, with Jonny Pierce from The Drums. The sample that runs throughout reminded [...]
On the cusp between radio-friendly electro pop and the less-mainstream, more explicit side of electronic music lies Knife Party – a new collaboration between experienced artists Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen of Pendulum. Their face-off with the already-established Swedish House Mafia has created something of a beast in the form of Antidote. Dubstep-style fat basslines [...]
