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Tuesday, 25 August 2015

Lilly Hiatt - Get This Right

25/08/15 YouTube Video

Big thanks to Kids Interview Bands for their interview with Lilly Hiatt. If I didn't watch it I wouldn't have heard the talented Lilly Hiatt or anything including her Dropped Ponies. Get This Right is one of the singles from her 2015 album Royal Blue. After listening to it a couple of times, I really enjoy the mixture of styles she includes from country tinged tracks to more straight up alternative sounding songs. It is definitely one of my favourite albums of its style this year so far. If you get the chance, give the whole LP a listen. Enjoy!



Thursday, 20 March 2014

SoundCloud Song

I'm coming in with a heavy hitting pop genre post this week, and a double hitter of tracks. Yea that's right two tracks one post. You get more for your money here.

First pick is the latest single from LP, fresh off of the press as of today I believe. If you have liked her previous tracks like In To The Wild etc. it definitely has the same flavour of those tracks in terms of cheery/hooky summer time beats and she knows how to work in a whistle/hum solo into the song for even more sugary sweetness that gets embedded into your head. She is not breaking boundaries with this track but she doesn't have to in my opinion, a good track is a good track regardless.


My next choice is way more of a cheesy pop/rappish track. They have sampled Jackie Wilson's Higher and Higher which is the main reason I like this track. I have been hoping for someone to bring this track to a new audience that has possibly not heard it yet and if this is the way they hear it then so be it. Maybe they will explore further. In terms of the verse vocals I feel it has a slight Chiddy Bang style to it and B.O.B. doesn't do anything too crazy in his part but he never blows me out of the water in terms of skill. On the other hand he knows how to make a good pop single so I can see why they brought him on the track.

If you like either of these tracks or hate them, I would like to know your opinion if you want to leave a comment below that would be cool. :)

Thursday, 6 March 2014

SoundCloud Song

This is a really fresh sounding, up to date country style track. In my opinion they have taken the best part of country music guitar and paired it with a modern beat and hooky vocals. If you are not converted into this genre even a little bit after this track, then there is no hope for mankind whatsoever haha.

Tuesday, 26 March 2013

The Strokes - Comedown Machine

I've been getting my Strokes on today. My Is This It record has been spinning and I was in Sainsbury's store the new Strokes album was £9 which after a quick check, I found out that it is cheaper than Amazon which doesn't happen often. You gotta grab the bargains when you see them. So far the reviews I've seen for Comedown Machine haven't been great but I want to reserve judgement until I hear it in full. They haven't really disappointed me in the past and I don't want it to start now.

On the art work, they have gone for a more stripped back feel with not much going on on the outside apart from the obvious detailing. The only thing (apart from the front cover printed again) on the leaflet is silhouettes of each of the band members, no lyrics, no little notes of thanks, nothing. Very minimal I guess.