Violet Skies’ cover of Tom Jones’ classic “Delilah” is a haunting one, filled with pain and sadness. Violet’s bare bones reworking helps the singer channel all the heartbreak in the song’s lyrics. This is a brilliant cover from a Welsh singer to commemorate his 75th birthday. Violet Skies will be performing at Continue Reading
Songs
Luca Chesney – u (Kendrick Lamar Cover)
New York based singer, writer and producer Luca Chesney’s latest release is a brave one, she’s decided to cover Kendrick Lamar’s “u”. While Kendrick’s original focuses on the chaos and complexity of the song’s emotion, Luca Chesney’s take on the song is a more sombre and delicate affair. This is a stellar reworking Continue Reading
The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face
The Weeknd premiered his new single “Can’t Feel My Face” at Apple’s Developer Conference. The Weeknd’s performance followed Apple’s announcement of it’s new music streaming service Apple Music so there was some logic in having him there. But the strangest thing was the song’s lyrics which allude to drug use, perhaps Continue Reading
Ta-ku – Long Time No See (feat. Atu)
The latest release from Perth based producer Ta-ku, “Long Time No See”, is a delight to listen to. With it’s hypnotic rhythm, heavenly vocal sample and emotive piano melody. The song is taken from Ta-ku’s forthcoming Songs To Make Up To EP which will be released next Friday and features his JMSN Continue Reading
Alina Baraz & Galimatias – Fantasy
“Fantasy” is the appropriately titled debut single from exciting new duo Alina Baraz and Galimatias. Alina Baraz caught Danish producer Galimatias’ attention when she wrote “Drift” over one of his productions and the duo have been working together ever since. The mellow vocals, the reggae rhythm and warmth of the track make “Fantasy” today’s Continue Reading
Beatenberg – Rafael
Following success in there homeland, South African trio Beatenberg are now ready to take on the international market. The band won 7 awards at the 21st South African Music Awards and “Rafael” spent 16 weeks as the most played song on radio in 2014. Having heard the song it’s easy to see why Continue Reading
Broen – Iris
Photo: Morten Espeland Broen’s debut single “Iris” is a unique one, starting out with it’s brash in your face guitar lead intro that opens up into a beautiful track that’s part Indie-part Pop. The song is about being in a relationship but being jealous of your spouse. The Norwegian band’s Continue Reading
Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment – Surf (Free Album)
Chance The Rapper just dropped Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment’s long awaited album Surf out the blue. For free! Yes you read that right, the album is available to download for free on iTunes. The only downside it looks like it’s only available in the US for now, I am Continue Reading
B.Miles – Nine Matches
Having uploaded her debut track “Nine Matches” on Soundcloud earlier this year, LA singer B.Miles has now release it for free! The singer describes her sound as, “capturing the essence of melancholy and yearning, while finding beauty in the sadness and pain that all of us carry inside”. And it’s hard Continue Reading
Major Lazer – Powerful (feat. Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley)
“Powerful” is Major Lazer’s previous single “Lean On” – their most successful single to date. The song topped Shazam charts, global Spotify charts (it’s had 122m streams and counting!) and has been in the UK Official Charts top 5 for the past three weeks. No pressure then! Ellie Goulding and Tarrus Continue Reading