Song reviews


  Two Is An Army by Linnea Södahl


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Electro clouds

There is always room in my iPod for some more slick electro pop from Scandinavia and Linnea Södahl provides just that with her song “Two Is An Army”. Her voice has an appealing effervescence that balances out the rather bleak concept behind the lyrics with the resulting musical concoction tempting me towards a comparison with Fallulah.


Review date:  May 29 2015
  facebook.com/LinneaSodahl

  Falling by Ashley Collins


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Superdiva

Glasgow’s own Superdiva Ashley Collins abandons the dance floor for the big ballad with “Falling” being so dramatically downbeat that some might even see the song as contrived. However, Ms. Collins clearly has the voice to carry such a song off and that is what she duly does.


Review date:  May 29 2015
  www.ashleycollinsmusic.com

  Throw It All Away by Well Hung Heart


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Rock solid

Robust and as rifftastic as usual, Well Hung Heart rev up their musical V8 and turn “Throw It All Away” into a contender for the theme song to a rock radio revival. This may be their most mainstream song yet but Well Hung Heart still have their foot well and truly on the accelerator.


Review date:  May 29 2015
  www.wellhungheart.com

  I Won't Cry by Mia Milan


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Classic pop

As bright and breezy as you like, Australia’s Mia Milan easily evokes the perfectly formed pop music of the Brill Building with “I Won’t Cry”. It’s a singalong summer song, without a doubt.


Review date:  May 26 2015
  miamilanmusic.com

  My Favourite by Danny Darko


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DJ pop

Danny Darko does not stray far from his dance floor roots with “My Favourite” sounding more like a remix of an original than an actual original song and it is Jova Radevska’s girlish, yet worldly, voice that actually gives the song its sonic appeal


Review date:  May 24 2015
  www.dannydarko.net

  Get It Right by Palumbo and the Funk


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Get down

You can’t keep a good funk rock band down and London’s Palumbo and the Funk duly get down on it with “Get It Right”. The playing is in the groove, right enough, but the song needs a more distinctive lead voice if it is ever to escape the wedding reception dance floor.


Review date:  May 23 2015
  www.palumboandthefunk.com

  Little Fun by Theo Altieri


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Cheeky chappie

A middle of the road pop song, “Little Fun” shows that Theo Altieri lacks neither energy nor clean living charm and I wouldn’t be surprised if the song found a home on what is left of daytime radio.


Review date:  May 23 2015
  www.theoaltieri.com

  Equinox by Girobabies


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Smarties

One of the few bands in Glasgow to look forwards rather than backwards, the Girobabies hit another one into the back of the net with “Equinox” and, when you think about it, you can’t really go wrong when you have lyrics that are sharp and intelligent, jagged guitars and a manic beat that just calls out to your feet. In fact that fact is so obvious that you have to wonder why more bands don’t follow the same path. Most bands aren’t the Girobabies though.


  A Little Of What You Fancy by Lola Lamour


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Glamour gal

Immaculately presented, as we have come to expect of Miss Lola Lamour, “A Little Of What You Fancy” takes us so far back in time that any gentleman would feel obliged to remove his hat in deference to this spirited three minute revival of fifties glamour. The lady is a star.


Review date:  May 22 2015
  www.lolalamour.net

  Somehow by Smokey Joe & The Kid


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French hip hoppers

They would have to be French. What other explanation could there be for successfully adding vintage style to hip hop without actually appearing contrived? “Somehow” shows that Smokey Joe and The Kid know that being lyrically street wise doesn’t necessarily stop you from being high on life.


  Dance With Anyone by I Am Harlequin


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Dancing shoes

Nicely retro in outlook, as any good dance song seems to be these days, London’s I Am Harlequin puts her electro heart into “Dance With Anyone” just like Whitney Houston would have done back in the day and, if I had a handbag, my feet would be shuffling round it right now. Whatever happened to Stacey Q anyway?


Review date:  May 18 2015
  facebook.com/iamharlequin

  Simply Depressed by The Ladywell Lout


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Laptop melancholy

If your dose of Prozac for the day has kicked in then “Simply Depressed” will be just another example of Scottish bedsit electronica but, if your needle is still clean, then this transfusion of a Tina Turner song into the veins of The Ladywell Lout will likely overwhelm you with its downbeat, near Wagnerian, introspection. It’s a West Lothian thing, without a doubt.



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