Song reviews


  We are Golden by Nova Heart


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Chinese style

Sinuous and eminently classy, Nova Heart right click on the satisfaction icon and make their song “We are Golden” candy for all those electro pop ears out there.


Review date:  September 13 2015
  nova-heart.com

  Time Goes Backwards For Frank by Mono Sideboards


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Lo-fi

Downbeat, lyrically and stylistically, Mono Sideboards determinedly avoid the yellow brick road and instead take their song “Time Goes Backwards For Frank” along the back roads to the cliffs of indie guitar band despair.


Review date:  September 13 2015
  www.facebook.com/monosideboards

  The River So Red by Tvärvägen


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Intelligent

A considered piece of music, “This River So Red” provides more than enough evidence of the benefits of a musical education with Tvärvägen easily escaping any accusations of being a soundtrack cue on his journey to classical salvation.


Review date:  September 12 2015
  www.facebook.com/tvarvagen

  Eyes Wide Shut by Navi


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Inward bound

Although she is from Romania, Navi takes a very American approach to her song “Eyes Wide Shut” and, while the piano may well be much to the fore, it is her heart that truly drives the song forward.


Review date:  September 12 2015
  www.navisongs.com

  Everything I Own by Silent Sleep


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Smart

The time of the protest song might well be long gone but there are, fortunately, still some who write with intelligence about the state of the world that we live in. Reflecting on what money doesn’t get you, “Everything I Own” demonstrates Silent Sleep – aka Christopher McIntosh – is such a man.


Review date:  September 12 2015
  www.facebook.com/silentsleepband

  Got You Well by Gabrielle Papillon


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Canada dark

It’s all there on the canvas as Gabrielle Papillon paints a picture of melancholy and repressed emotion and calls it “Got You Well”. It’s a song good enough to make you wonder why everyone hasn’t heard of her.


Review date:  September 12 2015
  www.gabriellepapillon.com

  Pretty Little Gangster by Ryder


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Drive by

Not sure if this song is meant to be ironic but, nonetheless, Ryder uses her endearingly quirky voice to sprinkle some sonic sugar on “Pretty Little Gangster”. Some might well mistake this for the simple sweetening of another urban princess yet the more discerning may hear deeper meaning and European electro pop influences.


Review date:  September 5 2015
  www.facebook.com/ThisisRyder

  Starting Static by Pullman Standard


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Normal guys

Following the white line up the middle of the high street, Pullman Standard clearly know the value of avoiding surprises and “Starting Static” therefore meets the requirements for both mainstream radio play and Saturday night talent show television. Their future is so bright that they will have to wear shades.


Review date:  September 5 2015
  www.pullmanstandard.com

  Who The Fuck Do You Think You Are? by You Left End of Story


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Crash

Lumpen and lo-fi, You Left End Of Story follow the yellow brick road in search of an unhappy ending while their, or more likely his, song “Who The Fuck Do You Think You Are?” veers between melody and internalised rage.


Review date:  September 5 2015
  www.facebook.com/youleftendofstory

  Touch My Face by Thayer Sarrano


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Shadows

I’ve always had a failing for girls who decorate their guitars with reverb and Thayer Sarrano was therefore unlikely to disappoint me. Her song “Touch My Face” is moody to the point of bleakness but that surely is the point. I hear her voice even with my eyes closed.


Review date:  September 5 2015
  www.thayersarrano.com

  I’d Take a Bullet for You by Daphne Lee Martin


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Singer songwriter

Kind of old school, but in a good way, “I’d Take a Bullet for You” allows Daphne Lee Martin to highlight her ability to do the female singer songwriter thing even if the urban seasoning leads the song out of the suburbia where Carly Simon used to live.


Review date:  September 5 2015
  daphneleemartin.com

  Other Side by Clara Lofaro


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Forthright

Big of voice and not short of talent, Canada’s Clara Lofaro tells it like it and takes her song “Other Side” for a walk on the confessional side whilst making it another worthwhile addition to your rock solid collection.


Review date:  September 1 2015
  www.claralofaro.com


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