Music Reviews

‘12.34’ by The Band Camino | Single Review
Kirsten Moreton Kirsten Moreton

‘12.34’ by The Band Camino | Single Review

The Band CAMINO once again proves why their alt-pop sound stands out. The Nashville-based trio, Jeffery Jordan, Spencer Stewart and Garrison Burgess, have built on their third studio album, NeverAlway, with the track ‘12:34.’

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‘Nosebleeds’ by Lucas Assagba | Single Review
Kirsten Moreton Kirsten Moreton

‘Nosebleeds’ by Lucas Assagba | Single Review

Heartbroken at 2am? Take a listen to the new track from Lucas Assagba,  ‘Nosebleeds.’ Smoky, intimate, and grungy, drawing comparisons to Cigarettes After Sex  wouldn’t be a stretch in relation to the tracks pace and development. 

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‘Fall so Fast’ by Alex Kolo | Single Review
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‘Fall so Fast’ by Alex Kolo | Single Review

Fall So Fast, written and performed by Alex Kolo and recorded together with Jeremy Lister, hit the platforms on May 16, 2025, and has already captured the hearts of fans. With its sharply tailored verses, the single hits exactly the right spot when thinking about unmet expectations in today’s dating scene.

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 ‘Curiouser… And Curiouser: B-Curious’ | Album Review’
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‘Curiouser… And Curiouser: B-Curious’ | Album Review’

 Inventor of the avant-garde hip-hop subgenre ‘chap-hop’, Jim Burke, known professionally as Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer, has released his latest studio album, ‘B-Curious’, in May 2025. Quintessential of the chap-hop genre, which fuses hip-hop elements with stereotypical English obsessions like tea and the weather, ‘B-Curious’ explores themes such as British mannerisms and old English language through a humorous interpretation

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RUm Jungle - ‘Recency Bias’ | Album Review
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RUm Jungle - ‘Recency Bias’ | Album Review

Australian alt-rock band Rum Jungle kicked off 2025 with their debut album Recency Bias, following their successful UK tour in September 2024. The four piece band, Josh Giles, Frazer McDonald, Benny McIntyre, Michael Kolmajer, infused their raw, energetic live performances into Recency Bias.

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Another Day - ‘Doghouse Roses’ | Single Review
Kirsten Moreton Kirsten Moreton

Another Day - ‘Doghouse Roses’ | Single Review

Hailing from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, with a catalogue of gigs already in their back pocket, Another Day are to release their debut single ‘Doghouse Roses’ on January 24th, 2025. The track has already been featured on BBC Introducing Kent,  with radio DJ Abbie J McCarthy describing Another Day as her  ‘new favourite band.’ 

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Niamh Morris - ‘When You Know, You Know’ | Single Review
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Niamh Morris - ‘When You Know, You Know’ | Single Review

Every once in a while, there’s a tune that comes along that easily sweeps you off your feet, and gives you that warm fuzzy feeling inside you didn’t even know you needed. As we are smack dab right in the middle of the season of all things cosy, merry and bright, this song is all of that and a pinch more. 

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Straylings -‘How Long’ | Single Review
Kirsten Moreton Kirsten Moreton

Straylings -‘How Long’ | Single Review

Sometimes in the wake of discovery, you discover you’ve found something better than what you’d set out to look for in the first place. Not even necessarily better, but a more than suitable alternative, something different. The perpetual hunt for new music led me to Straylings one afternoon through the very happy medium of Spotify. Starting with some PJ Harvey, I let smart shuffle begin its industrious process.

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The FODS - ‘Volumes of Silence’ | Single Review 
Kirsten Moreton Kirsten Moreton

The FODS - ‘Volumes of Silence’ | Single Review 

The sound of the Sixties is widely recognised as being the music that broke ways with the formulaic songs of the 1950s, and had musicians articulating their personal and political beliefs in a way only jazz greats could convey. There was as much optimism and anticipation of what the future might bring (sadly, not much). Many, would definitely say, instead, that musicians nowadays –or since then- have been trying to recapture that feeling into their own music.

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