Posts Tagged ‘Pop’
The Brilliant, Bruised Sound Of Badfinger
From Swansea hopefuls to power-pop saints, the Badfinger legacy remains a bittersweet map of melody, ambition, exploitation, and endurance. There are bands whose legends are written in noise, spectacle, and myth. Badfinger’s was written in hooks. Listen closely to ‘No Matter What’, ‘Day After Day’, ‘Baby Blue’, or the wounded grandeur of ‘Without You’, and…
Read MoreBonnie Tyler: From Heartache To Hero
Bonnie Tyler built a career on a voice that sounded as if it had lived through every line it sang. Following reports of her death at 75 in Portugal after illness and emergency intestinal surgery, tributes have centred not only on her biggest hits, but on the remarkable journey that took a working-class Welsh girl…
Read MorePet Sounds at 60
Sixty years after its release, Pet Sounds still feels less like a period piece than a dispatch from pop music’s future: intimate, strange, lush, wounded, and impossibly beautiful. There are classic albums, and then there are albums that seem to alter the weather around them. The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds belongs firmly in the second…
Read MoreIn Good Company: Mick Ralphs and Bobby Sherman
This week brings us the sad news of another two beloved musical artists of the ‘60s and ‘70s gaining admittance to the great gig in the sky: Bad Company founding guitarist Mick Ralphs and ‘60s teen heartthrob Bobby Sherman. Worlds apart musically, Mick Ralphs and Bobby Sherman both passed away this week at the age…
Read MoreNew Music: ‘Mini Skirt’ Jet City Sports Club
Sydney indie rock trio Jet City Sports Club are primed for the summer touring season with the release of their new single ‘Mini Skirt’. ‘Mini Skirt’ sees Jet City Sports Club build on the momentum they’ve accumulated over the past few years. The new single is a glimmering slice of pop-flavoured indie rock, energised by…
Read MoreNew Music: ‘Danse Macabre’ by Duran Duran
English new wave icons Duran Duran have released their 16th full-length studio album ‘Danse Macabre’, featuring new songs, themed covers and newly reimagined versions of their own ‘spooky’ classics. ‘Danse Macabre’ was inspires by a one-off special live performance that Duran Duran filmed in Las Vegas on 31 October last year. The album is the…
Read MoreNew Music: ‘Time & Place’ by Sunsoli
‘Time & Place’ is the new single from Central Coast indie outfit Sunsoli, reflecting a period of rebirth and renewal for the band. Formerly known as The Sea Gypsies, the band have reinvented themselves as Sunsoli, a combination of ‘sun’ and ‘soil’ in a nod to their coastal roots and musical harmony. Suitably, ‘Time and…
Read MoreNew Music: ‘Sleep Alone’ by Joan & The Giants
‘Sleep Alone’ is the haunting new track from Joan & The Giants, showing the Perth alt-pop quartet at their most vulnerable. Frontwoman Grace Newton-Wordsworth bares all on ‘Sleep Alone’, covering themes of longing, loneliness and unrequited love. “I loved most of my childhood, but there were definitely some difficult times where I felt quite trapped…
Read MoreNew Music: ‘Time’ by IRFXXN
The hits keep coming from Sydney R&pop artist IRFXXN with his latest track ‘Time’. ‘Time’ builds on the strong foundation of IRFXXN’s impactful 2022 debut ‘Latest Song’, confirming his newfound status of rising global star. A song about the “unheard and unsaid”, ‘Time’ is an introspective offering that IRFXXN describes as accessible for anyone who…
Read MoreNews: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Announce New Album
By: Matt Innes This November will see the release of the highly-anticipated third album from Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. Entitled ‘Who Built The Moon’, it is the result of a two-year creative collaboration with renowned DJ and composer David Holmes and represents a marked alteration in the course Noel Gallagher’s songwriting. The record brings…
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