Category: Pop rock
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Denai Moore: Modern Dread
This is a very nice album for those who like soul, pop, RnB, even trip hop. It’s so good – and this is rare praise – it puts us in mind of Little Dragon’s album of the same name (as the band, not a this). For that album at least they played cool, genre-hopping music […]
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baroque, Blues, brother, Cascades, CDs, Chronicle Series, Classical, Congleton Chronicle, Denai Moore, early, Fake Sorry, funk, Grapefruit on The Porch, Hail, Honour, jazz, Jem Condliffe, Modern Dread, music, Offer Me, pop, Reggae, Review Corner, reviews, rock, Slate, soul, To The Brink, Too Close Don’t Close The Door, Turn Off The Radio, Wishin’ You Better -
All Time Low: Wake Up, Sunshine
Life’s been hard just lately so this slice of nostalgia is welcome and pleasant. All Time Low have been going for years, starting in 2003. While pretty big, they never hit the heights of Blink 182, although many of the Blink hallmarks are here: catchy hooks, drums given some echo before a build-up, rapid fire […]
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All Time Low, baroque, Basement Noise, Blues, brother, CDs, Chronicle Series, Classical, Clumsy, Congleton Chronicle, early, Favorite Place (feat. The Band CAMINO), funk, Getaway Green, Glitter & Crimson, January Gloom (Seasons, jazz, Jem Condliffe, Melancholy Kaleidoscope, Monsters (feat. blackbear) [Explicit], music, pop, Pretty Venom (Interlude) [Explicit], Pt. 1) [Explicit], Pt. 2, Reggae, Review Corner, reviews, rock, Safe, Sleeping In [Explicit], Some Kind of Disaster, soul, Summer Daze (Seasons, Sunshine, Trouble Is…, Wake Up -
Tim Fredericks: Singer Songwriter 2
This is a follow-up to an album that came out last year; they gave away the last one and we guess the same is true of this. It came out before lockdown, so now they can’t even give it away. The songs are by Tim Fredericks and his band, who are from Crewe, Macclesfield, Stoke […]
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Koyo: You Said It
Koyo are from Leeds but the sound is American and they’re one of those bands who sell a bazillion albums in the Heartlands but never do so well over here; Hoobastank springs to mind, mocked by snooty critics but selling 10m albums. It’s a sound British bands often fail to do well, either being too […]
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Against All Odds, baroque, Blues, brother, CDs, Chronicle Series, Circles, Classical, Confused, Congleton Chronicle, early, funk, jazz, Jem Condliffe, Koyo, Murmur, music, Obelisk, Ostracised, Out of Control, pop, Reggae, Review Corner, reviews, rock, Rolling In My Head, Same Mistake Twice, soul, Surrounded, You Said It -
Charli XCX: How I’m Feeling Now
This is a very modern album, recorded by XCX at home during lockdown and in consultation with fans via social media. It’s also modern in that it’s mostly style over substance; she can write a melody but it’s hard to recall any of it afterwards. The national critics seemed to love it, but she’s probably […]
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7 years, Anthems, baroque, Blues, brother, c2.0, CDs, Charli XCX, Chronicle Series, Classical, claws, Congleton Chronicle, detonate, early, enemy, Forever, funk, How I’m Feeling Now, i finally understand, jazz, Jem Condliffe, music, party 4 u, pink diamond [Explicit], pop, Reggae, Review Corner, reviews, rock, soul, visions -
The Psychedelic Furs: Made Of Rain
The Furs were British (formed in London in 1977) but are most famous for an American movie, when John Hughes used Pretty In Pink for his film of the same name. We can’t be the only people who know them for that one tune. They “went on hiatus” after finishing touring in 1992 and although […]
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Ash Wednesday, baroque, Blues, brother, CDs, Chronicle Series, Classical, Come All Ye Faithful, Congleton Chronicle, Don’t Believe, early, funk, Hide The Medicine, jazz, Jem Condliffe, Made Of Rain, music, No One, pop, Reggae, Review Corner, reviews, rock, soul, Stars, The Boy That Invented Rock & Roll, The Psychedelic Furs, This’ll Never Be Like Love, Tiny Hands, Turn Your Back on Me, Wrong Train, You’ll Be Mine -
Sergeant Buzfuz: Fox Pop
At the end of last year, we reviewed Penguins Go Pop, a Norwich band led by local legend Richard Penguin, formed in the late 80s and reformed in 2013. They played catchy tunes telling quirky stories and were very much the DIY ethos of early indie, originally an approach and not a guitar sound. We […]
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Back To The Willow, baroque, Blues, brother, CDs, Chronicle Series, Classical, Clouds In Your Eyes, Congleton Chronicle, early, Fill In The Blanks, Fox Pop, funk, In The Folds Of Her Robe, jazz, Jem Condliffe, music, Penguins Go Pop, pop, Rear View Mirror, Reggae, Review Corner, reviews, rock, Sergeant Buzfuz, soul, The Tongues They Wag Away, The Years Dressed In Gold, Then There’s Idiots With Money, There’s Idiots, Theresa McKee, Who Art In Seven Hills / Rare and Racy, Your Time Is Tomorrow -
Sebastien Tellier: Domesticated
Monsieur Tellier is an exasperating character, his output ranging from brilliant to tedious. Two members of the Review Corner walked down the aisle to his best song, La Ritournelle, then went to see him at a festival where he was such a clown he ran out of time and was closed down by the stage […]
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Oliver Tree: Ugly Is Beautiful
Mr Tree is new to us. Wikipedia informs us that he is in fact Oliver Tree Nickell, singer-songwriter, producer, rapper, comedian, and filmmaker. He has said he would retire as soon as this debut was released and plays a character, Turbo, though the track 1993 apparently refers to an alien called Little Ricky ZR3, which […]
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Sara Lew: Sunday Morning
Judging books by covers and all that we thought Lew would be country (or western), or maybe an earnest warbler with acoustic guitar but she’s neither. We played it through a couple of times before looking on the web and were surprised to learn she is from Copenhagen, but not surprised that Nis Bysted worked […]
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