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#11 • August 2016
ON THE RIGHT PAIGE
Paige Monroe on her exciting new single & interviews with Beauty Sleep Clay Eddie Prové Everywhere Frank D’Angelo Future Generations Gringo Star Jamie Porter Lover Rex Domino Rosie Nimmo Sian Cross Soft Shades Stan Gemes whenyoung Our favourite songs of the year so far Over 120 recommended songs to listen to this month!
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WELCOME TO KBPS! Hello and welcome to the eleventh edition of KBPS!
This Month’s Must Listens
This issue comes firstly with an apology that there wasn’t an edition out in July, due to commitments to other projects. But don’t worry! During that time I wasn’t forgetting about music and as you can see from this bumper edition everything you would have expected from two separate editions has been crammed into one, so within these pages you will find an incredible sixteen interview with some of the best musicians, singers and bands around, plus the fifty tracks released this year that you must listen to. We also continue to help you expand your musical horizons with our new August 2016 playlist, alongside our database updated with all the latest tracks marked and picked for you, and of course all my latest reviews.
So with all that said, it’s time to let you loose into this brand new edition of KBPS packed with interviews, news music, news stories and much more, proving that whilst Drake might be stuck on the top spot for weeks and weeks there is music bubbling under the surface of the charts demanding to be heard.
As always make sure you like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for more of the latest news, breaking tracks and lots more, and it’s also your chance to let us know what you think about the issue, good or bad! Enjoy to issue!
Philip Lickley Editor, KBPS
PS We’re always reviewing how we deliver content and interviews to you following the start of our blog a while ago, and it may be that we move more into an online blog than these more ‘traditional’ magazine. Let us know what you think about that over on our social media channels!
Glass Animals -Life Itself
Christine and the Queens - Tilted
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MUSIC NEWS Si Cranstoun Signs New Record Deal
Enjoy a Fry Up with the Hotpots The North’s premiere comedy folk band have released their rather surreal new video for their novelty hit ‘Egg, Sausage, Chips and Beans’. facebook.com/thelancashirehotpots/
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Si Cranstoun has signed a worldwide record deal with Ruf Records, with the first release on the label being “Old School”.
Containing 16 Songs the album will be released on August 19th 2016 all over Europe. The worldwide release will follow on September 30th 2016. facebook.com/RufRecords/
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MUSIC NEWS
The Shires Announce New Album
Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman Return
The band’s second LP called ‘My Universe’ is due for release on the 7th October and is preceeded by the single ‘Beats To Your Rhythm’’.
Meat Loaf will be back in September with new album ‘Braver Than We Are’ featuring the Steinman-penned lead single ‘Going All the Way’.
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MUSIC NEWS
Franz Ferdinand Member To Take A Break From the Band. Nick McCarthy will be going on a hiatus from the band including the recording and touring of the band’s next album due to family commitments. facebook.com/officialfranzferdinand/
Has streaming broken the UK singles chart? BBC music reporter Mark Savage explores the impact streaming has had on the charts. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ entertainment-arts-36794105
Keane Frontman To Release Solo Album
The Maccabees Call It A Day
Tom Chaplin, front man of band Keane, is releasing his debut solo album ‘The Wave’ this October.
South London band the Maccabees announced in a Facebook post on the 8th August (above) that they would be finishing as a band after fourteen years together.
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Top Fifty of the Year... So Far As we are now well past the half-way point of the year, here is our current countdown of the best 50 songs of the year so far, as chosen by KBPS!
50 Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (3rd June) 49 The Allergies feat. Andy Cooper - Rock Rock (25th March) 48 Jamie Lynn Spears - Sleepover (24th June) 47 Lola Coca - GQ (22nd April) 46 April Towers - Silent Fever (8th April) 45 Louise Aubrie - Winter Delour (21st January) 44 Skyler feat. Snoop Dogg - Fire (29th January) 43 Sia feat. Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (11th February) 42 Richard Ashcroft - This Is How It Feels (1st March) 41 Coldplay - Up&Up (16th May) 40 Frances - Say It Again (30th June) 39 Justin Timberlake - Can’t Stop the Feeling (6th May) 38 Pink - Just Like Fire (16th April) 37 twenty one pilots: Heathens (21st June) 36 Taylor Swift - Out Of The Woods (12th January)
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35 Josef Salvat - Paradise (8th January) 34 Rick Astley - Angels On My Side (9th June) 33 Busted - Coming Home (3rd May) 32 Holly Johnson - Ascension (18th March) 31 Hannah Trigwell - Another Beautiful Mistake (15th April) 30 Dagny - Backbeat (6th May) 29 Will Joseph Cook - Girls Like Me (12th February) 28 Walk the Moon - Work This Body (12th February) 27 Teddybears feat. Gorilla Zoe - Best You Ever Had (8th January) 26 Tegan and Sara - Boyfriend (7th April) 25 MIAMIGO - Everyone I Know (18th March) 24 Kirsty Churchill - Who You Gonna Call? (16th March) 23 Juno im Park feat. Hannah Trigwell Never Gonna Give You Up (28th July) 22 Axwell Λ Ingrosso feat. Pharrell Williams Dream Bigger (6th May) 21 Elle King - Good Girls (3rd June) 20 Florrie - Real Love (5th February) 19 Jazz Mino - Suffocate (24th June) 18 Ward Thomas - Guilty Flowers (29th July)
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17 Christine and the Queens - Tilted (26th February) 16 Tiggs Da Author feat. Lady Leshurr - Run (12th January) 15 Zara Larsson - Lush Life (15th January) 14 DNCE - Cake By The Ocean (14th March) 13 Bright Light Bright Light feat. Elton John All In The Name (1st July 2016) 12 Bastille - Good Grief (17th June) 11 Rat Boy - Move (12th January)
10 Tom Odell - Magnetised (15th April) 9 Kaiser Chiefs - Parachute (20th June) 8 Gwen Stefani - Make Me Like You (13th February) 7 Nina Nesbitt - Chewing Gum (11th January) 6 The Shires - Beats To Your Rhythm (29th July) 5 The Strumbellas - Spirits (11th January) 4 Aurora - Conqueror (11th March) 3 Elle King - America’s Sweetheart (22nd April) 2 Glass Animals - Life Itself (18th May) 1 Travis - Magnificent Time (22nd March) What do you think of our selection? Post your comments below and we’ll follow them up in our next edition!
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We did ask a few of our fellow music lovers and there was love for some in our Top 50 including DNCE’s ‘Cake By The Ocean’, Sia’s ‘Cheap Thrills’ and Bastille’s ‘Good Grief’ and lots for ‘Tilted’ by Christine and the Queens.
For the rockier amongst you we had votes for Raise Your Horns - Amon Amarth; Master of the Land - Grand Magus, Suckerpuch - Delain (which got multiple recommendations) and Born to Die - Black Stone Cherry, and Sia made another appearance this time with ‘Unstoppable’. Jake Bugg appeared with ‘On My Own’ alongside Twenty One Pilots and ‘Stressed Out’, plus the collaboration between Mumford + Baaba Maa. Elsewhere was ‘Once Again’ by Mad Clown and Kim Na Young, Ruth B with ‘Lost Boy’ plus JME’s ‘The Very Best’ and the eccentrically titled ‘Party Metal’ by Footprints In The Custard. So even you don’t like many in my selection here are some more choices for you to check out!
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ON THE RIGHT PAIGE We speak to Paige Monroe about her new single, singing around the house and her future plans and ambitions
Paige Monroe is a singer songwriter from Portsmouth in the UK who has recently released her single ‘Call It Love’. We spoke to her and asked her to describe the song and she was excited that it was out. “It’s very pumpy and energetic, with a kind of Kelly Clarkson vibe.” When asked if that comparison was intentional Paige said it wasn’t her initial intention. “After we tried figuring out a sound was kind of a good person to compare to.”
Putting the single together was a fun experience for the 18 year old singer. “I was in the studio for a couple of weeks, doing the EP at the same time. My producer Julian was lovely and he’s really, really talented, and he helped with the EP and single so much.”
Was there a favourite track on the EP for Paige? “My favourite one is the piano track at the end called ‘Don’t Break My Fall’ and I like to think that it would surprise people as it doesn’t sound like the other songs on the record. The other songs are quite pumpy, and this one is quite slow.” You can also watch a video now for ‘Call It Love’ and Paige found the experience of making it fun. “Everybody on set was very lovely. It was really exciting and cool but not that nerve-wracking. It was my first music video and it was over-whelming at first but once we got into it it was very professional. “We liked the concept with the big lights. It was filmed locally too, which was awesome.” Paige also performs live and does gigs in a variety of styles including acoustic and with the full sound. “With a stripped back session everyone can enjoy it and it’s quite personal”. Paige recently supported James TW which was a success for her and previously conducted some stripped back
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piano-led ‘Monroe Sessions’ but she’s now concentrating on new sets in her bathroom. “It gives people an opportunity to hear my voice so they can get to know my voice. In the near future we’ll be doing something new too.” The songs at these sessions tend to be a mixture of popular songs at the moment of recording and also ones requested to her by her fans. “I just try and keep doing as many as I can to keep up-to-date.”
Singing from a young age, Paige began writing after being introduced into a session by her manager to test her. “It turned out I could write a song and it just went from there.” Paige has also spent time co-writing songs with a range of people. “If you work by yourself too much everything is just from one opinion or sound, so when you work with other people it’s a really good chance to merge the two brains and make a new flavour!”
Coming up Paige is working on some festivals and looking ahead to do more writing for future releases. “I like to keep things on a constant flow to keep myself busy and to keep releasing new music for people.” Looking to the future Paige hopes for some headline gigs and more releases so keep an eye out for more from Paige Monroe in the future!
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CLAY WE ARE
We speak to Joe from Leeds band Clay about their new EP, their inspirations and brotherly writing sessions
Clay are a four piece band from Leeds made up of Joe Harvey, Jack Harvey, Rob Gration and Danny Armitage. Their new EP is called ‘Heaven’ and Joe from the band spoke to us about how it’s been a great way of pulling their tracks together into a cohesive release.
“It’s been great for us as it’s been hard to get our vibe across with just one track but with this record it feels like it’s what we’re all about and you get a good grasp of what we’re about on these tracks. “There’s a track called ‘Why?’ which is the rhythmic side of our band and it’s very intricate; there’s a track called ‘Nothing Happened’ which is a pop song; track called ‘Honest’ is our most honest work and musically is the favourite track we’ve ever done as it’s a real step up in what we’ve done with writing, and it’s the one most people have connected with.”
There’s already been a great reaction to the single from those who’ve heard it. “We weren’t sure how people were going to take it as up to now what we’ve put out has been quite upbeat and easy listening. This one is a bit different and covers other genres; it’s a bit garage-y in the instrumentation. Sonically it’s a very different sound, and we’ve been messing around with vocal techniques and styles, so it does sound like it’s from a different band, and I wondered if people would get it, but they’ve got it straight away and there has been a great reception!” The video to ‘Honest’ mixes archive footage with performances and I asked whether that footage is genuine. “It’s funny as the first track we put out was called ‘Sundance’ and when we set out to make a video we were going to make a really good one and spend a few thousand on it and we realised we had no money, so we resorted back to old VHS
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footage and it went down a treat, so when it came to doing a video for this one it felt like it was in the same family of songs so the most fitting way to do it was to take bits of the ‘Sundance’ video era and put it to this, accompanied by studio footage.
“In a nutshell, when I was making the ‘Honest’ video, it felt like a burst of life, and everything from being a kid to being in the studio, and live footage, and an amalgamation of everything that came out of my brain, and I’m really happy it all came out that way.” In further reference to their debut single ‘Sundance’ it was used in the HBO television series ‘Ballers’. “It was strange going from writing a song in our house to hearing it on an American television show! You write these songs hoping you might get to that stage but when it happens it’s the weirdest thing.”
When it comes to the songs the two brothers in the band are the main writers. “We’ve always written music together. It’s always been a very natural process. It’s quite strange as I’ve written with other people in the past but there’s something special about us writing together, it just works. “There are some tracks that we’ll throw away as they’re not right for the band but he tends to write the music and I’ll write the melodies and the lyrics but it something changes, and differs on some tracks. One of us will write a half a track and the other the other half and it just gels. “With some bands they get into the studio and jam on their instruments. With us, because me and Jack live together, we write in a different way. We’ll have a vocal idea or a keyboard riff and play it into the computer
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so before Rob or Dan have heard any snippets of it they’ll hear a full song straight away. The song evolves so quickly from start to finish as we’re together. I just see it as the norm, as it’s the modern day. I don’t see the point in getting into a studio. Technology has moved so quickly, we need to move as fast!”
The band are touring in August with the tour culminating in Leed’s Brudenell Social Club. Joe was excited for the dates. “I can’t wait. Leeds has sold out and Sheffield, Birmingham and Liverpool are on their way. It’s crazy as you start a band hoping you’ll play for different people and the hope you might get booked in a different city, but now to be on our debut headline tour it blows our mind. “We were at Scotland a few weeks ago and there were people there to see us! It’s great that we can travel somewhere and people are singing our songs. It never gets old that feeling. To have eight consecutive shows is incredible.”
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Clay have performed at many events recently including Tramlines and the Isle of Wight festival. Joe describes their live sound as varied. “We don’t tie ourselves down to one genre of music; that’s the beauty of our band and why we have such a variety of fans. “We have influences in modern pop music, guitar, 80s, 90s, and hip-hop. We get compared to Duran Duran, to the Streets, to the Arctic Monkeys! We like our music to be inspiring and thought-provoking.” And what are the plans for the future? “We have plans for September and October but my dream is to get onto Jools Holland’s show! That’s the dream!”
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Young At Heart
Here are whenyoung, an exciting new band 13 music releasing The their new magazine single ‘See How They Run’
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Working on their live show, Andrew says their sound will be intense. “We want to justify the songs live and even make them even better live, and we’re working hard on that.” whenyoung are a London-based band who have just released their debut single ‘See How They Run’. Andrew from the band describes their two-minute long debut as “short and punchy.”
“We wanted to start our debut single with a bang; it’s quite loud and brash and that’s how we want to start out! We’ve got a bunch of songs with different styles and melodies but [See How They Run] is what we’re going for with this.”
But how does this single, which has been receiving a great reaction online, compare to their catalogue. “It’s a good taster of what we’re about. I wouldn’t say you could categorise us with one song but it’s a taste of what we’re about and what’s to come.” There is also a video for the song which you can see below. “We didn’t really have a budget so it was a case of seeing what we could do, calling up some friends and having some fun with it. We wanted to take certain elements of the song and recreate them in an interesting video format that keeps you entertained.”
Whenyoung are playing their first show next month and are building up to that now. “We’ve had interested blogs, lots of interviews. General feedback has been really good about it. It’s rare that a band starts off and is determined to release a song that’s two minutes long and in your face. “I think bands are too nice these days!”
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The band have played Brighton’s The Great Escape this summer but what are their future plans?
“In the last six months we’ve been working hard at the actual recordings so we’ve got a lot of songs under our belt. As soon as we get this one out there and people start hearing it and we do some live shows it’s straight onto the next one. “You’ll be definitely hearing more of us!”, promising a release of more songs. “If we get a couple of our live dates done and dusted we’ll know more about where we’re standing!”
Looking even further ahead Andrew would love the band to be on a support tour “to get out there and play a lot of live shows and really get to show people what we can do. “As a musician it’s great to be able to play, record and rehearse your own music but when people take it on board and enjoy it it really makes the difference and that’s what it’s all about.”
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HEAR THEM EVERYWHERE
We speak to band Eveywhere about their new single ‘Some Other Dude’.
Everywhere are an alternative rock band from London and have just released their new track “Some Other Dude”. But how would they describe it?
“It’s a funky little jam and it’s a mix between the 1975 and the Wombats. It’s a song about the moments where we think back, about the things we should have done but failed to act, usually about love. It could be the person in the bar, or the person on the dancefloor. And when we try to act on this moment and fail to do so.” Fans of the 1975 and the Wombats, the inspiration for this song came from the experiences of the band and everyone who experiences this sort of things, and there will also soon be a video out to go with the song.
‘Some Other Dude’ follows ‘Shades of Night’ which was inspired by the sound of the Killers. “It was a little bit harder in the sound, a bit heavier on the guitars. We have another track called ‘Better Off Alone’ which is a bit funkier and more danceable.” Everywhere will also have an EP out in September, and they’re currently putting the finishing touches to this. The band hopes to have an album out later. “We have a lot of material to record but I guess we want to just give it a little more time and see how people
react to it, and take it forward when the time feels right!”
Everywhere are also performing live through the summer, and their live sound is a little bit heavier. “There’s a little more bit guitar, a little less synthesizer. It’s an energetic performance. We try to do our best always, and try to make the set as powerful as we possibly can. “We recently did shows in Leeds and Manchester, and Liverpool, Glasgow and Edinburgh next.”
And their plans for the future. “I really hope this new track takes off. We’ve had a great audience reaction for it. We hope it will get played in the clubs. It’s working well, and I hope it works out, and we get more shows and we get out on the road more and just keep on banging it! Our hopes are always high when we deal with music as it’s such a passion for us!”
Everywhere fb.com/everywheretheband twitter: @everywhereband soundcloud.com/ everywheretheband everywheretheband.com
Prové Yourself
Eddie Prové on his new soulful pop release
Eddie Prové is a musician from Reading and he’s just released his ‘Silent Love’ EP and we spoke to him about the release, the new single ‘Never Cared’ which he describes as a ‘soulful, pop song’.
“I tried to keep it quite simple structurally, to really put the lyrics across for that song. It’s very piano based, focus on the piano and vocals”. Alongside this song Prové has also created a video for song ‘Love For A Day’ which will be out in a few weeks having been teased last week online. He has also been on the live circuit including a recent performance at Live at Leeds, a show he described as excellent.
“I’ve never been to Leeds or played live there either. A great crowd came along as it was a mixture between local bands and artists from around the country. It was a great kind of festival, a good turnout and everyone was in a great mood and it went really well.” Eddie Prové is currently planning further dates after an upcoming one in Brighton and will be revealing more information soon online.
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When he’s not playing music, Eddie is a keen golfer. “I like to get out on the course if I get a free moment. It’s a nice way to relax and get out into the sun. I’m not very good but I guess that’s why I keep playing, I just need to get better!”
Keen on social media promotion, Eddie loves interacting with his fans, and he’s also busy planning his next steps and promoting his EP through his social media. “We’re hoping to release a second EP by the end of the year.” Looking ahead to the future, Eddie will be concentrating on this new extended play once the dust has settled on his latest release. “I’ve already got a lot of the songs that I’m thinking for the second EP, writing and recording them at the moment, trying to get ahead of ourselves. And also get some nice summer live shows going and making an impact with them and keeping the momentum going into the next year.”
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THE KING
Here is Rex Domino with their brand new EP called ‘God’s Teeth’ and we speak to him about it
Based in Portsmouth, Rex Domino is a spoken word electro-poetry artist with a new EP coming out this month called ‘God’s Teeth’. We caught up with the lyricist fresh from a visit to the Tate Modern to chat about his single and his music, starting with the EP with the three tracks on it described by him as having a sombre and dystopian tone.
“The words themselves are quite bleak and yearning but the music paints a kind of cinematic landscape behind that, quite electronic and glitchy. It’s somewhere poetry and EDM.”
Described as part-MC, part-poet, part spoken word artist, Domino was more open about himself. “I’ll be whatever the person wants me to be. I’ll wear whatever hat sits at the time. “I’m very much interested in doing hip-hop things, or grime things. I enjoy the intimacy
of the spoken word where people can latch onto the words.”
The message behind the lyrics is also important for Rex Domino. “It’s important to say something. It need not be political, not necessarily all that clear, but something sincere or honest. Something that will get a point across rather than being for its own sake.
“We’re in a time where you can draw parallels to the Thatcher era and the punk music that was coming out back then, but I think because everyone is so self-absorbed in this realm of digital narcissism there’s less of that rebellious spirit. But I think we’re seeing more of that in the emergence of grime; music that has an aggressive, anti-social message becoming cooler, which I think is only a good thing.
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“There’s certainly an appetite for music that’s got some substance to it.”
A video has been made for ‘Sam’s Spoon’ taking from the EP, with Rex positive about the creation of it, which was made with support from his collaborators Stanky and Polar Kid.
“They took their glitchy audio techniques and conveyed them into the aesthetics. [The video] is proper dark, proper twisted, proper obscure. The vibe I was trying to get was like a broken scanner; like a digital purgatory, the bit between the buffer where everything is messed up.
“[The video] emphasises the darkness and the strangeness,” he told us as we discussed the visual side of his work complimenting his music before we moved onto talking about his future gigs. “[My set] is essentially live electronic stuff; we work with a tape machine; we like to keep it all weird and organic and I run my vocals through some effects. It’s all about that electronic performance. It’s just me and the two producers!”
Coming up for Rex Domino looks to be more work with his producers and he looks forward to more collaborations and developments as an artist. “Writing more things, coming up with new angles of ways of explaining my thoughts and such. Keeping on writing, and pushing for an album sometime next year!”
And for other ambitions? “I find ambition can be dangerous. I just want to really enjoy the things we are doing and continue to build something. I want to make a really sincere, affecting project and push it as far as we can. “Play to as many people as possible, get the song heard by as many people as possible, all whilst maintaining a modicum of obscure integrity!”
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Singles Reviewed
Here are our picks of the songs we’re sent each month
The Allergies feat. Andy Cooper - Blast Off Another mix of styles with attitude, great lyrical delivery, funky music and fun production tricks. TT fb.com/theallergies/ Bare Knuckle Parade - Diamond Eyes A real bouncy rock number that will get you singing along pretty quickly. A great track. TT fb.com/BareKnuckleParade/ Beauty Sleep - Living Right The label of dream pop certainly suits this track; a relaxing, dreamy number that is a real calming piece with a great vibe TT fb.com/BeautySleepMusic/
Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog - Mor Ddrwg â Hynny It’s Welsh lyric set may make its vocals incomprehensible to those of us on the otherside of the border, but emotion, solid music and a smooth progression are great in any language. TT fb.com/cowboisrhb CRT CLSSX - Habits An unusual track, practically instrumental in style, but with enough loops, effects and offthe-wall moments to hold your attention. T facebook.com/CRTCLSSX/
Biters - The City Ain’t The Same (Radio Mix) A fast-paced rock number with attitude, its energy is infectuous and calls for a reply or two. TT fb.com/BITERS/
The Curious Incident - Money From its great guitar riff to witty lyrics ‘Money’ is a catchy pop-rock track with hooks a plenty. With a summery calypso vibe and quick lyrical delivery this is a must download! TTT fb.com/thecuriousincident/
The Blend - Don’t Waste My Time A catchy fast paced punk-rock number with a toe-tapping beat, great synth breakdown and a raw yet well-produced feel. TT fb.com/theblendofficial/
Diane & The Gentle Men - Motorcycle Smooth, warm and fun indie-rock track with echoes of a female Franz Ferdinand with a punkier attitude. TT twitter.com/dgentilemusic
Charlyn - Marylise With a hint of the Corrs this light pop number is an easy-listening delight. TTT fb.com/charlynmusic/
Don DiLego - Don’t Bury Me Alive Catchy, country-tinged clap-along number that feels like a hoe-down in the making. TT fb.com/dondilego/
The Clear - Maria Browne A great retro-sounding number with a calming and slightly ominious feel. Very accomplished. TT fb.com/theclearband/
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Double S feat. JME - Style & Flows An attitude-filled rap and grime number that will win you over with its sheer balls and clear sound. TTT twitter.com/doublesmusician Early Hours - Into The Wilderness This quirky, catchy indie-pop number proves to be quickly singable. Very promising! TT fb.com/EarlyHoursOfficial/ Everywhere - Some Other Dude With hints of 3OH!3 in its intro, this tongue-incheek pop number has one of the best choruses on the summer. A must listen. TTT fb.com/everywheretheband/ Future Generations - Thunder in the City Electro-pop hit will win you over with a song that it much more pleasant than the weather of the title. TT fb.com/futuregenerationsmusic/
In An Instant - Where the Demons and the Devil Speak A memorable indie-rock song with a great lead vocal and a strong set of riffs, plus some well composed lyrics. TT fb.com/InAnInstantNI/ Is Tropical - Believe A rather light and airy track but wins over with its simplicity and smooth progression, gentle but hooky. T fb.com/ISTROPICAL/ Jesse Malin - Whitestone A smooth country-tinged number with enough guitar to keep you rocking out. T fb.com/jessemalin/ Joe Grind feat. Kadey James - Money A great catchy urban number with some noteable beats, a fun flow and a clear style. TT fb.com/JoeGrindSN1/
We-Are-Z - Goldigaz This is a really quirky but surpisingly catchy little number with a surprising ska-feel to it, giving it a strong sunny feel. TTT fb.com/WeAreZmusic/
Le Couleur - Starlite A calming, laid-back, atmospheric number with enough dreamy lead vocals and hints of funk to keep you entertained. T fb.com/lecouleurmusic/
The Hallows - Element A delightful, gentle little number that has plenty of heart and a lovely voiced lead singer that carries the simple yet melodic track. TT fb.com/TheHallowsOfficial/
Lewis Murphy - Caught Up With You A fast, perky pop number with a raw yet pleasing sound and a jaunty feel to its rhythm. TT fb.com/lewismurphymusicuk/
Heartracer - Dream Girl The autotune might be a little distracting at times but there’s plenty of goodwill for this finger-clicking, funky guitar number. T fb.com/heartracerband/
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Lily - Give You The Night With a feel of Savage Garden this beat-heavy pop-ballad has the ingredients to keep you streaming, mainly thanks to its chirpy chorus. T fb.com/LilyBandOfficial/
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Lir Shilton - Cherry Blossom Girl This cover of the Air song is a sweet and gentle take on the track that is so delicate it almost fades into the background, but is beautifully sung. T fb.com/lirshiltonmusic/
Rachel Mason - Tigers in the Dark ‘Tigers in the Dark’ is a rather eccentric number, rumbling along like the title would suggest. A little too off-the-wall for me, but something a little different. T fb.com/RachelMasonArt
Marcella Detroit - England Calling One-half of Shakespeare’s Sister is back with this soaring ballad with a beat. Uplifting. T fb.com/marcelladetroitofficial/
Salio - Lost World ‘Lost World’ is a great showcase for Salio’s smooth and silky vocals on this flowing and fancy number. TT fb.com/SalioOfficial/
Marie Parie - Ice Cream It’s crazy, its lyrics are ridiculous, its progression daft, its words innuendo-laden, but somehow it works. Weird but wonderful. T fb.com/MarieParieMusic/ Matt Sellors - Blinded By You With a great soulful voice and a bouncy, mid-tempo beat this is a smooth and chill-out number. TT fb.com/mattsellorsmusic/ Michele Stodart - When Is It Over? A pleasing, heart-felt, string led soaring number with the rest balance of sorrow and uplifting elements to keep things interesting. TT fb.com/MicheleStodart/ Nick Waterhouse - It’s Time A funky laid-back number with a strong retro feel and a warm summery feel. Lovely voice and a lovely swing. TT fb.com/nickwaterhousemusic/
Sam Dawson - Falling Down With the lead and backing vocals complimenting each other, Falling Down is a touching, well composed mid-tempo number. T http://samdawsonmusic.co.uk/ Schnarff Schnarff - Cadavers An eccletic song of many elements that all pull together for a wild and wacky ride. T fb.com/SchnarffSchnarff/ Sharky Major feat Mercston, Hitman Hyper & King Rah - Hold It Down (Remix) The chorus is far superior to the verses but it still holds together as a refreshing urbanfocussed track. T fb.com/sharkmajor/ The Society - Begging This gentle indie-rock tune has enough drum and bite to go with the laid back vocals to lend some pow to the heart and catchy chorus. TT
Olly Chamberlain - Hold Onto You Though a little vocoder heavy at the start, this is a pleasing enough indie number, though it’s a little too by-the-numbers for my tastes. T fb.com/ollychamberlainmusic/
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Taz feat. DJ Emenes - Jaan Meri (My Love) It’s not often you hear a song mixing in elements of Justin Timberlake’s noughties hit ‘My Love’ into something more funky with hints of Bhangra. Great! TT twitter.com/tazstereonation Toochi - Angels of the Underground This is a slighty generic but fun piece of Eurodance that will get you moving along to its fastpaced, happy beats. T twitter.com/Toochimusic
V Pages - I’ll Stand Quite an eccentric number from “Five Pages” but one that somehow works with its multiple styles and influences. T facebook.com/fivepagesband/ West Side Oak - Radio Edit 1.0 A catchy, foot-stomping country-tinged song with banjo working alongside some singable throw-back lyrics. TT
Eurovision Song Contest Stockholm 2016 As always it’s a mixed bag of songs and will truly depend on how poppy your tastes are and if you have any political allegiances.
Arriving just a little late for inclusion in the last edition of KBPS, we perhaps don’t need to really give this a review as you’re either a fan of Eurovision or you’re not.
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It’s a mixed bag but fans will lap it up, though it doesn’t feel quite as good as last year’s, if Eurovision is indeed worthy of comparison year on year... T
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LIVING FOREVER
We speak to Frank D’Angelo about his new movie and the accompanying song
We spoke to Frank D’Angelo as he was with his team editing a new movie ‘The Red Maple Leaf’. His new single is ‘I Want To Live Forever’. “It’s one of my favourite tunes I’ve ever written in my life,” D’Angelo told us. “I don’t think there’s not a human being on the planet that doesn’t want to live forever!”
The song was written for his movie ‘Sicilian Vampire’, which came out in the cinemas in North America in May before opening across the world in the summer. “The inspiration comes from the instinct of human beings to survive forever no matter what is thrown at them.”
Frank explains the concept of the movie. “It’s about a gangster, a Sicilian guy, and he’s got a crew that he’s been with since childhood, and once a month they go play cards in a cottage up in the woods and a bat bites them and throughout the movie it shows what happens to him after this bat bites.” D’Angelo was very positive about his experience filming the movie. “It was one of my favourite movies. I got to work with James Caan, the great Daryl Hannah, Michael Paré and it was just a lot of fun.” Frank D’Angelo himself is involved with a lot of different things from music to acting and even a talk show. We were keen to know how he juggles everything. “I love all of it. If someone says to you when you wake up in a morning how you deal with it all; it’s just a routine. I don’t know how it happens but it happens.” D’Angelo’s talk show has just entered its seventh season and has featured interviews with such big names as Al Pacino, Paul Newman, Tony Bennett and many more. “It
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gets over a million viewers, it’s national and we have lots of fun doing it. It’s once a week, every Friday night at midnight in Canada, but it bleeds into the United States through Michigan and New York and we have a good time, and we’re going into season eight this [Autumn].” Working on ‘The Red Maple Leaf’, it tells the story of the US ambassador to Canada and his daughter who gets kidnapped. “There’s a fight over who has jurisdiction. Is it the FBI? The CIA? Or the Canadian police authorities?” The two-hour film was shot in January and has an all-star cast, and should have now been completed.
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THE SOUND OF THE SUMMER We speak to Jamie Porter about how his single could well be the sound of the season
Jamie Porter has released his new single ‘Sound of the Summer’ and we quizzed him on whether it is indeed the sound of summer 2016.
“The title says it all! It’s essentially about how we get a buzz when the sun comes out and everybody gets on their motorbikes, jet skies or whatever floats their boat. For me it was saying that everyone has a different sound of the summer and obviously mine is through music! It’s about having a good time in the sun and not having a care, driving around listening to the radio. Old school stuff before the internet!” The lyrics, production and feel of the song all work together to capture a real summery feel and we were keen to know how he’d achieved this.
“I was in my songwriting zone. It was a riff I came up with. It was a simple couple of chords – I have a while before I catch up with Status Quo!. I’ve got so many influences but there’s a Beach Boys vibe in there. Not intentionally, but in the backing that comes along. But I recorded it in my home studio, but I have a friend who has a studio down the road, and he helps me tweak it and make it sound amazing. “It’s the backing vocals, the melodies, the harmonies. When I write it’s about constructing that picture in the music and to me that’s the important thing.”
Jamie says that his home studio gives him the freedom to spend time on his songs. “I don’t do anything complex. I don’t take a huge amount of time. I have a set formula. I will come up with ideas. Technology helps. I can record ideas on my phone and a notepad and then I can sketch out my idea at home and add the guitar, basslines, pianos,
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backing vocals and synths. The Hammond is mostly what I use. I’ve got a vibe going at the moment. “The only thing I can’t really do is drums so I kind of sketch that out and then I get someone to help me with that.”
Jamie Porter is also working on a lighthearted music video for the song, which will be live-focussed and capturing people enjoying their summer. “One of the members of the band is a cameraman in his day job so that helps.” “Providing we get some sunny days in the run up to summer!” he told us, talking about the capturing of the season.
Jamie Porter has spent years building up his skills and previously played bass in a band. “I needed to gain confidence myself in writing material. You can spend a lot of time thinking you’re not good enough to do something, and at the end of the day you’ve got to get out and do your thing and have the confidence to do it. “I decided after leaving the last band I was going to do my own thing and create my own sound and see if anyone liked it, and go with the flow.” Jamie Porter and his band also had some live dates recently including the Wales Diversity Festival and several live gigs, with more coming up in the pipeline. “We’re pretty well rehearsed. We’ve got an album coming out later in the year so we’re fine-tuning some of the newer material, if you like, for the live set. “I’ve got a couple of EPs out already for digital download and a single put out last year, so we have a good 90 minute to two
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Writing down ‘The Trials of Life’ as a potential title, Jamie showcased how he was always on the lookout for new ideas. “I’m a sucker for writing down ideas for songwriting!
hour set of original material that we can play.”
We were intrigued on finding out more about the musical direction of his new album. “I would say it’s a collection of love-based songs with a few rockers. Some of the tracks have a slightly southern feel. I call it countryinfluenced music with a blues-rock vein. Some people say it sounds like Tom Petty. It depends on what people’s influences are as to what they hear on it. But it’s essentially two guitars running off each other. “It’s the trials of life. I haven’t got a title for it yet, but I might get another couple of tracks on it yet but it depends on how the writing goes and the timescale.”
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“Quite often I’ll wake up night thinking ‘that’s a good idea for a song’. You hear about songwriters having a notebook by the bed. I never remember to put it out, thinking I’ll remember it in the morning! I’ll have to think of something else like scratching it into the walls like a prisoner in a film!”
And plans for the future? “To get loads more gigs under my belt. This has been an obsession of mine for years, so I want to get out there, play bigger venues, and generally enjoy the music more.
“I don’t want to go out there and say I’ll hit the big time. It’s a difficult time now in the music industry to break into it and make money. I enjoy it so I’ve got to keep doing it, but it’ll be nice to get a bit of payback for the work!”
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EPs & LPs Reviewed Introflirt Temporary Heaven
Wiyaala - Wiyaala
Labelled as Afro-Pop, Wiyaala’s self-titled is a tour-de-force of energetic, powerful, African music with a strong pop edge. Opening track ‘Tinambanyi (Here We Come)’ is an absolute corker of an opening, the energy and vibe quickly hitting you right between the eyes. Introflirt’s ‘Temporary Heaven’ is an eighttrack EP of synth-electronic music with a distinctly upbeat feel, a marriage between eighties-throwback riffs and the subdued lead vocals.
From chip-tune influences on ‘Could Be Fun’ to modem-dial-up-sounding ‘Not Like Mine’, the Chvrches-style ‘Orange Light’ with its ‘I don’t enjoy this’ riff to the drum machine dominating titular track, ‘Temporary Heaven’ makes up for a lack of variety in its numbers by sticking to a strong theme, and electronic fans looking for something a little more throwback will be pleased with this. T
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Electric Six Roulette Stars of Metro Detroit
Another major highlight of the piece is the Dubai Bros. remix of ‘Night Vision’. Having previously done a brilliant job on their earlier remix of ‘Interchangeable Night’, this dancier darker take on the Switzerland track is a delight of electronic and vocoder effects and breathes new life into a decade-old track. As the album reaches its conclusion we get the faster, funkier ‘I Upgraded To You’, the simple and stripped back ‘Shrink the Bastards’ and a calpyso remix of a song that is taken from their next album proper that delivers some catchiness and sunniness.
Only the final track of ‘When The Lights Go Out’, a Oingo Boingo cover, does the LP lose its focus, this track not a very exciting chorus, though still listenable. Detroit band Electric Six ran a Kickstarter campaign last year to create a mock-reality show and as a side-project to that comes this nine-track soundtrack which is actually much better than the film and more worth the investment than the movie.
Containing some really strong songs and remixes, this is a real treat for fans of the band and newcomers alike. TTT
STFU - What We Want
A mixture of covers and original material the highlight of the album is track three, ‘An Omen of Things To Come’, a catchy, high energy riff-heavy track that is one of the best tracks the band has ever done.
The LP opens with the darker ‘Compensation’ whose simpler chorus quickly settles in alongside a driving production feel, a sort of mixture between their older material and Robbie Williams’ Radio. Their take on Deep Purple’s ‘All Night Long’ is as good as the original whilst Animotion’s ‘Obsession’ is an improvement, the more modern production values and split vocals improving on the first take, the music much chunkier and crisper, whilst still retaining the catchy vocal line.
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We Want’ a collection of slow, ponderous, multi-layered but disturbingly off-beat numbers, such as track two ‘Second Time’ which balances an awkward line between eccentric cacophany and noise.
The heavier, more beat-focussed ‘Do It Now’ at track three is a big improvement and feels more accomplished whilst ‘New Shadows’ feels less sonically uncomfortable and much more listenable.
The album does get easier to listen to and get involved with as the album progresses but it’s perhaps a little too late and it instead merges together into a muddy mix of similar sounding tracks.
Gringo Star - The Sides and In Between
Along the way we get the best track on the album ‘Magic’ with its Arctic Monkeys-verses and sixties-themed chorus whilst ‘Get Closer’ cranks up the rock. ‘Still Alive’ whips out the toe-tapping style and country influences whilst ‘Going Home’ brings the swagger and a fun whistling riff. ‘Knee Deep’ keeps that theme going, in a number that could be best described as sultry and smooth whilst ‘Heading South’ is the second best number of the record with a great classic sound. ‘Undone’ brings us full circle with more whistling and a neatly composed feel.
This album is many things, and it’s gritty, raw and unpolished but these certainly keep things interesting and it’s a great collection of short songs that mix pop with indie, punk with rock. TT
Dick Valentine Quiet Time / Raw
‘The Sides and In Between by Gringo Star is an indie album that’s pleasingly raw and lo-fie, with a poppy-indieness that ticks all the boxes, from the gritty opener of ‘Rotten’ to the closing quick numbers of ‘It’s You’ and ‘The Last Trace’, the latter having shades of the 1950s in its production.
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One is ‘Raw’, a supporting CD to the previously reviewed Kickstarter which includes sixteen tracks, mostly instrumental, including various early demos of earlier tracks and some others. This is definitely mostly for fans and more of interest in seeing how records come together rather than for out-and-out listening. Highlights include a more electronic ‘Hello! I See You’ and a beatier ‘Making Progress’. Also for the fans, but a much better listen, is ‘Quiet Time’, his fourth solo album. Here are sixteen Electric Six and Evil Coward songs stripped back and rendered in acoustic guitar, and occasionally synth. Highlights here include a great Oasis-esque version of previous Kickstater track ‘Wikileaks’, a synthless ‘Heartbearts and Brainwaves’ and a less rocky ‘Take Another Shape’. Though many of the songs are not as great as their originals hearing them stripped back and more vulnerable musically make for a great listen, and allow you to focus more on the lyrics and see how they can be heard without the production. Imagine a greatest hits in acoustic form, this is a great record of a strong songwriter. TT
Tom Odell Wrong Crowd Bought on the strength of lead single ‘Magnestised’, one of my favourite songs of the year, ‘Wrong Crowd’ is a really solid and listenable new album from Tom Crowd, starting with the driving-forward titular track that balances well between the stripped-back production and singable chorus.
Second track ‘Magnetised’ is of course the best track on the CD, its steady drum beat, powerful chorus, heartfelt lyrics and dancevibe all working together to turn it into a great anthem.
New single ‘Concrete’ is a cool, fingerclicking, piece of swagger with its too-coolfor-school chorus quickly hitting you with its visual imagery.
‘Constellation’ and ‘Sparrow’ keep things moving whilst ‘Still Getting Used to Being On My Own’ once more matches the well written lyrics with a more heartfelt singing style, here with some great retro moments thrown into the mix. ‘Silhouette’ is the most energetic and poppy song on the album with a slight ‘Pet Shop Boys’ vibe whilst ‘Jealousy’ and ‘Daddy’, though less noteable, are smooth enough.
‘Here I Am’ is close to ‘Magnetised’ as the best song on the album, it’s quotable chorus, piano line and hand-claps adding to the well composed piece.
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‘Wrong Crowd’ isn’t the most dramatic of albums and has its fair share of filler but in ‘Magnetised’, ‘Concrete’ and ‘Here I Am’ has three big anthems. Well worth a spin thanks to Odell calm and cool vibe and voice, and some heartfelt lyrics. TT
Amber Arcades Fading Lines
Michelle Stodart Pieces
This nine-track album, with lead single ‘Ain’t No Woman’ at its heart, is a gentle yet relentless downbeat piece but that does suit Stodart’s voice.
With atmospheric music, a pleasingly freeform style to its ebbing and flowing sound, it’s a relaxing, calming experience. It does perhaps stick too rigidly to the same formula and sound, with little variety amongst its clutch of tracks, but for smooth, orchestral and relaxing numbers you can’t go far wrong with this. Outside of the title track personal favourites include ‘Just Anyone’ and closer ‘Over The Hill’. T
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‘Fading Lines’ is ten tracks of similar sounding, light music that falls distinctly into gentle, easy-listening. Opener ‘Come With Me’ is the most distinctive of all the tracks, possibly as the first experienced, its guitar-iff carrying it, but thins becomes more maudlin during ‘Constant’s Dream’ and though her voice is calming and interesting the constant depressive sound and lack of huge distinction between tracks means that each one blends into the next, and this quickly becomes tiresome. ‘Perpetuum Mobile’, with its drum-machine lilt, offers a different flavour as it leaks into ‘Right Now’ but its still not really enough to hold back the tide of similarity and relentlessly downbeat numbers. ‘This Time’ feels a little happier but overall its far too samey and gloomy. With some more distinctive songs and a more regimented control of her wavering vocals and future albums could be more promising.
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This Month’s Music Picks
Hunck - All Dressed Up
Bright Light Bright Light feat. Elton John - All In The Name
Gregory Porter Consequence of Love
Turin Brakes - Jump Start
Shawn Mendes Treat You Better
Tom Odell - Concrete
Star.One Original Badman Feat. Takura & Assassin
Big Tobz - Expensive
Bastille - Good Grief
Kaiser Chiefs - Parachute
Travis - Animals
Bat For Lashes Sunday Love
Rizzle Kicks - Always Late
Rick Astley Angels on my Side
Allen Stone Perfect World
All Saints This Is A War
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This Month’s Music Picks The best new music we’ve discovered this month!
The Common Linnets We Don’t Make The Wind Blow
James Bay - Craving
Disciples & David Guetta - No Worries
Glass Animals Life Itself
Double S Ft JME Style & Flows
AronChupa - Little Swing feat. Little Sis Nora
Christine and the Queens - Tilted
Twenty One Pilots Heathens
Magic! - Red Dress
Bob Sinclar Someone Who Needs Me
KT Tunstall - Evil Eye
Nimmo - My Only Friend
Calum Scott Dancing On My Own
Brolin - Time After Time
Lake Komo - Milwaukee
Sundara Karma Loveblood
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Little Boots - Staring At The Sun
Anderson .Paak Come Down
Ady Suleiman Running Away
Netsky - TNT (Feat. Dave 1 From Chromeo)
Viola Beach - Boys That Sing
Sucker for Pain - Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons w/ Logic & Ty Dolla $ign ft X Ambassadors
The King’s Son feat. Shaggy - I’m Not Rich (Hitimpulse Remix)
Paul McCartney, Wings, Timo Maas, James Teej Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five
ELO When The Night Comes
LeAnn Rimes - The Story
Jamie Lynn Spears Sleepover
Mike Posner - Be As You Are (Jordan XL Remix)
Bell X1 - The Upswing
ABC The Flames Of Desire
Elton John A Good Heart
AURORA I Went Too Far
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This Month’s Music Picks
Two Door Cinema Club Are We Ready? (Wreck)
The Shires Beats To Your Rhythm
Juno im Park feat. Hannah Trigwell - Never Gonna Give You Up
Tinie Tempah Mamacita feat. Wizkid
Josef Salvat - Closer
Disclosure - Boss
First Aid Kit My Silver Lining
Charlie Puth We Don’t Talk Anymore
Imani Williams - Don’t Need No Money ft. Sigala & Blonde
Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex) ft. Fetty Wap
KLOE - UDSM
Redlight, Tayá Here With Me
Lady Leshurr feat. Wiley Where Are You Now?
Frances - Say It Again
Years & Years - Worship
White Lies Take It Out On Me
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This Month’s Music Picks
Chris Stapleton Parachute
A Song For Orlando Hands
Bakermat Living feat. Alex Clare
The Veronicas In My Blood
Nadia Rose - Skwod
Hinds - Warts
Alessia Cara Scars To Your Beautiful
GIRLI - It Was My Party
Beverley Knight Feat. Jamie Cullum Private Number
The Divine Comedy Catherine The Great
Hailee Steinfeld & Grey STARVING feat. ZEDD
Demi Lovato - Body Say
Skepta - Coming Soon
Sälen - Diseasey
Honeyblood Ready For The Magic
BANKS Fuck With Myself
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This Month’s Music Picks
Jazz Morley Take Me Down
Louis The Child & Icona Pop - Weekend
Pitbull - Greenlight feat. Flo Rida, LunchMoney Lewis
Phantogram - You Don’t Get Me High Anymore
Tom Misch - Crazy Dream [feat. Loyle Carner]
VANT - Karma Seeker
Bud - City Bird (feat. Origin One)
Matt Johnson Get Over You
Olly Murs You Don’t Know Love
MY - Invincible
John Grant Global Warming
Pierce The Veil - Circles
Troye Sivan - WILD feat. Alessia Cara
Clean Cut Kid We Used To Be In Love
Fangclub - Loner
Jahméne Is This The Time?
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This Month’s Music Picks
The Blend Don’t Waste My Time
Vanessa Forero Same Boat
Richard Ashcroft They Don’t Own Me
Sophie Ellis-Bextor Come With Us
Deacon Blue The Believers”
Kelvin Jones - Closer
Ladyhawke - The River
Lee Walker vs DJ Deeon Feat. Katy B & MNEK Freak Like Me
Bastille - Fake It
Flo Rida - Zillionaire
Fickle Friends - Cry Baby
Infinity Ink Full Capacity
Brian McKnight Everything
Buster Moe Good Kinda Crazy
Jaded - 4000Hz
Jesse and Joe Echoes of Love
Plus Vaults - Midnight River; Black Dylan - Hey Stranger; Dolly Parton - Pure and Simple Bobby Roode - Glorious Domination; Betsy - Lost And Found; Sam Bailey - Sing My Heart Out
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Coming in at four tracks this EP does have plenty of swagger in its quartet of swirling rock numbers. Opener ‘Stoned’ sets the pace whilst ‘She Gonna Blow My Mind’ kicks off with a solidly produced rock riff that gets settled in before the vocals appear. ‘Keep on Fighting’ is faster with shades of Black Sabbath at the height of their powers though with more credible lead vocals, though once more it’s the music not the words doing the talking.
Closer ‘Ride’ feels like the best track with a stronger vocal hook to grab onto, rounding off a solid rock package that boasts promise for them. T
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Mari Wilson Pop Deluxe
Mari Wilson releases this beautiful collection of 13 covers, captivating a delightful sixties throwback simplicity to the records, stamping her mark on such numbers as ‘Always Something There To Remind Me’; ‘Don’t Sleep in the Subway’, given a Pet Shop Boys-like disco thump; and ‘Anyone Who Had A Heart’. Employing a good mixture of songs and keeping them familiar enough whilst also giving them a slight tweak in flavour, only the deathly slow take on ‘24 Hours From Tulsa’ feels like a mis-fire and leaves you longing for the original.
Highlights include ‘I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten’ and ‘The Look of Love’ but in truth all the songs bar the one are well worth listening to. Balancing the fine line between familiarity and freshness, this is a mostly great collection from Wilson. TT
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Molly’s Daggers Prima Materia
Vibrissae Somewhere Away
‘Prima Materia’ by Molly’s Daggers brings you ten great rock’n’roll numbers wrapped in some surprisingly fun polish, starting with the country-tinged ‘Give Up Your Lovin’ To Me’. The riffs continue coming with the jaunty, bouncy ‘Shakin’ Like The Leaves on the Trees’ whilst ‘44 Stone Jenny’ feels like the best number of the LP.
Vibrissae’s new LP is an unusual fare, a mix of short punchy instrumentals like ‘Whiskers’ and ‘Bulan’ and longer, sonically led numbers from the chunky electronica of ‘Crooked Smile’ with the occasional appearance of ethereal, light vocals on ‘Not Forever’ and ‘Need’. Numbers like ‘Incident Report’ are a little more industrial in their electronic sound but all songs offering something a little varied and different to the formula.
‘Sweet Mama’ impresses with the best guitar riff on the album, with ‘Zin-Uru’ a neat Pink Floyd-esque break down. ‘Spoon Of Your Sugar’ is a contender for the best track on the album, its catchy upbeat almost Status Quo feel being really good.
The album wraps up with slower numbers including the Johnny Cash / Bob Dylan-esque ‘Needle & Thread’, concluding an album that mixes up the tempos but delivers the rock and moments of radio-friendly catchiness. TT
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An intriguing collection of songs, which flow nicely and keep things fresh, whilst fitting into a clear box. T
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Scatter Factory Scatter Factory
Weighing it just under fifty minutes, Scatter Factory’s self-titled album is an adventure into another whirly of swirling piano riffs and hooks on tracks like ‘Out the Blocks’, ‘PowWow’ and closer ‘Mea Culpa’.
Keeping things fresh with a range of instrumentals, styles and foley, we get the sound of rain on the final track and calls of young children, footsteps and the panting of a dog amongst traffic in a weird looping interlude to penultimate piece ‘Not There Yet (And It’s Getting Dark)’. Strange, other worldly, and eerie in parts, this is a definite lie down, close your eyes and drift away, like a wordless Rokysopp or more sensual Pink Floyd. TT
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Perpacity - Arise
Over fourteen tracks Perpacity’s ‘Arise’ delivers electronic instrumental, Enigmastyle orchestral pieces and deep-vocal-led numbers, all coming together to, like Scatter Factory’s LP, deliver a calming and soothing musical exploration of different landscapes. From the dramatic sweeps of short opener ‘In the Beginning’ to the thematically and musically similar ‘In The End’, the LP charts the high and lows of the eighties on ‘9725’, the electronic-tinged ‘Sundown’ and poprock hooks on the album’s best number ‘In This Heaven’.
With a surprising freshness across its tracks, all of which employ some kind of grandiose statement in their track titles, this is a hypnotic listen from start to finish with chunky production values, a captivating lead vocal and a swirling electronic feel. Delightful. TT
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Martin Creed Thoughts Lined Up ‘Thoughts Lined Up’ is an eccentric collection of 24 off-the-wall tracks of distinctive Scottish vocals, crazy lyrics and layouts, and unusual musical arrangements, offering a very exciting and wacky collection of styles that shifts from the limited lyrics of opener ‘I’m Going To Do Something Soon’ and the rather contrived words of ‘Princess Taxi Girl’ that give the distinct feeling of being developed as part of a stream of consciousness alongside a dictionary of rhymes stolen from Des Ree or Shania Twain.
The album is a series of short ideas, only one longer than 2 or 3 minutes, and it quickly becomes the musical equivaeltn of a one-liner comedian: if you don’t like one idea another one will come up soon. The album is crazy, wacky and unexpected though the balance of the two different vocals at times becomes a little over-powering. It’s certainly a weird album, not entirely listenable at all times, but you can never accuse the tracks of being boring or sticking to one formula, but it does come across a little bit like it could well be a secret David Brent project at times. Looking at the tracks, ‘Understanding’, with its hand claps and guitar plucking is one of the best on the LP with its funky, country-tinged moments.
With its whoops and howls, ‘If It’s Not One Thing It’s the Other’ sounds like a sing-a-long at a hippy conventions with lyrics being made up on the spot like a vegan musical edition of ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’
The best track on the album is probably ‘Let’s Come To An Arrangement’ with its catchy countryfolk riff making it memorable in its weirdness. The album begans to feel a lot like a series of simple concepts put into an album with the editor away on holiday to cut it back.
We later get a bit of politics and flute on ‘Border Control’ though it feels much too repetitive, as well as a random piece of spoken word on ‘Prayer’. ‘Let Them In’ has hints of the 1930s in its sound, whilst ‘It’s You’ whips out a mouth-organ because at this point you might think why not, as the album has had everything else on it. ‘I Found Lost’ is 57-seconds long, ‘Text Me Back’ repeats these three words over-and-over again like a desperate teenager after a night out clubbing. ‘One Two Three’ eschews lyrics all together to sound like a sample of some schoolchildren learning scales in a music lesson.
We later get a poem called ‘Massive Boat’ that is just 14-seconds long and ‘The Direction of Love’, a song that actually surpasses 4-minutes, and is thev closest to an actual song we get but again the title of the song makes up the bulks of the lyrics, aside from the word ‘left’. You can never accuse this album of being boring or not experimental. This is anything but, but equally it’s a mish-mash of an experience with quite a few skippable numbers. Crazy. T
‘Everybody Needs Someone To Hate’, which includes the line ‘Everybody Needs Someone to Lick’ amongst its Buzzfeed list of lyrics.
With the album continuing on in a random way we get ‘(You Put Your) Hand In My Hand’ with lyrics like ‘You Put Your Foot In My Mouth’ whilst the electronic elements of ‘Prisoner of Rhythm’ adds a little freshness. To refer to a track ‘What Is It?’ is a classic analysis of this album.
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Rosie Nimmo on her exciting new album Scrapbook
Rosie Nimmo is a folk, jazz and pop singer from Edinburgh signed to record label ‘Kick My Heels’. She has just released her new album, her third, called ‘Scrapbook’.
Rosie described it as being a long process but a good one. “It’s been six years since I released an album. I like this one the best out of them all. I’ve liked each one as they’ve progressed. But I think this is a better produced album – polished isn’t really the word as that’s not me. It’s by the same producer, but it’s a development of the previous two.”
And how does the title come about? She told us the album is reflective of her life and memories. “When I was a little girl I used to collect scraps, which were cut-outs of images and things. The image on the front of the album is of the scrap, a painting of the Pooti? By Raphael and the Madonna of the Sistine Channel. I used that because scraps, when I was young, was one of the central images. “Then I went to art college about twenty years ago and developed that scrap childhood memory. I also had an etching that I really liked so I used it on the cover. Everything just seemed to tie up, it seemed to be happy coincidences. Synchronicity!”
Rosie Nimmo, alongside music, is a very visual person with experience in design and photography. “I haven’t done as much visual art recently as I’m just coming back into it again this year. There’s been a bit of a break whilst I’ve been improving my musical skills and that path, but this year feels like it’s all coming together now.
“All three album covers have been designed by me but the last one was a photograph and the first a PhotoShop design.”
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I asked if she enjoyed having a hand in all the creative aspects of a music project. “You could say I was a control freak!” she joked. “It’s just nice to be involved in all the different aspects.”
When quizzed on the album and a favourite track, Rosie settled on the upbeat track of “It’s So Good To Be Your Friend”, commenting that her favourite depends on which song matches her mood. “My favourite song of all time is the Carol King song ‘You’ve Got A Friend’ and I love the James Taylor version of it, but my friends have been so important in my life, it was nice to write a song on how important friendship is.
“Mark, who is the producer of the album and has contributed lots of musical parts to it and co-writing two of the songs too, is a pal as well and it just felt like a thank you really.” Rosie Nimmo’s musical career also includes work as part of a five-piece blues-rock and soul band, but which does she prefer? “It’s like comparing apples and oranges actually. Even though i’m still singing I probably get more fulfilment from doing my own stuff. When I do the band work that can be huge fun and I play harmonica on that, and people do a double-take with that. That can be great fun as there are phenomenal musicians in the band and we played two gigs back-toback in March when the French fans were up in Edinburgh to watch the rugby. “The first night was the Saturday night so the game hadn’t been played yet and I sing in French some times, and sang ‘La Vie en Rose’ and we did that, which is completely out of context to everything we were doing, but I knew they’d join in as it’s an anthem for them. So we had everyone up in the main music bar in Edinburgh, and everyone was singing.
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“The next night, after Scotland had won, these French guys trooped into the bar, and you would pay to go and have a night out like that, it was such good fun!”
Rosie was positive about such a great response to her music. “There are a couple of [my songs] which are sing-along [ones] and there have been some really lovely moments with people joining in. I’ve also had people crying to a couple of songs, which is what they bring up for them.” Expanding on her live sound, Rosie talked about her three different-styles. “If they come and see me as Rosie Nimmo they can expect a concert that’s authentically me and my music, and some of it will be fun and some of it will be more thought-provoking. “If they come and see the duo that I’m in, with the guitarist who plays with me in every format as well, then they’ll hear some
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“If they come and see the full blues band they get the rock-party experience!”
With live dates throughout the year including appearing at the first Pandorafest in Scotland it’s looking really positive for Rosie. And what are Rosie’s plans for the rest of the year? “I have this ambition that my music will get out to a really wide audience. I think it speaks to a lot of people. It’s onwards and upwards!”
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CROSS GENRES Sian Cross on her exciting new single ‘Tell Anybody’.
Sian Cross has released her new single ‘Tell Anybody’ and we asked her to describe the record. “It’s drum and bass-fused, atmospheric, electronic pop.”
“I was a lot more about big band and live music, but then I started listening to James Blake which got me more into the electronic side of things. I’m always attracted to songs for the vocals and he’s such an amazing vocalist. The more I listened to him the more I got into the production side of his music and that spurred me to get onto that.” But what was the inspiration between the song? “Lyrics are a big part of what I do musically. I really try to a place a lot of importance on them. With this project in particular every song is a true story, so I sat down with each person and talked to them about whatever we are covering, about what they have been through. They’re all stories about triumphs over a hard time or a dark time and this one’s about a man who is struggling with his sexuality. Coming to terms with being a homosexual, coming to terms with himself, coming to terms with being able to tell his family, tell his friends, and gradually coming out the other side and feeling accepted for who he is. It takes you through the whole process and the journey.” The song is taken from the EP ‘Conscious’. Are they all based around stories?
“I think that’s why I named it Conscious. I think going through something traumatic in waking you up to how precious life is, and how precious you are, and getting to a place where you’re accepting yourself and accepting your story and letting it be part of you and not trying to hide it or allow it to hinder your life in any way.
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“There are a lot of stories on there. There’s one about an autistic boy. The song that actually inspired the whole project, which is about losing my dad to cancer and that song took on a weird power of its own and I got a lot of people contacting me about it either online or after gigs, telling me how it touched them and how it helped them with what they went through, and that spurred me on to talking to them in more detail and finding out more about their story to write about it.” Have these stories been cathartic? “Music has always been my therapy. I think music is kind of everyone’s therapy. If you’re sad you either want to listen to sad songs and wallow in it or you want to listen to something that’s going to lift you up. “I just wanted to give people the opportunity to be able to use it as therapy like I do and have their story written into a song. When writing the songs I tried to stay as true to their stories as possible whilst also leaving it open for interpretation so other people can also feel that the song is written about them in some way, with whatever they’re going through. I think there’s something quite powerful when you listen to a song and you literally feel like this song is written about the thing I’m going through right now. I’ve tried to keep it as open as possible for other people to interpret.”
Sian Cross has also done a live version available on her social media channels, in collaboration with Rhys Williams. “[Live] we have all sorts of technical equipment on stage with us. It’s nice to play about with the tracks and bring a different element to it when we do it live, and for this particular one we do tend to strip it back and knock out the drum and bass element and make it slower and more haunting.”
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We spoke to Sian Cross just ahead of the video for the song being released. Stop motion animator Andy Biddle created a special video for it, and Sian was excited to have worked with him.
Sian is preparing to tour with ‘Son of Pitches’ later this year. “Vocals are what attracted me to music in the first place so going on tour with a choir who do everything with their voices is exciting for me. “Musically there will be lots of vocal effects. We try and create the biggest sound possible so it’s going to be pretty epic and I’m looking forward to it!” Looking to the future Sian has also been simultaneously working on a new EP which is currently being mixed and then plans to progress to an album at the end of 2017.
You can find out more about Sian on her online blog, where she regularly posts exciting new content. “My blog allows me to be as open and honest as I can be and talk about other things that interest me. I live on a boat now so a lot of it has been about the journeys with that, and all the things I’m learning.
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“[Also] because the songs have such big stories behind them, and as much as I want to keep them open for interpretation, it’s great to have a space where I can really divulge what it’s all about and where it came from, and allow that platform to tell the story about who the song is about.” And will living on a boat lead to some songs about it? “It’s genuinely one of the most inspiring homes I’ve ever lived in. I’m quite a water baby and a Pisces so it goes with the territory! Just being on the water and away from it all. You feel like you’re on holiday all the same, away from the thick of it in London!”
And any future dreams? “Next year I’d like it to be a big festival year. I’m a big festival goer and I’m desperate to get on some bigger stages. We’ve done a lot of festivals in the past, but I’d love to work up to some bigger stages.”
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SOFT ROCK
The Soft Shades on their new album ‘Keeper of the Groove’ The Soft Shades have released their debut album ‘Keeper of the Groove’. But what is it like? “This album is post-rock, sometimes sounding like post-metal, and it’s a totally instrumental album with no vocals at all!”
Having previously been part of a band, a purely instrumental album was a new direction for Dimitriv, inspired by bands such as God Is An Astronaut. “I have heard a lot of nice post-rock and post-metal bands who have performed music without vocals so I tried that in this project.”
Highlighting ‘The Fall’ or ‘When This Day Comes’ as potential favourite tracks from the album, he confessed the choice depends on his mood. At the moment Soft Shades have no plans to tour the album so it’s purely an album experience, and the album is available both to buy and through Band Camp.
And what are the plans for the future? “I am thinking about new music. I also have some plans to co-operate with a local drummer. He’s a friend who plays in a band and I’d like to ask him to do some drum parts on a track.” fb.com/thesoftshades/ thesoftshades.bandcamp.com/
STAN AND DELIVER Stan Gemes on his new single and album ‘Call of the Ancient Wild’
Call of the Ancient Love by Stan Gemes is out on the 27th August. Stan Gemes was musical as a child but soon became part of the army then six years ago this all changed. “A friend in India asked me how my life was going. I said my life is great, the sun is shining, the rain is going, and people are smiling. She said to me, so why don’t you sing about it? I told her that wasn’t my plan. “So something happened to me after two or three months. The musicians came on board, the lyrics came to me, and I couldn’t stop the flow and making the music. Then the next thing that happened was to make a final version of ‘Call of the Ancient Love’ for a festival in an Olympic stadium in front of 70,000 people, and that’s how it all started! “Everything was a wonder. I was really intrigued by that experience and after that went deeper into making the album!”
The album came about from Stan Gemes travelling worldwide, visiting over sixty countries, including several ancient nations, his experiences with these being factored into the recording. A lot of these ancient nations have created a lot of music and contributed to the whole world, and one of these was India. I put some Sanskrit lyrics with English and Russia lyrics, with help from Germany, Los Angeles and more, plus Tim Palmer who has mixed for U2 and Pearl Jam, and a great singer from the UK. “I was fortunate to have lots of help from different angles!”
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Stan Gemes has performed in many places including Croatia and the Fifa headquarters, alongside India and Russia. “I really enjoyed it!” he told us. The instruments used on the record also reflected the places visited. “I used some sitars, alongside the main things like guitar, bass and drums.” The process of making the music was also important. “I tried to make it with natural rhythms, with every breath making joy! “If anyone sees me a concert they’ll experience a true celebration, a joyful celebration. They give out a very positive feeling, it’s very human music!”
‘Call of the Ancient Love’ has also been performed at festivals which have also been streamed live across the world. He describes his music as vibrant. “If you could see a rainbow. It’s like experiencing a musical rainbow!” And plans for the future? “I would love to have big shows and play in stadiums like U2 or Coldplay, and continue with that experience. I have joy and a celebration of life to share with my fans.
“Especially in this time when there’s so much fighting we need something to unite us!”
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LOVER
We speak to Sarah from the band about their new single ‘We Are Stars’.
“It’s like arty-pop-rock. It’s a mixture of lots of music. There’s a story to it; I’m not going to say what the story is, as I think it’s personal to everyone, so make of it what you will!
want to throw away, and they found me on YouTube or on a band site and brought me in for a couple of auditions.
Lover have been hard at work on their album. “Listening to the album, all of our songs are very different. They’ve got the same kind of heavy bass, guitar and drums, but they’re all very original.”
Name was positive about the gigs including ones that they headlined, and one with Heaven 17. “We did the Station to Station tour, doing Glasgow on a giant stage and the fans were amazing. We did Liverpool, Islington... it was a really great experience playing alongside Earl Slick and Steve Norman.”
“It’s a different sound. I don’t think you’ve heard this sound before!”
With much of the album under wraps, the band are excited about how it’s been coming together. Returning to ‘We Are Stars’ there is a great retro-style video to go with it.
“It was fun. I think I’d only been with the band a couple of weeks and we were put in this room and told to bond and get together to do our thing. It was fun and really threw us into the mix. It was a good experience and one that we’ll all remember, doing it in this vintage hotel.” We asked how the band came together. “Some of the guys were in a previous band that broke up around Christmas time and they had lots of good material they didn’t
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“We’ve only been together for a couple of months and we’ve already done a tour so it’s been a bit of a whirlwind, but it’s been a good fit.”
Describing their live shows, she talked about their uniqueness with each one being different. “It’s about us being in a gang, and whether you want to join the gang or not.” What are your future hopes?
“I’ve got many! You’ve got to reach for the stars!”
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FUTURE SOUNDS
We meet Future Generations on their brand new music! Future Generations are an alternative / Indie Pop/ Electronic band from New York and we spoke to lead singer Eddie Gore and the other members of the band Eric, Mike, Dylan and Devon as they travelled up to Washington DC. The band have a great new single out called ‘Thunder in the city’.
So how would you describe the single? It’s one of those songs that you listen to when you’re walking down the street and think, this is kind of narrating my walk! It’s just a feel good song, it’s an exciting song, it’s got a great hook. It’s all about the hook for us.
The song was written near the end of the album recording process; what was the inspiration behind the song? I was on a commute back from the city out to Long Island and it was about to storm, and it was just a kind of surreal journey. At the time I was very happy and thought [the storm]
was cool. I’d had a good day and I thought I’d write a song about the feeling I was having. What was the album like to record? The album was recorded over a long period of time. We recorded a lot of it in our dorm room at University. Then we played it back and a lot of songs we had, we added drums, synthesizers and other instruments in the studio. It was a longer, spread out process but when we were in the studio it was really nice as we had a positive mind-set and we were trying to be cohesive.
The album has some distinctive artwork. How did that come about? It was something the record came up with. There’s another band on the label called Decoration and I believe it was their singer’s good friend [called Nicole] and she did a couple of different ideas, and we were drawn to this one particular idea with the vibrant colours and the mix between new and retro.
You recently played a record launch party at the Mercury Lounge in New York; how did that go? It was great, so lit! We had a packed house and everybody was having a good time, especially us!
You have live dates coming up this month. How would you describe your live sound? It’s definitely fuller, more guitar and bassguitar heavy than the album. Like any album that’s brought to life is fuller and louder. We always say it has more of an edge and more energy to it live. It’s a different experience live, which is our goal. So how did you all meet? Four of us met at University. Myself [Eddie], Mike and Eric met in freshmen year in our dorm, and Dylan we met on Craigslist. We’re very thankful that he’s not murdered us yet. Shout out to not murdering people. And now we live together! Dylan: I have murdered but decided I’m going to ride with these guys.
Speaking of living arrangements, I believe you all share a flat together. What’s it
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like making music together and living together? It’s great. We’re always sharing music that’s inspiring us. We don’t have much time when we’re all in the apartment together but when we are we’re usually just hanging out and listening to music, and sharing with each other. Have you heard this, have you heard that. It’s been good to open each other up to different styles of music.
Do you have any big ambitions for the rest of 2016? To come across the pond, we want to come and play for you guys! We just want to play as many gigs as possible and build our audience by playing those shows. Some festivals next year would be nice. We just want to play as much music as possible, that’s really our end goal.
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STARS ON THE RISE Gringo Star on their new music
Peter Furgiuele, Nicholas Furgiuele, Jonathon Bragg and Josh Longino make up band Gringo Star from Atlanta. With their album ‘The Sides And In Between’ out on 26th August via NevadoMusic we spoke to member Pete, cofounder of the band with his brother Nick, on the eve of the band heading out on a massive two-and-a-half month tour to talk about their new album. Their longest tour to date, Pete was excited about their upcoming time on the road, coming twenty years after first writing music with his brother as teenagers. Describing the band’s live sound as rock and roll with a bit of garage, he was keen to emphasise their diverse sound. “We try to incorporate more than one approach when we’re writing, so it’s a range of melodic rock and roll.”
Talking about the record Pete told us “It’s a continuation of where we’ve been going. We
had a slightly different approach this time as we did it in our own studio which we’ve been building for the last couple of years. Last year on tour I got really lucky. We randomly went into a gas station which was out west in casino country and on a whim I put twenty bucks into a slow machine and won almost $6000 on the jackpot! “We were heading to LA. We have a really good engineer friend out there who has worked on some of our past records. He helped me secure a couple of pieces of nice audio equipment and it really helped us solidify the studio and bring the quality up to a nice level. “That really helped with the overall sound of the record. We’ve done things on our own before and it’s been a little dirtier. This one is still dirty, but it’s a little bit cleaner!”
The band have also been working on new arrangements and involving their friends, incorporating instruments like a violin, saxophone and mandolin into the mix. “We tried to be a bit orchestral and mix up the sounds.”
Gringo Star’s latest album was recorded in a couple of months in their home studio, a process Pete described as fun. Featuring newish member Jonathon Bragg on drums, Pete saw the record as an evolution. “It’s progressed more. I feel confident, we all like it, and it’s our best album yet.” Their own studio has given the band the freedom needed to really work on the album. “Just having more time and less pressure to really get things how we want them [is great]. Sometimes when you’re in the studio and you have a limited amount of time [to record vocals] and people are waiting for you, you sometimes have to be like ‘that’s good enough’, but with this we could spend enough time to get vocal takes as we wanted them, which is kind of a luxury.”
With more time for experimentation and getting a more instrumental feel thanks to getting their friends involved, the studio seemed to have given the band more freedom on the record, and Pete, when we asked him to pick his highlights from the album, seemed genuinely happy with lots of the tracks, mentioning opener ‘Rotten’ alongside ‘Heading South’, ‘Get Closer’, ‘Knee Deep’, which included the violin, and ‘Going Home’. “For me that’s a really personal song. I get a good feeling from it. It’s called ‘Going Home’ but it actually feels like home to me, as it’s an honest song. “We tried to mix things up so no two songs were the same. It’s an approach we’ve always had, but we tried to make it so you’re listening to the same band but not the same song ten times. So each song has its own character.
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“We like a lot of styles. We like to incorporate a lot of different rhythms and arrangements, but there is a certain way we do things. I think there’s a common thread they all have; it’s pretty cohesive even though we mixed it up.”
Pete revealed a video for ‘Get Closer’ has recently been filmed and is currently being edited ready for release soon. He talked to us about the video, created by the same director who did the promotional video for ‘Rotten’. “He has great ideas. He brought with him a 16mm camera, and we did it all on real film, which we were really lucky to have the opportunity for. The video has quite a dreamy look to it, and he used some older Kodak film and there’s still grain left on it. It’s not an effect, it’s the natural film. It’s pretty cool and his editing has been great so far, with some techniques to make things look slow and frantic, but going with the music. It was done on a really sunny day and is a really sunny video!” And what plans do the band have for the future? “We really hope to come to Europe,” he told us, talking about early 2017. “Nevada Records have a branch in Europe so we’d really like to go and support the album there. And to keep pushing on this album. “With our manager and label combined I feel like we have our most cohesive team together to go out and tour and be the best supported we have been.”
‘The Sides And In Between’ by Gringo Star is out on 26th August via NevadoMusic. Find out more about them via their website.
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GETTING YOUR BEAUTY SLEEP Exploring their new single ‘Living Right’ with Beauty Sleep’s Ryan McGroarty.
Beauty Sleep are a three-piece dream-pop band from Belfast, made up of Ryan McGroarty, Cheylene Murphy and Aimee Williamson. Starting up six months ago, they’ve just released their second single and we spoke to Ryan about ‘Living Right’ and how he would describe the track.
“It was probably the first song we’d written as a band and we’ve only been for six months so it’s all quite knew, so I guess it became the first song where we were discovering the sounds we were going to make and the type of band we’re going to be, so it’s a special song to us, and always will be.
“It’s just joyous and explosive, and so much fun to play. I’m glad people can finally hear it!” We wondered if this single was different to their first release as a band.
“We’ve only put out one other single at this point so we’re just trying to give everyone an overview stylistically of the different areas we’re into. When you’re a new band it feels like you can surprise people.
“We’re getting there now. People at some point don’t know what to expect so it’s a fun process!”
Though Ryan said they didn’t have any plans for a video for this release there are exciting future ideas coming up. “We have bigger plans for our next release. We did get some beautiful artwork from a young artist called Jack Coulter. He’s interpreted the song as an image which is really interesting. But no plans for a video at the moment.”
Future plan? “It’s fun putting out a single but at this point it would be fun putting something more substantial out there, something that runs together. I think it will be an EP, that’s a good way to start it. So we’re going to track that pretty soon. The songs are there. “After playing live, that changes you, so I guess we’ll be doing the recording in a more live-style, so I think that will come back again to it, and we’ll make sounds of microphones falling over and cymbals crashing, that kind of excitement is what we’re after!”
‘Beauty Right’ have so far done around a dozen live dates including recent festivals and they like to do different things to keep things fresh. “We have two different types of live set. We have one with a drummer, a friend of ours. He’s amazing and that excitement of playing small rooms where there’s loads of people, and it’s all happening and everyone’s moving, is really exciting, and we do like to do that.
“But we also have a more electronic set which has more computer elements to it, and has drums loops, and that’s a different feeling as well. I’m not sure which is best and sometimes we just call it depending on the show which one will be more suitable, so it’s good to give these two different sides and presenting the music in two very different ways.”
Gigs for the band coming up include Belfast on the 20th August. “It’s like a big barbecue show in the Queen’s Students’ Union with loads of local bands we’re friends with and it’s going to be like a twostage festival. If you’re in Belfast that day it’s going to be really fun!
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“When people only hear recordings they never know what to expect. It’s hard to picture a rock band, or what it is. Aimee who plays bass in the band is a visuals designer as well so there’s a really big light show usually with lots of moving elements. It’s coming together!”
Visual elements are a big part of the band and how they like to put themselves across. “We worked with this artist called Maisie Cousins on the artwork for ‘The Dark’, our first single, which had lots of luscious shots of running colours. I guess it was almost psychedelic imagery. We wanted to present a visual that whenever you saw it you’d have an idea of what the band sounded like and you’d make up your own image of what it’d be. “I think [music and visuals] is really important, and both complement each other, and it’s a big part of what we want to get across.”
And what are the future plans for the band? “A tour would be something to hope for. Personally it’s the main reason why I’m in a band as every time I’ve been before those experiences you have of going to places you’d never normally be, meeting people who’d never otherwise meet, and the stories that you get, are the things I treasure. It would be great to do these things with the band at this time, because it’s absolutely the most exciting part in lots of ways. “So get out there, get on some planes and boats and play to some un-expecting public somewhere!”
Find out more about the band on Facebook and check out their Soundcloud where you can hear various tracks and remixes, offering different interpretations on their sound.
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August
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Jupe - Rocket (3rd, DNC, TT) Luke Sital-Singh - Still (3rd, DNC, T) Lion Babe – Impossible (4th, DNC, T) Magic! - No Way No (4th, DNC, TT) Reverend and the Makers - Black Widow (5th, DNC, T) David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock (6th, DNC, TT) Alex Adair - Heaven (7th, DNC, T) Biters - 1975 (7th, DNC, TT) Charlie Puth - Marvin Gaye (feat Meghan Trainor) (7th, #1, TTT) Dan Owen – Fall Like A Feather (7th, DNC, TT) Frank Turner - Josephine (7th, DNC, T) Gabrielle Aplin - Sweet Nothing (7th, DNC, TTT) Kaleo - Way Down We Go (7th, DNC, TT) Kimberly Anne - Bury It There (7th, DNC, T) Kylie Minogue - Absolutely Anything and Anything At All (7th, DNC, TT) Lianne La Havas - What You Dont Do (7th, DNC, TTT) Only The Young - I Do (7th, DNC, TTT) Rita Ora feat. Chris Brown - Body on Me (7th, #23, T) Sarah Harding – Threads (7th, DNC, T) SoulCircuit feat. Maverick Sabre - Rolling With Me (I Got Love) (7th, DNC, T) Becky Hill and TAI and Watermät - All My Love (10th, DNC, T) Bryan Adams - You Belong To Me (10th, DNC, TTT) Leona Lewis - Thunder (13th, DNC, TTT) Abi Alton – Souvenirs (14th, DNC, T) Blonde - Feel Good (It’s Alright) [feat. Karen Harding] (14th, #76, T) Jess Glynne - Dont Be So Hard On Yourself (14th, #1, TTT) Ludovico Einaudi - Night (14th, DNC, T) Maroon 5 - This Summer (14th, #40, TT) Nelly feat. Jeremih - The Fix (14th, DNC, TT) Shakka feat. JME - Say Nada (Remix) (14th, DNC, TT)
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Vintage Trouble - Doin’ What You Were Doin’ (14th, DNC, T) Young Empires - Uncover Your Eyes (14th, DNC, T) Brian McFadden - Call On Me Brother (16th, DNC, T) Cliff Richard - Golden (16th, DNC, T) Laura Mvula - You Work for Me (17th, DNC, TT) a-ha - Under The Makeup (21st, DNC, TTT) Andreya Triana - Playing With Fire (21st, DNC, TTT) Carrie Underwood - Smoke Break (21st, DNC, T) Ella Eyre - Good Times (21st, DNC, TT) The Fratellis - Impostors (Little By Little) (21st, DNC, T) Jess Glynne - Ain’t Got Far To Go (21st, DNC, TT) Longfellow – Choose (21st, DNC, T) Madcon feat. Ray Dalton - Don’t Worry (21st, #54, TTT) Nimmo - Dilute This (21st, DNC, T) Pentatonix – Cheerleader (21st, DNC, TT) Rachel Platten - Fight Song (21st, #1, TTT) Scouting For Girls - Life’s Too Short (21st, DNC, TTT) The Six - (Don’t Go) Running (21st, DNC, TTT) Carly Rae Jepsen - Boy Problems (23rd, DNC, T) Flyte - Please Eloise (24th, DNC, T) Markus Feehily – Butterfly (24th, DNC, T) Reverend and the Makers - Makin’ Babies (Radio Edit) (24th, DNC, T) John Newman - Tiring Game ft. Charlie Wilson (26th, DNC, TT) Jack Savoretti - Back Where I Belong (27th, DNC, TTT) Avicii - For A Better Day (28th, DNC, TT) Callaghan - We Don’t Have To Change The World (28th, DNC, TT) CAZZETTE – Genius (28th, DNC, T) DJ Cassidy feat. Chromeo - Future Is Mine (28th, DNC, TTT) Elle King - Ex’s & Oh’s (28th, DNC, TT) Jason Derulo - Cheyenne (28th, DNC, T) Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean? (28th, #1, T) Katie Melua - Wonderful Life (28th, DNC, TT)
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Rae Morris - Don’t Go (28th, DNC, TTT) Rudimental feat. Anne-Marie & Will Heard - Rumour Mill (28th, DNC, T) Viola Beach - Swings and Waterslides (28th, #11, T) Wildflowers - 100 Personalities (28th, DNC, T) Charlie Puth - One Call Away (29th, DNC, TT) Taylor Swift - Wildest Dreams (31st. #42, TTT) Will Young - Joy (31st, DNC, TTT)
September
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Rod Stewart - Please (2nd, DNC, T) Clean Cut Kid - Runaway (3rd, DNC, T) A-HA : Objects in the Mirror (4th, DNC, TT) A-ha - The Wake (4th, DNC, TTT) Claire Richards - A Deeper Shade of Blue (4th, DNC, TTT) FIDLAR - Drone (4th, DNC, TT) FIDLAR - West Coast (4th, DNC, T) Oh Wonder - All We Do (4th, DNC, TTT) Oh Wonder - Body Gold (4th, DNC, T) Sage The Gemini - Good Thing ft. Nick Jonas (4th, Not Released, T) Sigala - Easy Love (4th, Not Released, TT) Tina Arena - I Want To Love You (4th, DNC, T) Zimmer x Pallace - Saturday Love (4th, DNC, T) Sam Hunt - Take Your Time (9th, DNC, TTT) Angel - Leyla ft. Fuse ODG (10th, DNC, T) American Authors - Go Big Or Go Home (11th, DNC TT) BIRDY + RHODES - Let It All Go (11th, #58, TT) Bring Me The Horizon - Follow You (11th, DNC, T) Chrvches - Clearest Blue (11th, DNC, TTT) The Libertines - You’re My Waterloo (11th, DNC, T) Nero - Two Minds (11th, #27, T) Rachel Platten - Stand By You (11th, DNC, TTT) Tony Momrelle - Pick Me Up (11th, DNC, T) A-Ha - Forest Fire (15th, DNC, TTT) Causes - To The River (16th, DNC, T) Machine Gun Kelly feat. Victoria Money - A Little More (17th, DNC, T) Thomas Rhett - Die A Happy Man (17th, DNC, TT) Hayden James - Something About You (18th, DNC, TT) Hermitage Green - Quicksand (18th, DNC, T) Jack Savoretti - Catapult (18th, #89, T) Matt Simons - Catch & Release (18th, DNC, T) Melissa Steel - You Love Me? feat. Wretch 32 (18th, DNC, TT)
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Naughty Boy feat. Beyoncé and Arrow Benjamin Runnin’ (Lose It All) (18th, #4, TTT) Syron - Talkin’ Crazy (18th, DNC, TT) Ryan Adams - Bad Blood (21st, DNC, TTT) Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - The Austerity Of Love (22nd, DNC, TTT) Petite Meller - Barbaric (22nd, DNC, T) ELO - When I Was A Boy (23rd, DNC, TTT) Ryan Blyth & After 6 ft Luther Soul - Special (24th, DNC, T) Team Me - June (24th, DNC, T) Dawin - Dessert ft. Silentó (25th, DNC, TT) Don Henley - Words Can Break Your Heart (25th, DNC, T) Emin feat. Nile Rodgers - Boomerang (25th, DNC, TT) Little Mix - Love Me Like You (25th, #13, TT) Paloma Faith - The Crazy Ones (25th, DNC, T) Robin Schulz - Sugar (feat. Francesco Yates) (25th, #28, TTT) Sam Smith - Writings On The Wall (25th, #1, TTT) Shane Filan - Me And The Moon (25th, DNC, TT) Imogen Tonder - Show Me Love (26th, DNC, TT)* Beau nyc. - C’mon Please (28th, DNC, T) The Feeling - Wicked Heart (28th, DNC, TT) Tor Miller - Carter & Cash (28th, DNC, T) Panic! At The Disco: Victorious (29th, DNC, T) Anastacia - Take This Chance (30th, DNC, T) Vant - Parking Lot (30th, DNC, T)
October
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Ciaran McMeeken - City (1st, DNC, T) Avicii - Broken Arrows (2nd, #178, T) Bxnjamin & Chanele McGuinness (2nd, DNC, T) Jamie Lawson - Cold In Ohio (2nd, DNC, TTT) Klingande feat. Broken Back – RIVA (2nd, DNC, T) KStewart - Ain’t Nobody (2nd, #86, T) Natalie La Rose feat. Fetty Wap - Around The World (2nd, 14th, TTT) Rudimental - Lay It All On Me feat. Ed Sheeran (2nd, DNC, T) Squeeze - Cradle To The Grave (2nd, DNC, TT) Squeeze - Happy Days (2nd, DNC, TTT) Tony Momrelle - This Could Be Us (2nd, DNC, TT) Blossoms - Charlemagne (5th, DNC, T) Fickle Friends - Say No More (6th, DNC, TT) Mavrick - Remedy (7th, DNC, TT) Enya - Echoes In Rain (8th, DNC, TTT)
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Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Seeb Remix) (8th, #1, T) Alesha Dixon - Do It For Love (9th, DNC, TT) 5 Seconds of Summer - Hey Everybody! (9th, #49, TT) Hurts - Lights (9th, DNC, T) Lemar - The Letter (9th, DNC, TTT) Peter Andre - Mysterious Swing (9th, DNC, TT) R. City feat. Chloe Angelides - Make Up (9th, DNC, T) Tom Jones and Imelda May - Honey, Honey (9th, DNC, T) Laurence Fox - Headlong (13th, DNC, T) The Vamps - Cheater (13th, DNC, TT) Claptone feat. Nathan Nicholson (15th, DNC, T) ELO - When The Night Comes (15th, DNC, TTT) G-Eazy X Bebe Rexha - Me, Myself & I (15th, #13, TTT) Stereophonics - Song For The Summer (15th, DNC, TTT) Tori Kelly - Should’ve Been Us (15th, DNC, TT) Alesha Dixon feat. Wretch 32 - Stop (16th, DNC, TT) Alesha Dixon - Tallest Girl (16th, DNC, TT) Ben Haenow feat. Kelly Clarkson- Second Hand Heart (Official Video) (16th, #21, TTT) Izzy Bizu - White Tiger (16th, DNC, TT) KDA feat. Tinie Tempah and Katy B- Turn The Music Louder (Rumble) (16th, #1, TTT) Marcus Marr & Chet Faker - The Trouble With Us (16th, DNC, TT) OMI feat. AronChupa - Drop In The Ocean (16th, DNC, TT) One Direction - Perfect (16th, #2, TTT) Take That - Hey Boy (16th, #56, TTT) Calvin Harris & Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love (17th, #2, TT) Hot Chip - Dancing In The Dark (19th, DNC, T) Lemar - Higher Love (19th, DNC, T) Gwen Stefani - Used To Love You (20th, #157, T) Troye Sivan - Talk Me Down (20th, #118, T) Zibra - Wasted Days (20th, DNC, TT) Danny L Harle - Forever (21st, DNC, TT) Snakehips feat. Tinashe and Chance The Rapper - All My Friends (21st, #11, TT) Lukas Graham - 7 Years (22nd, #1, TTT) Lukas Graham - Mama Said (22nd, #93, TT) Mike Mago - Deeper Love (22nd, DNC, T) Adele - Hello (23rd, #1, TTT) Carrie Underwood - Chaser (23rd, DNC, T) Lady Lykez - Chat 2 Your Man (23rd,
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Not Released, TT) Meghan Trainor - Better When I’m Dancin’ (23rd, DNC, TT) Rod Stewart - Way Back Home (23rd, DNC, T) Kiiara - Gold (26th, DNC, TT) Weezer - Thank God for Girls (26th, DNC, T) 5 Seconds of Summer - Jet Black Heart (28th, DNC, T) Marie Munroe - Can`t Go Back (28th, DNC, T) Cage The Elephant - Mess Around (29th, DNC, T) ELO - One Step at a Time (29th, DNC, TTT) The Blossoms - Charlemagne (30th, DNC, TTT) The Braxtons - Mary, Did You Know? (30th, DNC, T) David Guetta feat. Sia & Fetty Wap - Bang My Head (30th, #58, T) DEF LEPPARD - Dangerous (30th, DNC, T) Elvis Presley with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Burning Love (30th, DNC, TTT) James Morrison - Stay Like This (30th, DNC, T) Kacey Musgraves - A Spoonful of Sugar (30th, DNC, TTT) Rod Stewart - Hold The Line (30th, DNC, TT) Tom Zanetti - Darlin’ (30th, DNC, T)
November
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Maddie & Tae - Shut Up And Fish (2nd, DNC, TT) Jess Glynne - Take Me Home (3rd, #6, T) Sia - Bird Set Free (3rd, DNC, T) Mabel - My Boy My Town (4th, DNC, TT) Lissie - Hero (5th, DNC, TTT) Anastacia - Army of Me (6th, DNC, T) AURORA - Half The World Away (6th, #11, TTT) CeeLo Green - Music To My Soul (6th, DNC, TT) Coldplay - Adventure Of A Lifetime (6th, #9, TTT) Grimes - Kill V. Maim (6th, DNC, TT) Little Mix - Hair (6th, DNC, T) Little Mix feat. Jason Derulo - Secret Love Song (6th, #16, T) Major Lazer feat. Nyla & Fuse ODG - Light It Up (6th, DNC, T) MS MR - Criminals (6th, DNC, T) Oliver Heldens & Shaun Frank - Shades Of Grey (6th, DNC, T) Olly Murs - Kiss Me (6th, #11, T) One Direction - History (6th, DNC, TTT) Seal - Every Time I’m With You (6th, DNC, T) Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP - Soul Makossa (Money) (6th, DNC, TT) Jessie J - Man with the Bag (8th, DNC, TT)
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Kylie Minogue and James Corden - Only You (9th, DNC, TT) Nigel Thomas - Fever (9th, DNC, T) Coasts - You (11th, DNC, T) Jamie Lawson - Someone For Everyone (11th, DNC, TTT) Pretty Vicious - Are You Ready For Me (11th, DNC, TT) Jeff Lynne’s ELO - Aint It a Drag (12th, DNC, TT) Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful (13th, DNC, T) Enya - Even In The Shadows (13th, DNC, TT) The King’s Son feat. Shaggy - I’m Not Rich (13th, DNC, TT) Lucia Nicole - Feels Like Love (13th, DNC, TT) Miamigo - Seeing Two (13th, DNC, TTT) Natalie McCool - Cardiac Arrest (13th, DNC, T) Sara Hartman - Monster Lead Me Home (13th, DNC, T) Tara Priya - Who That (13th, DNC, TT) Tigress - Future (13th, DNC, T) Train - Merry Christmas Everybody (13th, DNC, T) Troye Sivan - YOUTH (13th, DNC, TT) Sabrina Carpenter - Christmas the Whole Year Round (14th, DNC, TT) The Corrs - I Do what I Like (16th, DNC, TT) Elton John - Looking Up (16th, DNC, TTT) Courteeners - Winter Wonderland (17th, DNC, T) Justin Bieber - Sorry (17th, #1, TTT) The Weeknd - In The Night (17th, #140, T) AlunaGeorge feat. Popcaan - I’m In Control (18th, #39, TT) Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes (18th, #68, TTT) Frances - Borrowed Time (18th, DNC, TT) HomeTown - The Night We Met (19th, DNC, T) Kelly Clarkson - Piece By Piece (19th, DNC, T) Adele - When We Were Young (20th, DNC, TTT) Anne-Marie - Do It Right (20th, DNC, TT) Belle Vex - Famous (20th, DNC, T) Carly Rae Jepsen - Last Christmas (20th, DNC, TT) Dancing Years - Learn To Kiss (20th, DNC, T) Danny L Harle - Broken Flowers (20th, DNC, T) The Darkness - I Am Santa (20th, DNC, T) KLOE - Touch (20th, DNC, T) LION BABE - Where Do We Go (20th, DNC, T) Nathan Sykes - Over And Over Again (20th, #8, T) Scouting For Girls - Christmas in the Air Tonight (20th, DNC, TT) Norma Jean Martine - Animals (20th, DNC, T) Walking On Cars - Speeding Cars (23rd, DNC, T)
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Wolf Alice - Freazy (23rd, DNC, TTT) Xploder feat. Laura White, Manga St Hilare - Circles (25th, DNC, T) The Corrs - Bring On The Night (27th, DNC, TTT) Craig David x Big Narstie - When The Bassline Drops (27th, #43, T) Eden Royals - Close To The Sun (27th, DNC, TT)* The Killers - Dirt Sledding ft. Ryan Pardey, Richard Dreyfuss (27th, DNC, TT) The Lancashire Hotpots - Lancashire’s For Me (27th, DNC, TT) Lissie - Don’t You Give Up On Me (27th, DNC, TTT) Sandi Thom - Earthquake (27th, DNC, TTT) Sarah Cracknell - Take the Silver (27th, DNC, TT) Shakin’ Stevens - Echoes of Merry Christmas Everyone (27th, DNC, TTT) Stereophonics - Mr. and Mrs. Smith (27th, DNC, T) Tobtok ft. River - Fast Car (27th, DNC, TT) The Vamps - Rest Your Love (27th, DNC, T) Will Young - What The World Needs Now Is Love (27th, DNC, T) Louis Berry - .45 (28th, DNC, TT) J Dilla - Trucks (29th, DNC, T) Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better (29th, DNC, T) Carrie Underwood - Heartbeat (30th, DNC, TT) Michael Buble - The More You Give (The More You’ll Have) (30th, DNC, TT)
December Watch all the videos: http://bit.ly/1MaevFU
Chairlift - Romeo (1st, DNC, TT) Si Cranstoun - A Christmas Twist (1st, DNC, TTT) Kylie - Every Day’s Like Christmas (2nd, DNC, TTT) LeAnn Rimes - Today Is Christmas (2nd, DNC, TT) Jodie Abacus - Hot Kitchen (3rd, DNC, TTT) Adam Lambert - Another Lonely Night (4th, DNC, TTT) Alan Walker ft. Iselin Solheim - Faded (4th, DNC, TT) Allie X - Sanctuary (4th, DNC, TTT) Bette Midler - (Talk To Me Of) Mendocino (4th, DNC, T) Breakbot - Get Lost (4th, DNC, T) Chet Faker, Marcus Marr - The Trouble With Us (4th, DNC, TT) The Clear - Love Internationale (4th, DNC, TT)
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Coldplay feat. Beyonce - Htymn for the Weekend (4th, #148, TTT) Delta Heavy - Punish My Life (4th, DNC, T) Eliza And The Bear - It Gets Cold (4th, DNC, TT) Elliphant - North Star (Bloody Christmas) (4th, DNC, TT) Foxes - Amazing (4th, DNC, TTT) Jessie James Decker - This Christmas (4th, DNC, TT) Kygo - Stay ft. Maty Noyes (4th, #53, TT) LunchMoney Lewis - Ain’t Too Cool (4th, DNC, TTT) Martin Solveig feat. Sam White - +1 (4th, #51, TT) Phoenix - Alone on Christmas Day (4th, DNC, T) Secret Company - Picture (4th, DNC, T) Sigala - Sweet Lovin’ (4th, #3, TT) Sparks - Christmas Without A Prayer (4th, DNC, T) Travis - Everything At Once (4th, DNC, TTT) Flo Rida - Dirty Mind ft. Sam Martin (5th, DNC, TT) Boy from the Crowd - Revelator (7th, DNC, T) Charles Bradley - Changes, (7th, DNC, TT) Justin Bieber - Love Yourself (7th, #1, TT)4 Disturbed - The Sound of Silence (8th, DNC, TT) The Military Wives Choir - I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - Walking Home for Christmas (8th, DNC, TT) Sia - Alive (8th, #30, T) American Authors - Pride (11th, DNC, TT) Kwabs - Cheating On Me (11th, DNC, TT) Mahalia - Never Change (11th, DNC, T) Mr. Oizo feat. Charli XCX - Hand In The Fire (11th, DNC, T) The 1975 - UGH! (11th, #42, T) Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - The Dying Of The Light (11th, DNC, TT) Olly Murs - Stevie Knows (11th, DNC, TTT) Rumer - Love Is The Answer |(11th, DNC, TT) Wretch 32 - Alright With Me (11th, DNC, TT) Elle King - Under The Influence (14th, DNC, T) Of Monsters And Men - Wolves Without Teeth (15th, DNC, TT) Blake and Dame Shirley Bassey - The Christmas Song (18th, DNC, TT) Causes - Teach Me How To Dance With You (18th, DNC, TT) Josef Salvat - Open Season (18th, DNC, TTT) Glass - Broken Bones (25th, DNC, T) The Coral - Chasing The Tail Of A Dream (26th, DNC, T) John Grant - Global Warming (29th, DNC, TT)
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January
Watch all the videos: http://bit.ly/1I1dBk8 Birdy - Keeping Your Head Up (1st, #62, TTT) Black Dylan - Hey Stranger (1st, DNC, T) Brian McKnight - Everything (1st, DNC, T) Florida Georgia Line - H.O.L.Y. (1st, DNC, TT) Jack Garratt - Worry (1st, DNC, T) Zedd and Kesha - True Colors (1st, #78, TT) Daya - Hide Away (3rd, DNC, TT) Blossoms - At Most A Kiss (5th, DNC, TT) Honey Ryder - What If We’ve Only Got Tonight (6th, DNC, TT) Sia - Reaper (6th, DNC, T) The Dandy Warhols - You Are Killing Me (8th, DNC, T) Josef Salvat - Paradise (8th, DNC, TTT) KSI feat. JME - Keep Up (8th, DNC, T) Nero - Into The Night (8th, DNC, TT) Shakira - Try Everything (8th, DNC, T) Teddybears feat. Gorilla Zoe - Best You Ever Had (8th, DNC, TTT) Turin Brakes - Keep Me Around (8th, DNC, TT) The Dø - Trustful Hands (9th, DNC, T) Ronan Keating - Let Me Love You (9th, DNC, T) Selena Gomez feat. Fetty Wap - Same Old Love (10th, DNC, TT) Into The Ark - Right Track (11th, DNC, T) The Last Shadow Puppets - Bad Habits (11th, DNC, T) LewRey - Somebody (11th, DNC, TT) Nina Nesbitt - Chewing Gum, 11th, DNC, TTT) The Strumbellas - Spirits (11th, DNC, TTT) Enter Shikari - Redshift (12th, DNC, T) Rat Boy - Move (12th, DNC, TTT) Taylor Swift - Out Of The Woods (12th, DNC, TTT) Tiggs Da Author feat. Lady Leshurr - Run (12th, DNC, TTT) Rationale - Something For Nothing (13th, DNC, TT) Travis - 3 Miles High (13th, DNC, TTT) WHITE - Living Fiction (13th, DNC, TT) Beau - Animal Kingdom (14th, DNC, TT) Ekkah - Small Talk (15th, DNC, T) Panic! At The Disco - Emperors New Clothes (15th, DNC, TT) Rod Stewart - Can We Stay Home Tonight (15th, DNC, T) Stooshe - Lock Down (15th, DNC, TT) Zara Larsson - Lush Life (15th, #72, TTT)
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Flume feat. Kai - Never Be Like You (16th, DNC, TT) MORTEN - Beautiful Heartbeat (16th, DNC, T) Weezer - King Of The World (16th, DNC, TT) Cold Chilling Collective - Insane In the Brain (19th, DNC, TT) Ellie Goulding - Something In The Way You Move (19th, #51. TT) Elton John - Blue Wonderful (19th, DNC, TTT) The Jezabels - Pleasure Drive (19th, DNC, T) Matthew E. White feat. Natalie Pres - Cool Out (20th, DNC, T) Sia - Unstoppable (20th, DNC, TT) AlunaGeorge feat. Popcaam - I’m In Control (21st, DNC, T) Ben Hobbs - Wishful Thinking (21st, DNC, T) Louise Aubrie - Winter Delour (21st, DNC, TTT) Rosie Nimmo - Stop Take A Minute (21st, DNC, TT) Lissie - Wild West (22nd, DNC, T) Netsky - Work It Out (22nd, DNC, T) Betsy - Fair (22nd, DNC, T) Cat Delphi - Fire (22nd, DNC, TTT) NESSI - Heart of Gold (22nd, DNC, TT) The Northernettes - Let’s go (22nd, DNC, TT) Ron Pope - Hell Or High Water (22nd, DNC, TT) Viola Beach - Boys That Sing (23rd, DNC, TT) Zendaya - Neverland (24th, DNC, T) SNBRN feat. Nate Dogg - Gangsta Walk (25th, DNC, TT) Paul Carrack - Sleep On It (26th, DNC, T) Rick Wakeman - Life on Mars (26th, DNC, TT) Amy Monzon - Love Song (27th, DNC, TT) Jess Glynne - Ain’t Got Far To Go (27th, DNC, TT) Krrum - Evil Twin (27th, DNC, TT) Rihanna - Work (27th, #2, T) Tonight Alive - Drive (27th, DNC, TT) The Vamps - Kung Fu Fighting (27th, DNC, TT) Charlie Puth - We Don’t Talk Anymore (28th, DNC, TT) Creeper - Black Mass (28th, DNC, T) Dan Sartain - Walk Among The Cobras (28th, DNC, T) The Feeling - Spiralling (28th, DNC, TT) Akon - Hypnotized (29th, DNC, TT) Aloe Blacc - Let The Games Begin (29th, DNC, T) Brooke Candy - Happy Days (29th, DNC, TT) Cold Chilling Collective feat. the Rooks (29th, DNC, TT) Elton John - In The Name Of You (29th, DNC, TT)
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Skyler feat. Snoop Dogg - Fire (29th, DNC, TTT) Nick Brewer Ft. Sinead Harnett - Never Say Never (31st, DNC, TT)
February
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Allen Stone - Perfect World (1st, DNC, TT) Oh Wonder - Lose It (1st, DNC, T) Transviolet - New Bohemia (1st, DNC, TT) Allen Stone - Freedom (2nd, DNC, T) Markus Feehily - Sanctuary (2nd, DNC, T) VITAMIN - This Isn’t Love (3rd, DNC, T) Jay Sean feat. Sean Paul - Make My Love Go (4th, DNC, TT) Turin Brakes - Jump Start (4th, DNC, TT) AFFAIRS - Play (5th, DNC, T) Aronchupa - A Little Swing (5th, DNC, TT) The Chainsmokers feat. Daya - Don’t Let Me Down (5th, DNC, TT) DJ Fresh & High Contrast feat. Dizzee Rascal - How Love Begins (5th, DNC, TT) Florrie - Real Love (5th, DNC, TTT) Foxes - Wicked Love (5th, DNC, TTT) Holy Ghost! - Crime Cutz (5th, DNC, T) James - Nothing But Love (5th, DNC, TTT) Jay Sean feat. Sean Paul - Make My Love Go (5th, DNC, TT) Laura Doggett - Part Time Friends (5th, DNC, T) Show Me The Way - Penguin Prison (5th, DNC, T) Lucy Spraggan - Home (8th, DNC, T) Dua Lipa - Last Dance (9th, DNC, T) Sundara Karma - A Young Understanding (9th, DNC, T) Area 52 - What Do You Want? (10th, DNC, T) VANT - Fly-by Alien (10th, DNC, T) Sia feat. Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (11th, DNC, TTT) Spring King - Rectifier (11th, DNC, T) Daughtry - Torches (12th, DNC, TT) Gilbert O’Sullivan - No Way (12th, DNC, TT) Holy Fever - Find Your Fame (12th, DNC, T) Lissie - Daughters (12th, DNC, T) Nicky Byrne - Sunlight (12th, DNC, TTT) Vaults - Midnight River (12th, DNC, TT) Walk the Moon - Work This Body (12th, DNC, TTT) Will Joseph Cook - Girls Like Me (12th, DNC, TTT) Gwen Stefani - Make Me Like You (13th, DNC, TTT) Kenzie May - Never Find Another (13th, DNC, TT)
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Neil Foxton - Now The Time Has Come (16th, DNC, T) Bryan Adams - Do What Ya Gotta Do (17th, DNC, TT) Fleur East - More & More (17th, DNC, TT) gnash feat. Olivia O’Brien - i hate u, i love u (17th, DNC, T) Connie Talbot - Shut Up (Move On) (18th, DNC, TT) Ady Suleiman - Running Away (Winta James Mix) (19th, DNC, T) As December Falls - Don’t Say a Word (19th, DNC, T) Charly Cole - February 29 (Marry Me) (19th, DNC, T) Cookin’ On 3 Burners and Kungs - This Girl (19th, DNC, TT) First Congres - The First (19th, DNC, TT) Ciaran Lavery - Return To Form (19th, DNC, T) The Feeling - Spiralling (19th, DNC, TT) Shura - Touch (19th, DNC, T) Oscar - Sometimes (21st, DNC, T) All Saints - One Strike (23rd, #198, TT) Ellie Goulding - Something In The Way You Move (23rd, #51, TT) Foxes - Scar (23rd, DNC, TT) John Joseph Brill - Pieces (23rd, DNC, T) Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones – Never Knew You Loved Me Too (23rd, DNC, T) Troye Sivan - Youth (24th, #96, TT) Maz O’Connor - Crook of His Arm (25th, DNC, T) The 1975 - The Sound (25th, DNC, TT) NAO - Fool to Love (25th, DNC, T) Adelitas Way - Getaway (26th, DNC, T) AronChupa feat. Little Sis Nora - Little Swing (26th, DNC, TT) Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom (26th, DNC, T) Christine and the Queens - Tilted (26th, DNC, TTT) Eliza And The Bear - Friends (26th, DNC, T) Flo Rida feat. Jason DeRulo - Hello Friday (26th, DNC, TT) Herman - Tonight The World Is Mine feat. CeeLo Green (26th, DNC, T) Jazz Mino - Superwoman (26th, DNC, TTT) Meridian Dan – Couple Killers ft. Mytus (26th, DNC, T) Nicky Romero & Nile Rodgers - Future Funk (26th, DNC, TT)
KBPS
Tinie Tempah feat. Zara Larsson - Girls Like (26th, #9, TT) Hailee Steinfeld feat. DNCE - Rock Bottom (27th, DNC, T) Frans - If I Were Sorry (28th, #61, TT) Rick Astley - Keep Singing (28th, DNC, TT) Jake Bugg - Gimme The Love (29th, DNC, T) Jess and the Bandits - Kiss You Now (29th, DNC, TT) Paul Heaton, Jacqui Abbott - (Man Is) The Biggest Witch Of All (29th, DNC, TTT) Teleman - Düsseldorf (29th, DNC, TT)
March
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The Kills - Doing It To Death (1st, DNC, TT) M83 - Do It, Try It (1st, DNC, T) Richard Ashcroft - This Is How It Feels (1st, DNC, TTT) James Bay - Best Fake Smile (2nd, #60, TT) Meadowlark - Paraffin (2nd, DNC, TT) Shakira - Try Everything (3rd, DNC, TTT) Sunset Sons - Somewhere Maybe (3rd, DNC, TT) Turin Brakes - Save You (3rd, DNC, TT) Blonde and Craig David - Nothing Like This (4th, #15, TT) Campsite Dream - Jammin’ (4th, DNC, TT) Cris Cab feat. Youssoupha - Bada Bing (4th, DNC, TT) Digitalism - Battlecry (4th, DNC, T) Hotel Garuda - Smoke Signals (4th, DNC, TT) Michael Calfan - Nobody Does It Better (4th, DNC, TT) Phoebe Ryan - Chronic (4th, DNC, T) Ryan Blyth, After 6 - Trust Me (4th, DNC, T) Tonight Alive - How Does it Feel? (4th, DNC T) Years & Years - Desire ft. Tove Lo (4th, DNC, TT) Kirsten Adamson - New York Girl (5th, DNC, TT) James Morrison - I Need You Tonight (6th, DNC, TTT) Seramic - Waiting (6th, DNC, T) Gregory Porter - Don’t Lose Your Steam (7th, DNC, T) Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP - From Me To You (7th, DNC, T) Kiko Bun - Sticky Situation (8th, DNC, T) Frances - Don’t Worry About Me (9th, DNC. TT) Corinne Bailey Rae - Green Aphrodisiac (10th, DNC, T) Gwen Stefani - Misery (10th, DNC, TT)
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Mayer Hawthorne - Love Like That (10th, DNC, TTT) Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (11th, #17, TT) AURORA - Conqueror (11th, DNC, TTT) AURORA - I Went Too Far (11th, DNC, TT) Avicii vs. Conrad Sewell - Taste The Feeling (11th, DNC, TT) Birdy - Wild Horses (11th, #75, TT) Jennifer Ann - Mad World (11th, DNC, TT) Joe and Jake - You’re Not Alone (11th, DNC, TT) Kerri Watt - The Wild (11th, DNC, TTT) KYKO - Native (11th, DNC, TT) Lany - Where The Hell Are My Friends (11th, DNC, TT) Lao Ra - Jesus Made Me Bad (11th, DNC, T) Vanessa Forero - Same Boat (12th, DNC, TT) Wilkinson - Flatline (12th, DNC, T) Jamie Porter - Sound of the Summer (13th, DNC, TTT) DNCE - Cake By The Ocean (14th, #26, TTT) Mura Masa - What If I Go? (15th, DNC, TT) Bebe Rexha feat. Nicki Minaj - No Broken Hearts (16th, DNC, TT) Kirsty Churchill - Who You Gonna Call? (16th, DNC, TTT) Royksopp - Here She Comes Again (16th, DNC, T) All Saints - One Woman Man (17th, DNC, T) Fort Hope - That’s The Way The River Flows (17th, DNC, T) Asking Alexandria - Here I Am (18th, DNC, T) Blonde & Craig David - ‘Nothing Like This (18th, DNC, T) FOXTROTT - Brother (18th, DNC, T) Holly Johnson - Ascension (18th, DNC, TTT) Krishane feat. Patoranking- Inconsiderate (18th, DNC, T) Kygo - Stay ft. Maty Noyes (18th, DNC, T) Lawson - Money (18th, Not Yet Released, TT) Meilyr Jones - Featured Artist (18th, DNC, T) MIAMIGO - Everyone I Know (18th, DNC, TTT) Natives - Chasing Lions (18th, DNC, T) Pet Shop Boys - The Pop Kids (18th, DNC, TTT) Scouting For Girls - Home (18th, DNC, TTT) Sigala feat. Imani and DJ Fresh- Say You Do (18th, #46, TT) Andy Black - We Don’t Have To Dance (21st, DNC, TT) Josef Salvat - Closer (21st, DNC, TT) Meghan Trainor - No (21st, #48, TT) Purple - Pretty Mouth (21st, DNC, T)
KBPS
AURORA - Winter Bird (22nd, DNC, TT) Kiiara - Intention (22nd, DNC, T) Travis - Magnificent Time (22nd, DNC, TTT) Ben Montague - We Start Over (23rd, DNC, TT) Dive In - Don’t Break Yourself Apart (23rd, DNC, TT) Billy Ocean - A Simple Game (24th, DNC, TT) Guvna B feat. Deitrick Haddon- Nothing But The Blood (24th, DNC, TT) Cameron AG - Way Back Home (25th, DNC, TT) Chris Lorenzo and Katy B (25th, DNC, T) MAGIC! feat. Sean Paul - Lay You Down Easy (25th, DNC, TT) Peter Bjorn And John - Breakin’ Point (25th, DNC, T) The Tide - Young Love (25th, DNC, TT) The Allergies feat. Andy Cooper - Rock Rock (25th, DNC, TTT) ZAYN - Like I Would (25th, #30, T) Kano - This Is England (26th, DNC, T) Adian Coker - No Angel (30th, DNC, T) The Amazons - Stay With Me (30th, DNC, T) Band Of Skulls - Killer (30th, DNC, T) Benny Benassi & Chris Brown - Paradise (31st, DNC, T) The Heavy - What Happened To The Love? (31st, DNC, T) Lowla - Reckless (31st, DNC, TT) Michele Stodart - Will You Wait (31st, DNC, T) Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - I Need Never Get Old (31st, DNC, T) Rukhsana Merrise - Money (31st, DNC, T)
April
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Alesso feat. Nico and Vinz - I Wanna Know (1st, DNC, T) All Saints - This Is A War (1st, DNC, TT) Corinne Bailey Rae - Stop Where You Are (1st, DNC, TT) Galantis - No Money (1st, #4, TT) Tough Love feat. Arlissa - Touch (1st, DNC, T) Broods - Free (1st, DNC, T) Funeral Suits - Tree of Life (1st, DNC, T) Galantis - No Money (1st, DNC, T) Jason Derulo -“If It Ain’t Love (1st, #72, T) Kelvin - Chase (1st, DNC, T) Kygo feat. Kodaline - Raging (1st, #56, T) The Lancashire Hotpots - Dibnah (1st, DNC, TT) Ronan Keating - Breathe (1st, DNC, TT) Sam Sure - Catching Feelings (1st, DNC, T)
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Sun Arcana - Nocturnal (1st, DNC, T) The Vamps - I Found A Girl (1st, #30, T) We Are Scientists - Too Late (1st, DNC, T) Zak Abel - Everybody Needs Love (1st, DNC, TT) Tom Bailey - Come So Far (3rd, DNC, TT) Draper feat. Prides - Break Over You (4th, DNC, TT) Good Charlotte - 40 oz. Dream (4th, DNC, TT) Lemar & Joss Stone - Someday We’ll Be Together (4th, DNC, TT) Tegan and Sara - Boyfriend (7th, DNC, TTT) Angels & Airwaves - Chasing Shadows (8th, DNC, T) April Towers - Silent Fever (8th, DNC, TTT) Bayku - Destiny (8th, DNC, TT) Didrick feat. Amanda Fondell - Smoke (8th, DNC, TT) Elly Oh - Real Men Cry (8th, DNC, TT) Erik Hassle - If Your Man Only Knew (8th, DNC, TT) Foy Vance - Upbeat Feelgood (8th, DNC, T) HONNE & Izzy Bizu - Someone That Loves You (8th, DNC, TTT) Jennifer Lopez - Ain’t Your Mama (8th, DNC, TT) Kevin Simm - All You Good Friends (8th, #24, T) MK & Becky Hill - Piece of Me (8th, DNC, T) MUNA - Loudspeaker (8th, DNC, T) Pitbull feat. Enrique Iglesias - Messin’ Around (8th, DNC, TT) Charles Bradley - You Think I Don’t Know (But I Know) (9th, DNC, T) Goo Goo Dolls - So Alive (9th, DNC, T) Primal Scream - 100% Or Nothing (9th, DNC, T) will.i.am feat. Pia Mia - Boys & Girls (9th, #44, TT) Half Moon Run - Consider Yourself (11th, DNC, T) Jodie Abacus - She’s In Love With The Weekend (11th, DNC, T) Samaris - Wanted 2 Say (11th, DNC, TT) Bloc Party - Virtue (12th, DNC, T) Júníus Meyvant - Neon Experience (12th, DNC, T) The Temper Trap - Fall Together (12th, DNC, TT) Blossoms - Getaway (13th, DNC, T) Eric Clapton - Can’t Let You Do It (13th, DNC, T) Halsey - Castle (13th, DNC, TT) Paul McCartney, Wings, Timo Maas, James Teej Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five (13th, DNC, T) Taylor Swift - New Romantics (13th, #132, TT) Prince Rapid - What’s Good (14th, DNC, T) Skepta - Man (14th, DNC, T) VITAMIN - Waterfall (14th, DNC, TT) We Are Scientists - Classic Love (14th, DNC, TT) Adam French - Face To Face (15th, DNC, T)
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Alex Newell, Jess Glynne & DJ Cassidy with Nile Rodgers - Kill The Lights (15th, DNC, TT) Disciples & David Guetta - No Worries (15th, DNC, TT) Hannah Trigwell - Another Beautiful Mistake (15th, DNC, TTT) High Contrast - Remind Me (15th, DNC, T) Lauren Aquilina - Kicks (15th, DNC, TT) Little Mix feat. Sean Paul - Hair (15th, #19, TT) LuvBug - Best Is Yet To Come (15th, #68, TT) Naomi Pilgrim - Sink Like A Stone (15th, DNC, TT) Richard Ashcroft - Hold On (15th, DNC, TT) Tom Odell - Magnetised (15th, DNC, TTT) Turin Brakes - Save You (15th, DNC, TT) Youngr - Out Of My System (15th, DNC, TT) Vukovi - Animal (15th, DNC, T) Max Jury - Home (16th, DNC, T) Pink - Just Like Fire (16th, DNC, TTT) Travis - Radio Song (17th, DNC, T) Rod Stewart - Walking In The Sunshine (18th, DNC, TT) Chris Stapleton - Parachute (19th, DNC, T) Doom Man - Hell Nah (Revolution) (21st, DNC, TT) Middlemist Red - Evermore (21st, DNC, T) Basheba - Don’t Go (22nd, DNC, TT) Cash+David - When You’re Lonely (22nd, DNC, T) Elle King - America’s Sweetheart (22nd, DNC, TTT) Jake Bugg - Love, Hope and Misery (22nd, DNC, TT) Lenny Henry - New Millennium Blues (22nd, DNC, T) Lola Coca - GQ (22nd, DNC, TTT) Mahalia - Back Up Plan (22nd, DNC, T) Mumford & Sons feat. Baaba Maal - There Will Be Time (22nd, DNC, T) Sara Hartman - Satellite (22nd, DNC, T) Sundara Karma - Loveblood (22nd, DNC, TT) Matt and Kim - Fall To Pieces (24th, DNC, TT) Florence + The Machine - Third Eye (25th, DNC, T) Loyle Carner - Stars & Shards (26th, DNC, TT) Samuel Sim - Siren (26th, DNC, TT) blink-182 - Bored To Death (27th, DNC, T) Fusion - No (27th, DNC, T) Haze - You Don’t Know Me (27th, DNC, T) ABC - Viva Love (28th, DNC, TTT) The Monkees - She Makes Me Laugh (28th, DNC, TT) Black Honey - Headspin (29th, DNC, T)
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Electric Pyramid - 1989 (29th, DNC, T) Foxes - Cruel (29th, DNC, TT) Izzy Bizu - Sweat (A La La La La Long) (29th, DNC, TT) Jerome Price - Me Minus You (29th, DNC, TT) Kolumbus - Leave the Light On (29th, DNC, TT)* The Mars Patrol - Not About You (29th, DNC, TT)* Matinee - Empty (29th, DNC, TT) Nathan Sykes feat. G-Eazy - Give It Up (29th, DNC, TT) Pretty Vicious - Cave Song (29th, DNC, T) Sway Clarke - Bad Love (29th, DNC, T)
May
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The Monkees - You Bring The Summer (2nd, DNC, TT) The Big Moon - Something Beautiful (3rd, DNC, T) Busted - Coming Home (3rd, DNC, TTT) Alicia Keys - In Common (4th, DNC, TT) AURORA - Running With The Wolves (4th, DNC, TT) Krrum - Hard On You (4th, DNC, T) Ariana Grande - Into You (6th, #44, T) Anton Powers - Love You Better (6th, DNC, TT) Astrid S - Hurts So Good (6th, DNC, T) Axwell Λ Ingrosso feat. Pharrell Williams - Dream Bigger (6th, DNC, TTT) Barns Courtney - Hands (6th, DNC, T) Bernhoft -Stop/Shutup (6th, DNC, TT) Charly Cole - Gray (6th, DNC, T) DAGNY - Backbeat (6th, DNC, TTT) Delta Goodrem - Dear Life (6th, DNC, TT) Dua Lipa - Hotter Than Hell (6th, DNC, TT) Fifth Harmony - Write On Me (6th, DNC, TT) I AM KODE - Flood (6th, DNC, TT) Justin Timberlake - Can’t Stop the Feeling (6th, DNC, TTT) Klyne - Don’t Stop (6th, DNC, T) Kraak & Smaak feat. Mayer Hawthorne - I Don’t Know Why (6th, DNC, T) KSI Ffeat. Mista Silva – Goes Off (6th, DNC, TT) The Lancashire Hotpots - Egg, Sausage, Chips & Beans (6th, DNC, TT) Nimmo - My Only Friend (6th, DNC, T) Nzilani - Never Be (6th, DNC, TTT) Ray BLK feat. Stormzy - My Hood (6th, DNC, TT) Tam Cooper - Be Bold (6th, DNC, TT) Fatherson - Just Past the Point of Breaking (10th, DNC, T) Meghan Trainor - Me Too (10th, DNC. TT) Panic! At The Disco: Don’t Threaten Me With A Good Time (10th, DNC, TT)
Pet Shop Boys - Twenty-Something (10th, DNC, TT) Atmosphere feat. Prof - Windows (11th, DNC, TT) Metronomy - Old Skool (12th, DNC, T) CAZZETTE vs AronaChupa feat. The High – She Wants Me Dead (13th, DNC, TT) CC Smugglers - Rhythm (13th, DNC, T) Declan McKenna - Bethlehem (13th, DNC, T) Eddie Prove - Never Cared (13th, DNC, T)* Gareth Malone and The Choir for the Invictus Games - Flesh and Blood (13th, DNC, TT) Hinder - Get Stoned (13th, DNC, James Cherry - Why Don’t You Listen (13th, DNC, T) Jazz Morley - Bad Love (13th, DNC, T) Meghan Trainor feat. Kelli Trainor - Mom (13th, DNC, TT) MØ - Final Song (13th, DNC, T) OneRepublic - Wherever I Go (13th, DNC, TT) Oscar - Good Things (13th, DNC, T) Protoje - Who Knows feat. Chronixx (13th, DNC, TT) Reggie ‘N’ Bollie - New Girl (13th, #26, TT) Samm Henshaw - Our Love (13th, DNC, T) Sticky Blood feat. Ldizz - Hop In The Place (13th, DNC, T)* twenty one pilots - Ride (13th, DNC, T) Wild Palms - A Is For Apple (13th, DNC, T)* Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (16th, #34, TT) Billy Bragg & Joe Henry – The Midnight Special (16th, DNC, T) Coldplay - Up&Up (16th, #85, TTT) Anne-Marie - Alarm (18th, DNC, TT) DNCE - Toothbrush (18th, DNC, TT) Glass Animals - Life Itself (18th, DNC, TTT) Liss - Miles Apart (19th, DNC, T) Richard Ashcroft - They Don’t Own Me (19th May, DNC, TT) Craig David - One More Time (20th, #30, T) Martin Solveig feat. Tkay Maidza - Do It Right (20th, DNC, T) MY - Invincible (20th, DNC, TT) Sälen - Diseasey (20th, DNC, T) Shura - What’s It Gonna Be? (20th, DNC, TT) Sigma feat. Take That - Cry (20th, #21, TT) Ariana Grande - Into You (23rd, DNC, TT) Dodgy - You Give Drugs A Bad Name (23rd, DNC, T) Gregory Porter - Consequence Of Love (23rd, DNC, TT) Jorja Smith - Where Did I Go? (23rd, DNC, TT)
Lady Lykez feat. Face - What Are Those! (24th, DNC, TT) Wild Beasts - Get My Bang (24th, DNC, T) Shaun Escoffery - When The Love Is Gone (26th, DNC, TT) Unknown Mortal Orchestra - First World Problem (26th, DNC, T) ABC - The Flames Of Desire (27th, DNC, TT) Axwell /\ Ingrosso - Thinking About You (27th, DNC, T) Band Of Skulls - Bodies (27th, DNC, T) Band Of Skulls - So Good (27th, DNC, T) Bat For Lashes - Sunday Love (27th, DNC, TT) Careless Sons - Don’t Make Me Do This Again (27th, NYR, TT) Dragonette - Lonely Heart (27th, DNC, TTT) Guy Garvey - Open The Door (27th, DNC, T) Hare Squead - If I Ask (27th, DNC, T) HOLYCHILD X Kate Nash - Rotten Teeth (27th, DNC, T) Nina - Beyond Memory (27th, DNC, TT) SNBRN feat. Holly Winter- Sometimes (27th, DNC, T) Victoria - Distant Nights (27th, NYR, TT) Shaun Escoffery - When The Love Is Gone (27th, DNC, TT) Travis - Animals (30th, DNC, TTT) Skyler - I Just Wanna Dance (31st, DNC, T)
June
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The Avalanches - Frankie Sinatra (2nd, DNC, TT) Beck - Wow (2nd, DNC, T) Alan Walker - Sing Me To Sleep (3rd, DNC, T) Bell X1 - The Upswing (3rd, DNC, TT) Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own (3rd, #3, TT) Cash Cash & Digital Farm Animals feat. Nelly Millionairey (3rd, DNC, TT) Elle King - Good Girls (3rd, DNC, TTT) Emmi - You Said You Loved Me (3rd, DNC, TT) GIRLI - Too Much Fun (3rd, DNC, TT) Ladyhawke - A Love Song (3rd, DNC, TTT) Netsky - TNT (3rd, DNC, TTT) Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (3rd, DNC, TTT) Whitney - No Matter Where We Go (3rd, DNC, T) Will Joseph Cook-Take Me Dancing (3rd, DNC, T) The Bay Rays - New Home (5th, DNC, TT) Little Boots - Staring At The Sun (6th, DNC, T) Tom Odell - Concrete (7th, DNC, TTT) The Zolas - Swooner (7th, DNC, T) Rick Astley - Angels On My Side (9th, DNC, TTT) Ady Suleiman - Running Away (10th, DNC, TT)
Anderson .Paak - Come Down (10th, DNC, TT) The Beach - Geronimo (10th, DNC, T) Beverley Knight Feat. Jamie Cullum - Private Number (10th, DNC, TT) Deap Vally - Smile More (10th, NYR, T) DJ Snake, George Maple - Talk (10th, NYR, T) GEazy - Saw It Coming (10th, DNC, T) Jaded - 4000Hz (10th, DNC, TT) Jesse & Joy - Echoes of love (10th, DNC, TT) Mannequin Death Squad - Sick (10th, NYR, TT) Nick Jonas - Chainsaw (10th, DNC, T) Star.One - Original Badman Feat. Takura & Assassin (10th, DNC, TT) The Veronicas - In My Blood (10th, DNC, T) Biffy Clyro - Animal Style (14th, #184, TT) Disclosure - BOSS (14th, DNC, T) Jonas Blue feat. JP Cooper - Perfect Strangers (14th, DNC, T) Lake Komo - Milwaukee (14th, DNC, TT) Mike Posner - Be As You Are (Jordan XL Remix) (15th, DNC, TT) KT Tunstall - Evil Eye (16th, DNC, TT) VANT - Karma Seeker (16th, DNC, TT) Alicia Keys - Hallelujah (17th, DNC, T) Bastille - Good Grief (17th, DNC, TTT) Lee Walker vs DJ Deeon feat. Katy B & MNEK - Freak Like Me (17th, DNC, TT) MAGIC! - Red Dress (17th, DNC, TT) Nadia Rose - Skwod (17th, DNC, TT) Rizzle Kicks - Always Late (17th, DNC, TT) Sigala feat. John Newman and Nile Rodgers - Give Me Your Love (17th, NYR, TT) Tinie Tempah feat. Wizkid - Mamacita (17th, #45, TT) Ward Thomas - Carry You Home (17th, DNC, TTT) Nick Jonas - Under You (18th, DNC, T) Big Tobz - Expensive (20th, DNC, T) Kaiser Chiefs - Parachute (20th, DNC, TTT) twenty one pilots: Heathens (21st, DNC, TTT) Fifth Harmony feat. Fetty Wap - All In My Head (21st, DNC, T) The Divine Comedy - Catherine The Great (24th, DNC, TT) James Bay - Craving (24th, DNC, TT) Jamie Lynn Spears - Sleepover (24th, DNC, TTT) Kelvin Jones - Closer (24th, DNC, TT) LeAnn Rimes - The Story (24th, DNC, TT)Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Choir - (Something Inside) So Strong (24th, NYR, T) Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons w/ Logic & Ty Dolla $ign ft X Ambassadors - Sucker For Pain (24th, DNC, TT) Shovels & Rope - I Know (24th, DNC, TT)
Disclosure - Boss (27th, DNC, T) Mabel - Thinking Of You (28th, DNC, T) White Lies - Take It Out On Me (28th, DNC, T) Skepta - Coming Soon (30th, DNC, TT) Years & Years - Worship (30th, DNC, T)
JuLy
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Bakermat feat. Alex Clare - Living (1st, DNC, TT) Bright Light Bright Light feat. Elton John - All In The Name (1st, DNC, TTT) Brolin - Time After Time (1st, DNC, TT) Demi Lovato - Body Say (1st, DNC, T) Frances - Say It Again (1st, DNC, TTT) Louis The Child & Icona Pop - Weekend (1st, DNC, TT) Imani Williams feat. Sigala & Blonde - Don’t Need No Money (1st, DNC, TT) Redlight, Tayá - Here With Me (1st, DNC, T) Stooshe - Let It Go (1st, DNC, T) Double S feat. JME - Style & Flows (4th, DNC, TT) Lady Leshurr feat. Wiley - Where Are You Now? (4th, DNC, T) A Song for Orlando - Hands (5th, DNC, T) Two Door Cinema Club - Are We Ready? (Wreck) (6th, DNC, T) KLOE - UDSM (7th, DNC, T) Bob Sinclar - Someone Who Needs Me (8th, DNC, T) Dolly Parton - Pure and Simple (8th, DNC, TT) Elton John - A Good Heart (8th, DNC, TT) GIRLI - It Was My Party (8th, DNC, TT) Lawson - Where My Love Goes (8th, NYR, T) Olly Murs - You Don’t Know Love (8th, #23, TT) The Common Linnets - We Don’t Make The Wind Blow (9th, DNC, TT) The Blend - Don’t Waste My Time (12th, DNC, TT) BANKS - Fuck With Myself (13th, DNC, T) Hinds - Warts (13th, DNC, T) Honeyblood - Ready For The Magic (13th, DNC, T) Jazz Morley - Take Me Down (15th, DNC, T) Ladyhawke - The River (15th, DNC, TTT) Steven Tyler - I Make My Own Sunshine (15th, DNC, T) Ardyn - The Valley (18th, DNC, T) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Come With Us (19th, DNC, TT) Tom Misch feat. Loyle Carner - Crazy Dream (19th, DNC, TT) Fangclub - Loner (21st, DNC, TT) Phantogram - You Don’t Get Me High Anymore (21st, DNC, TTT) Bud - City Bird (22nd, DNC, TT)
Hailee Steinfeld & Grey feat. Zedd - Starving (22nd, DNC, T) Jahméne - Is This The Time? (22nd, DNC, TT) Troye Sivan feat. Alessia Cara - Wild (22nd, DNC, TT) Major Lazer feat. Justin Bieber & MØ - Cold Water (23rd, DNC, T) Deacon Blue - The Believers (26th, DNC, TTT) Pierce The Veil - Circles (26th, DNC, TT) Bastille - Fake It (28th, DNC, TT) Fickle Friends - Cry Baby (28th, DNC, TT) Juno im Park feat. Hannah Trigwell - Never Gonna Give You Up (28th, DNC, TTT) Flo Rida - Zillionaire (29th, DNC, TT) Infinity Ink - Full Capacity (29th, DNC, TT) Matt Johnson - Get Over You (29th, DNC, TT) Pitbull feat. Flo Rida & LunchMoney Lewis - Green Light (29th, DNC, TT) The Shires - Beats To Your Rhythm (29th, DNC, TTT) Ward Thomas - Guilty Flowers (29th, DNC, TTT)
August
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Warpaint - New Song (1st, DNC, T) Galantis and East & Young - Make Me Feel (4th, DNC, T) Tove Lo - Cool Girl (4th, DNC, T) BETSY - Lost & Found (5th, DNC, TT) Bobby Roode - Glorious Domination (5th, DNC, TT) Sam Bailey - Sing My Heart Out (5th, DNC, TT) VITAMIN - Dancing On the Sun (5th, DNC, T) Seth Lakeman - Meet Me In The Twilight (9th, DNC, T) Hunck - All Dressed Up (12th, DNC, TT) KT Tunstall - Maybe It’s A Good Thing (12th, DNC, T) OneRepublic - Kids (12th, DNC, T) Clean Cut Kid - We Used To Be In Love (23rd, NYR, TT)
September
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Rat Boy - Get Over It (2nd, NYR, T) Buster Moe - Good Kinda Crazy (23rd, NYR, TT)
October
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2play feat. Christian Jules - She’s Got That Vibe (6th, NYR, T)
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