“I Really Like You” should have been the song of the summer with its infectious hook, positive lyrics and fun vibes but it never received the heavy push it needed to break through the market. Carly Rae Jepsen knows how to deliver infectious pop tracks and with her follow up album to the 2012 “Kiss”…
ALBUM REVIEW: Melanie Martinez – Cry Baby
I’ve always been very skeptical about The Voice because they have never delivered an artist that I have thought “wow, they bring something very unique to the industry” unlike American Idol or The X Factor. Until now, that is. Melanie Martinez was on the 2012 US series of The Voice and reached the Top 6…
SINGLE REVIEW: Lana Del Rey – High By The Beach
Lana Del Rey’s last album “Ultraviolence” wasn’t the follow up success to “Born To Die” that everyone was anticipating and split music critics and fans alike apart. She’s returned to the studio to finish working on her third studio album which is expected to be released at the end of the year and the first…
ALBUM REVIEW: Ivy Levan – No Good
For a little while there pop music started to become repetitive and uninventive but recently some newcomers are trying to change the game. Ivy Levan is bringing you a fusion of pop music that she likes to call “Swamp-Hop”. The American songstress is one of pop’s underrated gems with a voice that will have you…
SINGLE REVIEW: Hailee Steinfield – Love Myself
Hailee Steinfield captured everyone’s hearts in Pitch Perfect 2 and has since had a rapid rise to fame. It was inevitable that she was going to be signed to a record label and release a single but I don’t think anyone thought it was going to be THIS good. “Love Myself” is Steinfield’s debut single…
ARTIST TO WATCH: Rachel Costanzo
Australia has some incredible unsigned hidden pop gems and one of them is Eighteen year old Rachel Costanzo. Hailing from Melbourne this songstress has been paving her way to success over the past couple of years. I first discovered this powerhouse vocalist in 2013 when listening to “Take The Night” on For Our Hero’s EP…
SINGLE REVIEW: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Ed Sheeran – Growing Up (Sloane’s Song)
Ed Sheeran teased about a new collaboration dropping twelve hours later and inevitably had social media buzzing about who it was going to be with, and then this track was unveiled. “Growing Up” (Sloane’s Song) is Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ first single from their highly anticipated third studio album. The song expresses Macklemore’s fears about…
SINGLE REVIEW: Rita Ora Feat. Chris Brown – Body On Me
2015 sees the rebirth of Rita Ora and I couldn’t be more excited. “Poison” was the perfect pure pop track that allowed her to reenter the charts and now she’s back with a sexual driven track that will have your heart racing. “Body On Me” is easily Ora’s raunchiest track yet and with each listen…
LIVE REVIEW: Olly Murs – Brisbane Convention Centre
Two years prior I stood in the same venue seeing Olly Murs, the excitement was electric, the venue was packed and he was at the top of his game. This time around a significantly smaller crowd filtered through the arena with no real energy signaling that maybe he wasn’t at his peak anymore. Whatever the…
SINGLE REVIEW: Lucy Neville – On my Own
Nineteen year old Sydney based songstress Lucy Neville is bursting onto the pop scene with a debut single that is bound to excite any indie-pop enthusiast. “On My Own” explores the elements of indie pop and EDM transforming her Ellie Goulding sounding vocals into a big hook that would fit perfectly at a summer music…