
Tag: Blues

Listen: Deep feels from Nova Neon
by Tom Roden
Blues-pop outfit drops heartbreaking love song.
Categories: Listen, Review, Track Review • Tags: Blues, blues-pop, Listen, Nova Neon, Pop, Review, Single Review, Stone to a balloon, Track Review

Gut-wrenching bizarre blues
by Tom Roden
Mutant 50s pop outfit Trudy and the Romance return with bluesy new single.
Categories: Listen, Review, Track Review • Tags: Blues, blues-rock, Listen, My baby's gone away, Pop, Review, Rock, Single Review, Trudy and The Romance

Baba Ali’s New Cog in the Wheel
by Georgina
An unusually glorious example of soul-infused looping.
Categories: Listen, Review, Track Review • Tags: Baba Ali, Blues, Cog in the wheel, Listen, Review, Single Review, Soul

Lilith Ai – Riot EP
by Tom Roden
The rock rebel makes a feminist statement served with acoustic, blues and soul
Categories: EP Review, Review • Tags: Blues, EP Review, Hang Tough, Lilith Ai, Punk, Review, Riot, Riot EP, Riot Grrrl, Riot Notebook, Rock, Soul

Courtly Love – ‘For Your Love, I Get High’ Review
by Tom Roden
While ‘Mirage’ soars confidently in skies of swirling psychedelia, the single’s B-Side ‘For Your Love, I Get High’ plods along the ground like a lumbering psychedelic dinosaur. It’s a very insular sounding track, one that contrasts and compliments the A-Side single while also being powerful enough to stand on its own. Whereas ‘Mirage’ draws a lot of it’s vocal prowess from the duet style delivery, this track is delivered solely by Lana Del Rey-reminiscent female vocals. The vocals are definitely […]
Categories: Review, Track Review • Tags: Blues, Britpop, Courtly Love, For Your Love I Get High, Indie, Lana Del Rey, Mirage, Psychedelia, Psychedelic

Courtly Love – ‘Mirage’ Review
by Tom Roden
Have you ever had one of those days where you just want to immerse yourself, and get lost, in music? Look no further than ‘Mirage’, the upcoming single by Courtly Love. A mesmerising blend of psychedelia and blues, ‘Mirage’ is an immersive experience that will captivate you and send you floating through a world of shakers and swirling guitars. The guitars sit somewhere between contemporary shoegaze-indie and vintage 60’s psychedelia, sounding equal parts The Horrors and Creedence Clearwater Revival. The vocals […]
Categories: Review, Track Review • Tags: Blues, CCR, Courtly Love, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Indie, Psychedelia, Psychedelic, Shoegaze, The Horrors