Author: Barrington

Lisa Marie Simmons Releases “Notespeak (In a Word)”

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Lisa Marie Simmons

When you listen to Lisa Marie Simmons and Marco Cremaschini’s new record, you realize pretty quickly that this isn’t something that just showed up one day. You can feel the years behind it. The two of them, Simmons as poet and lyricist, Cremaschini at the piano and synths, have constructed something that resists easy categorization. Jazz bleeds into spoken word, electronica moves into hip hop, R&B conversations happen alongside free verse and big cinematic arrangements. It all lands together naturally, and the result feels genuinely alive in a way that…

Paul Le Rocq Releases “Rock To The Top”

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Paul Le Rocq

Paul Le Rocq’s “Rock to the Top” is the kind of song that doesn’t leave you alone. Those opening guitar riffs hit and something just works. The whole thing feels thick and immediate, like stumbling back onto an album you’d forgotten how much you loved. Paul’s voice carries the melody like it was written specifically for how he delivers it, and by the chorus you’re already singing along. That doesn’t happen by accident. What’s clever about this track is how it opens. Paul starts alone in a room with his…

Concrete Club – “People Like Us”: Manchester chaos, funk guitars, and Rowetta taking over the room

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Concrete Club

“People Like Us” clicks straight away. Concrete Club have created something properly propulsive here, the kind of track that makes you understand why they’ve spent the last couple of years becoming essential listening in Manchester. Right from the jump, that funky guitar cuts through like someone’s just switched the lights on at a party that’s been running since 3am. It’s got this restless energy that refuses to settle, and then Rowetta arrives and the whole thing shifts into another gear entirely. Her voice doesn’t politely join the conversation, it walks…

Pharaoh Jo Puts His Heart on the Line With “Enough For You”

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Pharaoh Jo

I’ve heard a lot of breakup songs and most of them feel like someone read a book on heartbreak and tried to turn it into lyrics. Pharaoh Jo’s “Enough For You” is different. You can tell he lived this one. The Louisville rapper just dropped this track with CALLMEJB, pulled from his new album “A Wasteland Called Love,” and it’s the kind of song that makes you sit with it for a few days before you really understand what hit you. It’s about that sinking feeling of pouring everything you…

Nathan Bryce and Loaded Dice Release “Drunk Dial Baby”

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Nathan Bryce

Nathan Bryce and Loaded Dice released “Drunk Dial Baby” on Friday, February 13th, and it’s the song that’s going to hit different at 2 AM when your phone buzzes. We all know this story. The late night text arrives. “You up?” Three letters that mean everything and nothing at the same time. Bryce and his band take that exact moment and turn it into a blues funk groove that somehow finds humor in the heartbreak. It’s a smart move because the alternative would have been wallowing, and these guys clearly…

Rebecca Richards Releases New Song “Never Too Late”

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Rebecca Richards

Rebecca Richards dropped “Never Too Late” on March 6th, and it’s the kind of country pop song that sneaks up on you. Not because it’s subtle, but because it means something. The story behind this track is the sort of thing that usually only happens in films. Saskia Griffiths-Moore, founder of Talent Is Timeless, showed up at Rebecca’s gig in Bargoed back in November and offered her a trip to Nashville to record at Ocean Way Studios. Her parents watched the whole thing unfold. That kind of moment sticks with…

Vinyl Floor Release “I’m On The Upside” From “Balancing Act”

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Vinyl Floor

Vinyl Floor returns with “I’m on the Upside,” and this is the kind of song that hits you right from the opening notes. Out now on Karmanian Records, it’s the third single from their upcoming album “Balancing Act,” and it’s got that vibe that makes you crank up the volume and point the car in a direction you’ve never driven before. The Copenhagen duo recorded this at Studio Möllan in Sweden with Emil Isaksson and Daniel Pedersen handling production, then Søren Vestergaard mixed and mastered it at the Shelter. What’s…

philojain Releases New Song “Riff Raff”

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philojain

I wasn’t expecting much when I hit play on philojain’s new track “Riff Raff.” Solo projects can go either way. But about three seconds in, my speakers started doing things I wasn’t prepared for, and I just kind of sat there. Amit Jain is the whole operation here. Every instrument, every production decision, all him. And you can feel that in the music. There’s something about it that doesn’t sound like it was made by committee, no compromises, no one telling him to pull back on the low end. Because…

Ervin Munir Is Back With “When I Think”

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Ervin Munir

Ervin Munir’s third studio album *When I Think* is out now. It might just be his most complete work to date. The Norfolk singer-songwriter has always had a way with honest, reflective songwriting, but this record feels sharper, braver and more emotionally open than anything he’s released before. The album opens with “Lifeline,” immediately setting the tone with its gentle piano lines and quietly intense atmosphere. From there, the 11-track collection unfolds naturally. It moves between stripped-back folk moments and fuller arrangements where the guitars carry a bit more bite.…

Marsha Swanson Releases “Waltz For Life”

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Marsha Swanson

“Waltz for Life” by Marsha Swanson keeps pulling me back. When I first heard that Marsha Swanson wrote this piece at just 14 years old, it made perfect sense. There’s an innocence in it, but also this unexpected depth that feels way beyond those years.aThe track runs barely over a minute, which seems almost too brief at first. But honestly, that’s part of what makes it work. Swanson chose to open her album “Near Life Experience” with this waltz, and now she’s closing the album’s two year run by releasing…