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  • Tune of The Week – 16/07/09

    David Guetta
    David Guetta

    I’m the first to admit I’ve been a bit behind on the music stakes this summer, partly because I’ve been ill BUT I am trying to make up for it now.

    For some reason my favourite DJs seem to be French, Bob Sinclar and David Guetta. On probably one of the unexpected collaborations this year, Mr Guetta hooks up with a Destiny’s Child for this, what I can only describe as, SMASH!

    I love it, Kelly Rowland’s vocals are amazing and quite frankly its about time she stepped out of Beyonce’s shadow. Fingers crossed David Guetta is playing Marley Park, Dublin on August 2 🙂 happy smiley me there hopefully!

    So this week’s tune of the week is ‘When Love Takes Over’ – David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland.

    Listen to the track here:

    http://www.davidguetta.com/en/disco/singles

    For more: http://www.davidguetta.com,

    that’s where I borrowed that nice little picture from too…

    Here’s the video:

    … nessy out!

  • The Hundred Flower Campaign EP Review

    TheHundredFlowerCampaign
    HundredFlowerCampaign

    I did this for www.musicreviewunsigned.com
    Direct link: www.musicreviewunsigned.com/61.html

    Arriving from different incarnations, The Hundred Flower Campaign came into existence in October 2008. it’s not suprising that the members have played together in different guises, the band are tight, cohesive and their individual sounds gel really well together.

    The Wexford quartet play funky rock, or rock with a groove. ‘Jazz Wolfe in the House of Orange’ has a distinct Chili Pepper feel (I really like the soundbites at the very start of the track).

    ‘Hi-Lo’ has a hook that will have you singing ‘Hi-Lo’ long after the track has finished. The funky ‘Feeline’ has a good vibe and ‘Tijuana’ starts with a catchy bass/drum combo but I feel these tracks would have been better if the lead vocal was slighter higher in the mix.

    The final instrumental track ‘Tapestry’ has an Indian feel to with, acoustic instruments and percussion is a nice suprise. The track is mixed really well, the production is good!

    Launched on July 4th 2009 this is a good introduction to The Hundred Flower Campaign looking forward to more of their funky vibes!

    www.thehundredflowercampaign.tk
    www.myspace.com/thehundredflowercampaign

    4.5 out of 6

    …nessy out!

  • Neosupervital – Dance With You Review

    NSV-Dance With You
    NSV-Dance With You

    I did this for www.musicreviewunsigned.com
    Direct link www.musicreviewunsigned.com/62.html

    First plus point! ‘Dance with You’ is available as a free download from www.neosupervital.com Plus Point Number Two: Its a cracker of a track!

    ‘Dance With You’ kicks off with what can only be described as 80’s throwback/futuristic sounds. This is a work of pure electronic genius. Three minutes and seventeen seconds of pure pop, taken from his forthcoming ‘Proceeds’ album, NSV is probably Ireland’s best electronica artist. Clever lyrics, memorable hooks and FREE go to http://www.neosupervital.com now!

    6 out of 6

    ….nessy out!

  • The Curtain Thieves EP Review

    The Curtain Thieves EP Review

    TheCurtainThieves
    TheCurtainThieves

    I did this for www.musicreviewunsigned.com
    Direct Link: www.musicreviewunsigned.com/61.html

    Hailing from Dundalk, The Curtain Thieves have entered our planet with a 4 track EP.

    Track one ‘Time of your life’ kicks off with a nice dirrrty guitar sound and the band nail their colours with an Artic Monkeys/The Strokes influence showing through. The Artic Monkeys influence shines through in this track in how certain parts of the vocals are delivered.

    ‘Marlida’ shows the band expand their contemporary influences and mix them with a classic rock feel. Tip for the band on track three: the lyric goes .. ‘I need some Karma, lend me your vodka’. Never lend anyone alcohol, you wont get it back!

    The final track on the EP, ‘ Travis Bickle’ is sure to be a live sing-a-long with its ‘Hey – Hey’ refrain. The band show a little more vigor and this track, for this listener, has a more immediate impact.

    This is a good solid start from The Curtain Thieves, a little more experience and a little more fairy dust on the faders and knobs during production could see these guys grow in stature. I’m looking forward to see how they develop. A good rock solid debut.

    4 out of 6

    www.myspace.com/thecurtainthieves
    www.bebo.com/thecurtainthieves

    ….nessy out!