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  • Von Shakes: The Routine Album Review

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    Von Shakes have been knocking around the Irish Music scene for a few years now, they released the single and title track from their debut album The Routine earlier this year.

    The album starts with Deaf Emotion, a slow builder with a start stop pattern. The chorus/refrain has a great full sound that the rest of the track lacks a little. Pity.

    Beat Up, Beat Down has a fuller sound and each verse tells a story of drug dealings, domestic abuse. This could be a potential future single, at just over 3 minutes is a good time for radio.

    Jackit is the B -side to ‘The Routine’ single, an uptempo emo-ish track, not bad. Obsession and Shake are also worth a mention.

    Standout tracks are the single ‘The Routine’, and the Artic Monkeys-esque ‘Mind Your Head’. It’s not a bad album, a good debut, just going on the first single’ The Routine’, this reviewer was hoping for a bit more umfph!

    4.5 out of 6

    vonshakes.com

    This was written for MusicReviewUnsigned

  • Aoife Cleary: Us and The U.S. Review

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    Who is Aoife Cleary and why haven’t heard of her before?

    Once part of all girl group The Blonde Majority, Aoife is about to release her debut single ‘Us and The U.S.’.

    A cracking uptempo electronic rock song, Aoife Cleary has just done her bit to prove female singer songwriters don’t have to be sitting in their bedroom strumming their guitar just ever so gently.

    For some reason, Aoife’s voice reminds me slightly of Karen from Cowboy X and being honest, Aoife’s musical style is in roughly the same ballpark.

    Production on the track is good, clever guitar riffs, good bassline and harmonies that aren’t overdone, they’re just right. The chorus is catchy and there’s a nice little breakdown just over halfway in the track. Catchy as hell, radio friendly, this track should be all over your transistor soon!

    http://www.myspace.com/aoifecleary

  • The Frank and Walters: The Parson Review

    Frank and Walters

    There’s something about The Frank and Walters, you may never have heard the song before but you just know its them. That’s what ‘The Parson’ was like for this writer. Maybe its the clever basslines, the jangly guitar sound, the muted snare drum? Maybe its all that and more.

    ‘The Parson’ is the first of four single that The Frank and Walters will release this year to coincide with the changing of the seasons. Representing Spring, The Parson is a catchy tune, with lyrics that tell quite a visual story of the ‘village and villagers’.

    So this is the first of four? If this is Spring, Summer is going to be fantastic! The official campaign starts here: The Franks & Walters for my Summer soundtrack!

    The Franks, you have been away too long!

    http://www.frankandwalters.net

  • Von Bizmark: Address The Silence

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    Dublin based Kilkenny band, Von Bizmark release ‘Address The Silence’ on April 9th. It’s the follow up to “London’ and sees the band in flying form.

    After the release of ‘London’ the band toured in the UK as well as a string of dates in Ireland. This seems to have worked a trick as Von Bizmark now seem like a confident rock band, comfortable in their own skins.

    ‘Address the Silence’ is an uptempo rock track with some great vocals from Tony Hoyne. Good song structure, production is great, little guitar hooks reel you in without even noticing it. If this was only recorded in January this year, I’d love to see what’s following.. Should be great.

    5.5 out of 6

    http://vonbizmark.com/

    I wrote this for MusicReviewUnsigned