Adult Pop
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Mortar and Pestle – “Mortar And Pestle” Review
Electric synth alt-pop trio Mortar and Pestle released their self entitled EP earlier this year and the six track record is an excellent showcase of…
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Video Vault – Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp constantly sway back and forth over a certain palette of music and this falls firmly on Felt Mountain side. Welcome to their new single…
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Digital Noise Academy – “Synemy” Review
Six musical artists made a kickstarter pledge to form a band for making music in a different way to how they usually play. It was…
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Futurebrite – “Futurebrite EP” Review
Futurebrite is the name for dark electro pop duo Karen Kannen Correa and Josh Grant. In a very similar vein to Nikki and the Dove,…
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Introducing… Steve Schultz
Steve Schultz may be releasing his second album Over The Edge this week but he’s just getting us warmed up to his clean and honest…
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Introducing… Zain Lodhia
Adult pop rock cross over artist Zain Lodhia makes sharp tracks that are instantly catchy and full of hooks but have more to them than…
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Introducing… “Midnight Faces”
Midnight Faces flirt outrageously as a modern production Pet Shop Boys crossed with something a bit more post-rock and more David Gray vocally. It’s a…
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Video Vault: Young Summer
Young Summer is the monkier for DC based singer/songwriter Bobbie Allen whom releases her début album tomorrow. Entitled “Fever Dream” the lead single and title…
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Introducing… Radhika Shankar
Radhika Shankar gets a special mention today after having a small chat on Twitter.From India, Shankar is truly a one lady wonder. She writes, composes,…
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Introducing… I,Synthesist
Hello? I’m Marc Almond’s Long Lost Brother! Welcome to “I Synthesist”, whose just released his third album “Somewhere and Everywhere” last week. He has a…
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Introducing… My Woshin Mashin
My Woshin Mashin (great name) are a wonderfully eccentric band from Russia and Germany that resemble The Knife possibly as their closest ancestors but they…
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Mortar and Pestle Unveil New Single/EP
Mortar and Pestle have been on my radar since earlier this year and their latest single “Pristine Dream” confirms I’m excited for their new EP…
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Introducing… Mike Tyler
I’m still not entirely sure what to make of this… any suggestions? Bizarrely catchy, going out of his way for comedy value in vocal delivery…
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Video Vault – Benbrick
Benbrick is releasing an EP and this is the final track for it finished and in the can as they say. “They All Say” is…
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Introducing… Young Summer
Young Summer is going to be a name I think we’ll hear a lot more of in the coming months. Releasing her first EP in…
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Video Vault – Ultraista
Recommended to me because they had a song remixed by Four Tet – I prefer the original! Ultraista’s début album came out last year and I’m looking…
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Live Vault – Emiliana Torrini
This is a wonderful live concert while we wait for the new album to be completed and available for us all to consume merrily.
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Video Vault – Kovak
Kovak return with a new synth-pop rock stonker “Radiate” which continues to mark them as a clever band for the future. Such a great mish-mash…
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Woodpecker Wooliams – “The School of Being Human” Review
Woodpecker Wooliams looks, acts, sings and plays like Joanna Newsom discovered there’s more to life an a harp. I thought I’d say that out of…
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Introducing… Mortar and Pestle
Mortar and Pestle are a wonderfully mixed up trio from Oakland, USA and have their debut EP coming out in May. They remind me very…
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Introducing… Kree Woods
Kree Woods is a singer/songwriter from Nashville that has the perfect crossover of all things pop-rock with just enough of a tinge of something different…
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Tori Amos & Hauschka Go Out On The Town?!
In a wonderful programme on the excellent Arte channel (which seems to do some amazing programmes and live concerts) Tori Amos meets Hauschka – two…
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Video Vault – Hundred Waters
Hundred Waters’ hypnotic Icelandic blend of ethereal dreamscapes and weirdness make me want to find out a whole lot more about them. Here’s the wonderful…
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Alex Winston – “King Con” Review
Alex Winston is a singer/songwriter I found on the Wears The Trousers Top 75 Albums of 2012 list. It’s funny because the album doesn’t appear…
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Video Vault – Indiana
A new artist I’d not heard of before popped up on my recommendations via YouTube – its a great example of when you strip out…
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Marya Stark – “The Garden” Review
I came across Marya Stark’s music from her involvement with Lila Rose. Lila was one of my favourite discoveries of 2012 and with Marya’s album “The Garden”,…
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Utada Hikaru – “Utada United 2006” Review
Sometimes live performances just all come together and work perfectly. They aren’t the most technically impressive you’ve seen, the most in tune nor have the…
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Higher Plain MusiCast – Ep #3 – Derek Bishop
Derek Bishop whom released the fantastic “Resistance is Beautiful” back in 2011 kicks this years first Higher Plain MusiCast off in great style. In what…
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Introducing… Marya Stark
With a penchant for bringing in various quirks from different types of genres and meshing them together, Marya Stark has crafted an excellent album The…
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Sitorimon’s Latest Album on “Pay What You Want” For 2 Weeks
A little self promotion if you don’t mind! My latest album “Terms & Conditions to Unconditional Love” will be available on Bandcamp under Pay What…
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Introducing… Aimee Bobruk
With her debut album coming out at the end of the month, this is an eerie opener for Russian Aimee Bobruk and I love the…
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Video Vault – Panda Transport
Panda Transport’s new album “Wildlife” is out now.
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Bat For Lashes – “The Haunted Man” Review
I’ve taken a lot of time to review this album and its down to one reason. Initially I was very, very underwhelmed. I wanted to…
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Introducing… Mark Mallman
Mark Mallman is a singer/songwriter that appears to be of the kitchen sink ilk – something I am really grooving with some of the more…
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Carina Round – “Tigermending” Review
“Tigermending” is the latest album from the criminally overlooked singer/songwriter Carina Round. This album is a bit more of a departure from her more straight…
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Video Vault – Imogen Heap
Imogen Heap’s latest video features time lapse so naturally I’m all over it like a rash. It’s also an exquisite piece full of so many movements and…
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Video Vault – Derek Bishop
We do love a bit of Bishop worship here at HPM and here’s Derek with his latest video for “Jackpot”. Cute piano on the ceiling…