Example – Playing In The Shadows Released: 5 September 2011 Genre: Dance Nobody would ever accuse Elliott “Example” Gleave of an excess of musical subtlety. Still surfing the success of his recent number one single, Changed The Way You Kiss Me, Gleave’s third album in four years finds him offering up a near-perfect encapsulation of the current state of ephemeral, cheesy, chart-friendly dance-pop. Like Calvin Harris, he ditches finesse and [...]

CANT – Dreams Come True release date: 12 September 2011 It’s been nearly two years since Grizzly Bear’s opus Veckatimest left its indelible mark on the musical spectrum. It was a work that transcended many of their so called peers’ recent efforts, with the Brooklyn quartet solidifying an already heady level of reverence by taking that step further into the larger musical mindset, with single Two Weeks littering radio stations [...]

Year: 2011 Genre: Pop/Dance — Contemporary Pop/Mainstream Songs From Adele’s Album 21 Will Become Classics Performers are going to have to try hard if they want the audience to notice them after such a first class album as 21 is. As a vocalist Adele has reached even greater success – her techniques are flawless, and the hoarse voice is even more powerful and impressive. Yet 21’s principal feature is in [...]