Lana Del Rey /// Shades Of Cool

Lana Del Rey releases her third single from her upcoming album Ultraviolence. Shades Of Cool is a beautifully shadowy song, growing from very soft sounds at the beginning to a huge chorus. It has been co-written and produced by Rick Nowels and the album Ultraviolence is out June 13th 2014.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre /// Revelation

Antone Newcombe is a rare breed of artists who is able to pull off writing, well, whatever he wants. It’s rare someone can make music that varies to such an extent it is hard to label them. This album is just that. With song styles that vary from pysch-rock, trance, blues and many others, the album is put together extremely well and makes for a good listen. At times the flow of the album and feel a tad off, however when blending this many styles that is inevitable and there a few artists who could have made it flow as well as The Brian Jonestown Massacre. This album is well worth a listen, check out the track "what you isnt" below.

Black Light White Light /// High Like A Hurricane

Black Light White Light are a force in music that are embracing the three piece way of music. With songs made up of guitars, bass, vocals and drums, this is what a band should sound like. Their description of themselves is: Neo-psychedelic Bohemian Desert Indie Rock. With a description like that, they would have a lot to live up to. Luckily, they do. If you’re a fan of anything rock/ indie your ears are in for a treat. The band have recently announced a new single "High Like A Hurricane" to be released June 16 2014, which has created a lot of excitement for their fans. Their last album ‘Infrared Daylight’ gave them a massive push in terms of recognition and success, find the video for ‘Higher Than Low’ from Infrared Daylight below. A taster of what’s to be expected with the release of their new single.  

Lykke Li /// I Never Learn

'I Never Learn is Lykke Li's third album.  Full of so much sadness that it almost hurts.

The sound in the album is huge and vocals are heavily reverb from the first track to the last, except the sixth; Love Me Like I´m Not Made Of Stone. With a simple guitar backing, Li's original voice and heartbreaking lyrics make it one of the strongest and the most interesting songs in the album. She and the producers, Greg Kurstin and Björn Uttling, should have done more songs like Love Me Like I'm Not Made Of Stone to I Never Learn, even though the album is good in its own hugeness it gets too pathetic. 

Sky Ferreira /// Night Time, My Time

Sky Ferreira is not shy when it comes to speaking about her eventful, bizarre and at times grim life so far. 

Many of her lyrics touch on the subjects that seem extremely personal to her upbringing, making her already stand out as an artist, showing no time for sugar coating her stories. The album may not relate to your every day average music listener, however, songs like I Blame Myself and Nobody Asked Me (If I Was Okay) are bound to gain her some life long, dedicated fans that can perhaps find a voice in their life struggles. This is not a poor me album, though. The songs are undoubtedly catchy with some memorable hooks, making it listenable to anyone, however you can look deeper into the album by listening to the lyrics and realising that this artist has a much deeper and personal meaning to most of her material.

Wye Oak /// Shriek

Having been a band based in America for around 8 years, Wye Oak are relatively new on the European music scene. Shriek is an unusual album in terms of the writing process as the album was written and recorded from two different sides of America.  

Most notable is that they seem to have ventured into more electronic sounds for Shriek as opposed to being primarily acoustic instruments on their previous albums. The intro track is a prime example making the first instrument an 80’s sounding synthesizer / keyboard. The bass and drums are very much the spine of their new album, holding a consistent groove over the synthesizer and guitar melodies. One of the key things Wye Oak have going for them is the vocals of lead singer Jenn Wasner. Her voice carries the music throughout the album. Her vocals are melodic and very subtle sounding and are part of what makes Wye Oak a breath of fresh air, especially when mixed with their new electronic sound, making it a step more original sounding whilst also making the album an easy one to listen to.