Review: Hate Me First – Lauren Hoyle
Birmingham based Lauren Hoyle combines nineties female led alt-rock with singalong pop in latest single ‘Hate Me First’ – taken from her debut EP ‘Fun’. Continue reading Review: Hate Me First – Lauren Hoyle
Category: music
SheBeat Meets… Bryony Williams
I first had the pleasure of talking with Bryony Williams back in November of 2019 in the Digbeth studios of Brum Radio. She was on the bill for a Slag Mag Launch Party earlier in the same year at Hare & Hounds. Fast forward to 2021 and I’ve keenly followed her adventures and duly bought her new music offerings, I even caught up with her during lockdown 0.2 over Zoom. We all did a lot of those this last 12 months. Penning her first songs aged just 15 years old, Bryony is from Wolverhampton and has fond memories of growing … Continue reading SheBeat Meets… Bryony Williams
Women in Music in Books
A review of some ace reads about women in music, in books. First up Viv Albertine’s Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys. Like most great reads, I was recommended this one. Like most recommends, who it was that recommended it is lost to the mists of time. But thank you. I loved this book. I had very little prior knowledge about who Viv was, what happened in punk in London during this period or what women in music were doing during this time. I accept this was poor scholarship on my part. I am duly now on … Continue reading Women in Music in Books
Review: Lily Rieke Marty releases the dreamy ‘Come Call Me Love’
Dreamy, hazy and summery, Cambridge based artist Lily Rieke Marty released her brand new single ‘Come Call Me Love’ on August 7th. Written on the spot and produced almost instantly, ‘Come Call Me Love’ is a spontaneous art pop single … Continue reading Review: Lily Rieke Marty releases the dreamy ‘Come Call Me Love’
Review: Madison Fiorenza’s debut single Fever Dream overflows with excellence and attitude
Madison Fiorenza ventures into new territory sharing her voice and songwriting in the form of her debut single ‘Fever Dream’. By Filipa Gaspar The track, which came out on July 17th results in a collaboration with Madison and producer Jacob … Continue reading Review: Madison Fiorenza’s debut single Fever Dream overflows with excellence and attitude
Anna Straker shares beautiful, healing new track ‘London Knows’
TW: Sexual Assault Known for her emotive yet gripping pop bangers such as ‘Just Because’, ‘I Got The Beat’ and ‘Sweat‘, London producer, songwriter and musician Anna Straker has released the gripping, emotional single ‘London Knows’. The single and video, … Continue reading Anna Straker shares beautiful, healing new track ‘London Knows’
Bryony Williams returns with summery new single ‘I Can Be’
After travelling around Thailand and Asia at the start of 2020 (before the trip was ultimately cut short by you-know-who), solo singer Bryony Williams penned ‘I Can Be’, the new single from her upcoming third EP ‘State I’m In.’ Shropshire … Continue reading Bryony Williams returns with summery new single ‘I Can Be’
WATCH: Anna Straker soaks us in her party anthem ‘Sweat’
In a world where the kitchen is now your dance floor, Anna Straker’s new anthem ‘Sweat’ is the one track every DJ (you) should play. After her heartbreak hit ‘Just Because’ took over the UK via her stomping ground of … Continue reading WATCH: Anna Straker soaks us in her party anthem ‘Sweat’
Review: Naz & Ella debut the powerful single ‘Freedom’
By Filipa Gaspar In recent times, the world might seem to have stopped for a while and people tend to forget that social issues such as oppression, suffering and abuse continues in a deplorable way. Naz & Ella’s latest single … Continue reading Review: Naz & Ella debut the powerful single ‘Freedom’
SheBeat Meets… MeMe Detroit
MeMe Detroit is real pocket rocket. I had heard great things about MeMe before she arrived in the Brum Radio studio for SheBeat Meets, being very visible on the local music scene, and she did not disappoint. In the studio … Continue reading SheBeat Meets… MeMe Detroit
