Review: Hey Hey Rise Up Pink Floyd & Andriy Khlyvnyuk in support of Ukraine

by Nicholas Gaudet
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No, this isn’t a rerelease of some obscure Pink Floyd song you’ve barely heard, or a live single from a show long past; the legendary British prog-rockers that changed the course of rock forever have released a brand-new single, ‘Hey Hey Rise Up’, with Andriy Khlyvnyuk in support of Ukraine amidst the devastating conflict, their first single since ‘The Endless River’, which itself was an off-take from ‘The Division Bell’.

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Review: I’m Scared Bill Wurtz

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If Bill Wurtz tries to make comedy the primary focus of his music, to the detriment of the song at hand, he failed so miserably. Not only is his newest song ‘I’m Scared’ hilarious, but it’s also one of the greatest neo-jazz songs to be released in the last decade.

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Review: Torn Open Brothertiger, Yvette Young

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The 80s happened over forty years ago, but the music and culture that came from it are still strong in our hearts, as made evident by the gorgeous new single by Brothertiger and Yvette Young titled ‘Torn Open’, that pays homage to the sounds and ideas that fuelled the late 80s and early 90s, flavoured with complex jazz harmony.

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Review: Valentine Laufey

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Songs of old are long past, but their spirits are still very alive, even in our youngest generations – Laufey brings the sound of traditional vocal jazz to the modern soundscape in one of the greatest studies of the genre I’ve heard in my lifetime.

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