Chris Mackrell

Our new single of the week is taken from Jake Bugg’s second studio album Shangri La (which peaked at number 3 in the album chart) ‘A Song About Love’ might not be as rousing as some of his previous singles but you can see why he has been nominated as best British Male Solo Artist at this year's Brit Awards. If you want to see him perform live Jake will […]

After 6 years together Clean Bandit have ARRIVED! ‘Rather Be’ is the record that will bring this group into the mainstream listeners attention. A great mix of dance and strings makes this record stand out from the rest (the genre is baroque pop apparently). A decent string section in a song always wins me over in a track, Plan B’s ‘recluse’ has always been a favourite of mine because of […]

Following winning over the crowds at Edinburgh's Hogmanay Street Party The 1975 are back with a brand new single taken from their self titled debut album. 'Settle Down' is the follow up to last years successful single 'Chocolate' it will be released before the band play a sold out gig at Glasgow's O2 Academy. To find out more visit www.the1975.com

Our single this week comes from Katie Melua’s 6th studio album ‘Ketevan’ ‘Where Does The Ocean Go’ is a nice tranquil track to start 2014. Katie Melua will embark on a tour of Europe in March and April 2014 that will see her performing a stripped-down set accompanied by just bass and keyboards. Unfortunately she will only be performing down in London so sort your tickets now if you are […]

Our single of the week is ‘Bullet’ the latest single to be taken from the Franz Ferdinand’s fourth album 'Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action' and will be released on January 24, 2014. The band will be on tour in 2014, playing at Glasgow Barrowlands (25th March) Newcastle O2 Academy (27th March) To find out more about the album and tickets visit www.franzferdinand.com

Well now the stations ‘Ba Humbug Policy’ is over it is time for our first Christmassy single of the week this year! ‘Underneath the Tree’ is the new single from Kelly Clarkson taken from her full on Christmas album ‘Wrapped In Red’ The festive album will includes both original songs as well as popular covers, such as "White Christmas" and "Baby, It's Cold Outside." The album and our single of […]

This weeks single is a strangely addictive combination of bluegrass, country and dance. Taken from Sweedish DJ ‘Avicii’ new album ‘True’ Much like his previous single ‘Wake Me Up’ which relied on the vocals of Aloe Blacc to build the song up, this track features ‘Dan Tyminski’ who has apparently worked with Alison Krauss and Union Station. Avicii seems to have a way of combining two different styles to make […]

What happens if you smash two pop-rock bands from the early 2000’s together? McBusted that’s what! McFly and Busted have announced they are joining forces to from the new ‘supergroup’ ‘Love Is On The Radio’ is the final track released by McFly before the merger, but as a sign of things to come they have remixed it to include featuring Busted members James Bourne and Matt Willis The McBusted tour […]

After selling a staggering 30 million records Dido is finally releasing her greatest hits album featuring songs like Thank You' and 'White Flag' but also tucked in amongst her well known tunes is our single of the week ‘NYC.’ The two CD album comes out on the 25th of November but you can download the single NOW!