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Alert: The review you're about to read comes from a casual Marina fan who knows her popular stuff mostly (back to & The Diamonds days) and "Love + Fear" that, from my little understanding, is far from being a fan favourite.

Either way, here I am and glad to be here because "Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land" did blow me away. It's not just a compilation of songs but a body of material capable of focusing on so many social problems around the world. If that ain't enough, ... read more

Maroon 5's integrity as artists is really nowhere to be seen. Once acclaimed for songs like "Won't Go Home Without You", "Sunday Morning", "This Love" or "Makes Me Wonder", they have developed an obsession for generic tracks without content and simply destined to be eaten up by the radios. It's safe to say the public is getting tired of it too and have allowed the album to underperform as well as most of its singles.

"Memories" was the first ... read more

I never thought that 14 years after the release of "Potential Breakup Song", I'd be here listening and writing about an Aly & AJ album. "A Touch of the Beat Gets You Up on Your Feet Gets You Out and Then Into the Sun" needs to be the longest title I've ever seen for an album and, to be quite honest, it put me under the impression I was jumping into something very Alternative as of the likes of Charli XCX or Grimes. Well, not really.

I need to confess that, while I adore ... read more

Pressure was on for Zara Larsson. When "So Good" was released, it didn't really matter if it sold or not as it already was being backed up by multiple hit singles ("Lush Life", "Ain't My Fault", "I Would Like" and of course "Never Forget You"). Things were slightly different for the release of "Poster Girl" as none of the released singles caught the general public's attention. "Ruin My Life" was able to get some attention ... read more