Believe it or not, this is the first time I have covered Razorlight on Brit Music Scene (it was that Amy Winehouse’s fault, always being in the newspapers and stuff). But still, regardless of excuses it’s a bit of a mistake to have ignored what are essentially one of the most popular bands in the UK.

I’m torn in how I feel about Razorlight. Some of their music is brilliant, and they straddle that fine line between pop and indie superbly, a line I follow quite avidly. But then there’s Johnny Borrell, who on stage is a great front man but off stage is a complete and utter twonk.

This song cuts through Borrell’s superior attitude and cuts to the chase. What we end up with is a great pop song that shows the brilliant song writing talent Razorlight possess. Music video and review after the cut.

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Adele is an award winning British artist who has seemingly come from nowhere to be one of the new wave of female artists achieving worldwide success. I’ve had a bit of a love/hate relationship with her, adoring some songs and disliking others. And now she’s covering Bob Dylan. Wow, those are some big boots to fill.

Having said that, the Dylan song Adele is covering is Make You Feel My Love, a song already covered an inordinate amount of time, including by the likes of Garth Brooks, Billy Joel, and Neil Diamond. So even if she had messed it up, it’s not like she’d have been the first to have done so.

Luckily, the opposite is true, and she has actually done a fantastic job. She’s kept the basic feeling and tone of the song true to the original, but at the same time made it her own. Which is a tough job to do when covering an artist as brilliant as Bob Dylan.

Both the song and video exude simplicity, as you can see after the cut.

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I’m very late on reviewing this single by Travis, as it actually came out 3 weeks ago on the 9th July. I have got an excuse, as this is a young blog, and I’m trying to strike a balance between songs released in the last few months and brand new upcoming stuff. I’m sure you all understand? And if not, well bite me.

I love this track and even more so the video, and think it’s one of the best things Travis have done for a good few years. I don’t know if they’ll ever repeat the critical and massive sales success they achieved with their classic album ‘The Man Who’, but they still have it, as this song proves.

I’ll actually talk about the video first, as it’s probably the most striking thing out of the two. It’s a simple concept which works brilliantly, and I give credit to whoever decided to give comedian Demetri Martin a free reign to make his mark on the video. I mean, all he does is wear loads of t-shirts and strip them off one at a time, at the appropriate moments through the song. But it works.

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