Now what? Sorry, that sounds sort of aggressive. I mean, what now? (To be said in soft, excited and slightly amused tones.) It’s the only correct response to the sight of a new track by Mr MooQ making a graceful landing in the digital review pile. Because the only thing that you can expect from... Continue Reading →
Good Luck With That – Mr MooQ (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
You never know what you are going to get with the mercurial Mr MooQ, but you can rest assured that it is going to be something a bit special. For although The MooQster, I feel I know him well enough now to call him that, works in some fairly mainstream genres ….pop, pop-rock, electro, dance….... Continue Reading →
Are We Good? – Mr MooQ (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
The thoroughly unique Mr Mooq has always covered a lot of sonic ground, from hazy West Coast vibes to jazzy deftness to exquisite, Day-Glo pop and seemingly everything in between. Are We Good? sees him working at the latter end of that spectrum, pushing some infectious pop vibes through a delicious electro-dance groove. As with... Continue Reading →
Complicated – Mr. MooQ (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
A Mr. Mooq penned song landing in the review pile is always an interesting prospect. There seem to be so few truly surprising artists left in this day and age, a time where conformity and consistency is required for the PR teams and music marketing types to be able to spot, track and even create... Continue Reading →
Scene and Heard – CCCLXII: Dreaming in Color – Mr MooQ (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
In the few short encounters I have had with the fabulously named Mr Mooq, he has never ceased to surprise me. Whether he is updating post-punk pop for the modern age with Double Happiness or contributing to the post-industrial dance/TED talk machinations of The New Occupants, there is always something interesting going on within his... Continue Reading →
Scene and Heard – CCCXXXV : Be Careful What You Listen To – The New Occupants (ft. Mr. MooQ) (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Imagine if Frank Zappa was still with us and carving out a career for himself in the underground fringes of the alt-pop, synth-pop, industrial dance, EDM scene. Imagine that instead of offering up a warped, jarring and majestic end point of the western blues derived musical experiment, he instead drove the whole rock band ethic... Continue Reading →
Scene and Heard – CCCVI : Double Happiness – Mr. MooQ (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
I didn’t know people were still making music like this, but I’m glad they are. Double Happiness reminds me of that time when a horde of disaffected post-punks rewired the keyboards they had stolen from music shops to make apocalyptic, futuristic pop in direct defiance to the Leg Warmer and Shoulder Pad Bye Laws of... Continue Reading →