Long-Playing Recordings You Can Purchase
THE ONE YOU MUST BE SEEN TO OWN
Klaxons - 'Myths Of The Near Future'
Apparently calling a band 'New Rave' isn't the same as saying they play rave-based dance music or expecting them to be particularly new, so, leaving labels aside for a second, and the fact that you are going to be automatically considered cooler than your friends if you have a copy of this lying abound in your house, what the hell IS this?
Well, it's a ragbag collection of wayward punk-funkery, post-New Order synthpop songs played on guitars and cover versions of old rave classics. And the only thing which saves it from instant curio status is that it's been done by a bunch of wild-eyed kid maniacs with more taste than their day-glo clothes would suggest. It's not the best record we'll get this year, but it's probably going to be the most talked-about. Go figure...
GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE
Here's 'Golden Skans'
BUY, BORROW OR BREAK
Buy. For now.
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THE ONE YOU DON'T KNOW YOU WILL LOVE YET
Noisettes - 'What's The Time Mr Wolf'
They rock, they funk, they got the slink and the jibber. Noisettes have a lot going for them, apart from any enormous degree of hype from the music press. And that seems a shame bearing in mind the mind-boggling strength of singles like 'Sister Rosetta', which comes across like the White Stripes, Fall Out Boy and Goldfrapp having some kind of illicit liaison in a dark alley (possibly one involving sex AND fighting).
GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE
Here's 'Sister Rosetta (Capture The Spirit)'
BUY, BORROW OR BREAK
Buy. Then buy tickets to go see them live...
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THE ONE FOR THE GEEZER IN YOUR LIFE
Just Jack - 'Overtones'
There's a tradition of brainy geezerpop which Mike Skinner tapped into with 'When You Wasn't Famous', and Lily Allen seems to have made her own, even though she's not, strictly speaking, a geezer. And it goes back a long way, through Madness, the Jam, the Specials, Slade, and back to the Kinks, Lonnie Donegan and straight on to music hall. It's not sexy, but it's whip-smart, takes no prisoners and insists that when you have troubles, you dance your way out, even if you end up crying your aftershave off as you go. Jack and Jamie T are the latest in this long line, with Jamie edging ahead on points due to his use of hip hop style while Jack romps home to victory with the bigger hit single. Swings, roundabouts.
GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE
Surely you know 'Starz In Their Eyes'?
BUY, BORROW OR BREAK
Borrow. Then buy the Jamie T album.
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