Album of the Week
Plastic Beach – Gorillaz
As ideas go, whatever shared brainwave struck Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett on the day they first conceived Gorillaz was a good’un. Spawned from hours spent watching reams of pop dross on MTV concocted to succeed on all counts but the music, with the invention of their animated four piece the only continuity the pair had to conform to were the characters 2D, Murdoc, Russel and Noodles.
In a classic case of ‘be careful what you wish for’ however, unlimited possibilities for the Gorillaz project have thus far met with underwhelming results.
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They’re Backular, It’s Almost Spectacular
Ok we’ll be honest here. When Brooklyn’s MGMT decided that they weren’t going to release any singles from their forthcoming follow-up to Oracular Spectacular we were concerned because, frankly the singles were the only good thing about Oracular Spectacular. Having heard Celebration’s free to download single ‘Flash Delirium’ though, we are tentatively confident for the outcome final product.
“Everybody In Love Don’t Forget To Strap Up”
Would you trust these men to guard your lil’ soldier against STDs, pregnancy and the like?
If your answer is yes then let the punning begin because today that bastion of reliable journalism The Sun is reporting that Durex and JLS are teaming up to produce their own range of coloured condoms, one for each member of the chart topping boy band.
Fight This Generation: 6 Pavement Factoids
You may not be familiar with messrs Malkemus, Nastanovich, Kannberg, West and Ibold but you will almost certainly have come across Blur’s ‘Song 2’. When Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon chose in 1997 to up sticks from the Britpop rat race, the Pavement patented model of slacker rock was the blueprint upon which they based their transformation. Today then with their greatest hits compilation Quarantine The Past hitting all good record stores, we thought now was the time for an introduction into the world of these indie rock icons via 6 specially chosen pieces of trivia.
Plastic Beach – Gorillaz
As ideas go, whatever shared brainwave struck Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett on the day they first conceived Gorillaz was a good’un. Spawned from hours spent watching reams of pop dross on MTV concocted to succeed on all counts but the music, with the invention of their animated four piece the only continuity the pair had to conform to were the characters 2D, Murdoc, Russel and Noodles.
In a classic case of ‘be careful what you wish for’ however, unlimited possibilities for the Gorillaz project have thus far met with underwhelming results.
Can’t Buy Me Love, Lady Gaga Tickets…
The Beeb reports that supplementary dates for a Madonna tribute act have almost doubled in price to a taking-the-piss-a-bit level of £75 for no obvious reason, causing many fans to voice concerns that such events are becoming unaffordable for all but the most dedicated, financially-endowed of musical pilgrims.
Every Track Is Borrowed, Most Are New
It’s been a while since we’ve done a ‘what we’re listening to’ feature and so with post haste we present to you fresh cuts from the likes of The Streets, Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse, Kate Nash, Foals and Kick Up The Fire. Incidentally if you’re wondering why we choose the disturbing on all levels picture above this is what happens when you type “man wears headphones” into Google Image Search. Just ridiculous…
Carry on…
A Brief Note On Ellie Goulding’s ‘Lights’
She may be the Brit Award winning BBC Sound of 2010 but Ellie Goulding still has to pass one final and crucially important test, The Counterfit ‘Seal of Approval’. Accordingly, whilst this electro-folk chanteuse can’t be blamed for being foisted upon the general public as the face of ‘new music’, she sure as hell can expect us to bust her chops for producing a thoroughly lacklustre debut album.
“I Am Getting So Hot I Wanna Put Some Foals On”
We’re not about to say that Yannis Philippakis and the rest of Foals deliberately released their brilliant comeback track ‘Spanish Sahara’ the very evening we beefed up the likelihood of them returning with a barnstormer but allow us for a moment to revel in pure circumstance…
