Album of the Week
Odd Blood – Yeasayer
For Brooklyn’s Yeasayer the decision process behind the titling of their second album belongs unequivocally to the Ronseal school of product marketing. Odd Blood you see does exactly what it says on the tin.
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A Brief Note On: Helping Haiti – Everybody Hurts
There’s been a lot o’ crap written about the insipid choice of ‘Everybody Hurts’ as a charity single in aid of victims of the Haiti earthquake. The way we see it is like so…
Odd Blood – Yeasayer
For Brooklyn’s Yeasayer the decision process behind the titling of their second album belongs unequivocally to the Ronseal school of product marketing. Odd Blood you see does exactly what it says on the tin.
Mock The Week – 06/02/2010
WARNING: The following article contains images of a violent and destructive abuse of an award gong. Viewers of a sensitive nature are advised to look away.
Oh wait, it’s right above us.
Los Campesinos! – Romance Is Boring
A Welsh band that are zero percent Welsh, with pseudo-surnames which reek of ¡Forward Russia! styled branding and an album with more tracks than Network Rail; is Los Campesinos!’ third album destined for Marmite-like polarisation or does it somehow manage to produce something more diplomatic?
Spot The Difference: Ke$ha vs. Uffie
Hello readers! It’s Thursday afternoon and by my mark that means it’s time for a revival of the junior school exercise book classic: spot the difference. On the left of the picture split is Ke$ha, a bratty purveyor of American electro-pop. On the right of the picture split is Uffie, a snotty practitioner of French electro-pop.
Get Your 12” On
There are so, so many jokes to be made about vinyl records, and we’ve failed miserably in doing so. On the other hand, we have done quite a good job of rounding up the best places to find these large slabs of artistic heaven, so burn that iTunes gift card (only Velvet Underground fans should inhale the fumes though) and stroll on through…
The Counterfit’s School Of Impeccable Taste: February Singles Report
Oi you at the back! Stop your sniggering and put that chewing gum in the bin before I slap you with a week’s worth of lunchtime litter duties. Many an artist is hoping to make February their month courtesy of a spine tingling single and if you don’t pay attention then you’ll end up behind in the naughty corner with Cotton and Mills. The little tykes! Eyes down then and don’t forget your 2000 word essay on “the post-modern philosophy behind ‘Ice Ice Baby’” is due in next Thursday…
We Miss The Pipettes :-(
The Pipettes were one of those bands that got chewed up and spat out in the hype maelstrom before anyone had the chance to ascertain whether they were any good or not. As it turns out, they had two amazing singles and an underwhelming album in the closet. Still ‘Pull Shapes’ and ‘Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me’ were so fun that we occasionally hanker for a single with the same 50s sheen and matching dance routines.
One Life Stand – Hot Chip
The timing of One Life Stand’s arrival could not be better. With British guitar music currently off on its once a decade slumber centre stage has effectively been ceded to electronica. To garner the mass appeal that was theirs for the taking, all Hot Chip really needed to do with their fourth record was up their ‘crossover classic’ singles count to three. Instead they took their feet off the BPM, indulged in a bit too much Mills & Boon and became hopeless romantics instead.
Mock The Week – 30/01/2010
This week, whilst some music journalist were busy trying to justify covering the Apple iPad (cause album art looks better on a 9” screen y’know), others occupied themselves by writing something interesting. This is our tribute to them.
