There are slow weeks and there are slow, slow, slow weeks… Single of the Week: The Saturdays – If This Is Love The Saturdays feature two ex-members of S Club Juniors/ S Club 8, and three other young ladies. The tone and styling of the video leaves you in no doubt as to which other [...]
Archive for July, 2008
New Releases 28th July 2008
Posted: 28th July 2008 by MV in ReleasesTags: boogaloo stu, boring boring singles, bwo, nick cave, pendulum, pigeon detectives, slow week, the cool kids, the saturdays
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Single of the Week: Crystal Castles – Vanished It’s a slow week, one of those weeks where anything vaguely interesting is likely to win out simply by virtue of not being entirely predictable. Crystal Castles may be a bit too cool for school, but this is a pleasingly restrained, minimal affair, with a moody synth [...]
New Releases 14th July 2008
Posted: 16th July 2008 by MV in ReleasesTags: annie, black ghosts, ce'cile, css, har mar superstar, madonna, mcfly, neon neon, primal scream, the feeling
Single of the Week: Neon Neon – I Told Her on Alderaan/ Trick For Treat On a sunny day, it can occasionally seem like Gruff Rhys can do no wrong. It’s a sunny day today, and he’s back with another cut from his Boom Bip-collaboration Neon Neon’s near-flawless debut. And it’s a double A-side. The [...]
New Releases 7th July 2008
Posted: 11th July 2008 by MV in ReleasesTags: born ruffians, cajun dance party, calvin harris, christopher d ashley, cocknbullkid, come on gang!, displacements, dizzee rascal, hercules & love affair, innercity pirates, junkie xl, kitty daisy and lewis, last shadow puppets, metronomy, n.e.r.d, portishead, sharleen spiteri, those dancing days, underworld
Single of the Week: Those Dancing Days – Run Run Inevitably, as the year goes on, I’m bound to keep giving Singles of the Week to bands I like that are producing more of the same great stuff. There are a lot of singles out this week, and a lot them are kind of OK. [...]
Catch-up Time! Part 2 – June 2008
Posted: 11th July 2008 by MV in ReleasesTags: black kids, catch up, estelle, frankmusik, glasvegas, goldfrapp, ladyhawke, laura marling, lykke li, mgmt, mystery jets, rem, sebastien tellier, sonny j, the clik clik, the cure, the duke spirit, the kills, the long blondes, the school, tricky, we are scientists, weezer
So, so, so. Sunny, sunny June. A long, hazy, pleasant month with lots of good memories. And lots of singles to catch up on. Here’s the pick of them, including Single of the Week cuts from Mystery Jets (again), Frankmusik, The School, Weezer and Ladyhawke (again). Enjoy… 2nd June 2008 Single of the Week: Mystery [...]
Right then, I’m back. It’s been a while. We’ve got some catching up to do. It may take some time. Late May saw little in the way of spectacular single releases, but there were a decent bunch of tracks out there, capped by singles of the week from The Young Knives and Magic Wands. Here [...]