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  • Review : Hadouken – For the masses

    On their second album, produced by Dutch Godlike producers NOISIA (so massive they have everything in capital letters), Hadouken! not only avoid the dreaded sophomore slump, but make a leap akin to what Godfather II did to Godfather one (or House Party III made to House Party II, yo!) Easily the UK’s deft response to…

  • Wake up song for today – 34

    Good ol’ Bromheads, they rocked DQ last saturday and now they are rockin’ this ultracool song (original version by The “5” Royales here). Thank you, dear Bromheads, for making me forget that horrid version by Bitty McLean (trust me, don’t search for it, some stuff can’t be unseen). By the way, get your FREE copy…

  • Wake up song for today -33

    My new favourite band The Golden Silvers welcome us into Friday with an eighties inspired, synth-abusing pop song with a truly elastic, funky bassline. Hello weekend! I am happy to report that these London lads also cut it live. They’ve got a great rhythm section and were among only a small handful of bands at…

  • Significant utterances and pure vibrations: the voice of a generation

                                             Ode to Colin Meloy   I seem to have a preference for those vocalists who are strange, challenging, unpredictable, idiosyncratic and creative. I love listening to something and then having to rethink everything I’ve ever heard as a result; something that leaves my mind as frazzled as the stylus on my record player. First there was Bowie,…

  • Wake up song for today – 32

    Hot Chip! If this tune doesn’t have you boogying around your breakfast cereal then you’re a lost cause!

  • Wake up song for today -31

    Classic song, classic band, classic wake up tune! Check out the leg-wiggling action: P.S.  Steve Marriott – one of the best vocalists of all time?

  • Wake up song for today -30

    If  you’re having a hard time, a bad day, feel like you’re stuck in a rut, been living in the city too goddamn long, got out of the wrong side of the bed, late to work, cold, hungry – this song will make everything better: A genius songwriter, this new kid on the block can…

  • Review: Spoon – ‘Transference’

    Riding high on the release of successful EP Got Nuffin (2009) Spoon are back with their seventh full-length studio album. Traditionally the band can be a little hit or miss – some previous offerings have left a wish-washy (or worse, bland) taste in the mouth. But Spoon wouldn’t have a huge underground following if they couldn’t deliver…

  • Accidental fumble into reality evokes sideways nod from indie scenesters … defining a new era to casual applause:

    Brand New – Déja Entendu   I have always been impressed by Brand New’s ability to write songs with the tug and tenacity to pierce through my consciousness and become some sort of rambled soundtrack to my everyday life, even when they were just ‘that pop-punk band’ that was ‘good’ when I was, myself, rambling down…

  • Wake up song for today -29

    A psyc-folk special here kids, two for the price of one. The first is a song by CocoRosie. This majestic and enrapturing track from 2005’s Noah’s Ark has always stayed with me. And the second comes from everybody’s favourite complete maniac Joanna Newsom, who is rather bloody fantastic.