Turn Tail is the third song to come from The Young Knives most recent album Superabundance. The band are well reputed for their frantic punky tunes and geeky lyrics, so I was quite surprised that the band released this track.
Sunderland rockers The Futureheads are on form, it would seem - 'The Beginning Of The Twist' is a pithy slice of northern post-punk at its best.
Alt rockers Jimmy Eat World's latest release to hit the UK chart is Always Be - the second single taken from their fifth album, 'Chase The Light'.
Fellow Mancunian Doug Walker was a relative unknown before the release of 'The Mystery', his first single - but thanks to some creative stalking of Radio 1 DJ's Chris Moyles and subsequent airplay has found his initial chart success.
Perhaps taking a page out of the success of the Pussycat Dolls with their highly-produced upbeat songs, the Sugababes hit the chart with their sassy-sounding 21st single - 'Denial'.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. It's a stupid name.
Ah, remixes. Naught better during lean times to fall back on resampling old classics - and I must confess, I'm a bit of a fan of the old classic Utah Saints' Something Good. It takes me back to a more honest age of computer music, rough-edged samples and synths, with more of an exploratory sound.
American indie rock set We Are Scientists are in the charts this week with their latest offering; After Hours, from the album 'Brain Thrust Masterey'. With a very radio friendly sound, this is the sort of song you can find yourself humming along to without really meaning.
Little Volcanoes are a pop/rock 4-piece from Manchester, comprising of Philip Quinn on vocals, Chris Fry on guitar, Mike Edmonds on bass and Elliot Barlow on drums.
Fans of Greg Dulli (ex-Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers) and Mark Lanegan (ex-Screaming Trees, Twilight Singers, Mark Lanegan Band, *breathes*, QOTSA, etc) have been drooling in anticipation for this long-awaited collaborative release, and as one of those fans, I can safely say it lives up to expectations and then some. It's a joy to sit back and absorb the dark, brooding, bluesy atmosphere that this record projects; as always Lanegan's rusty baritone sends chills right to the bone in a way that only his voice can.
Let's not beat about the bush here. I'm talking about:
In fact, I honest-to-Chris Cornell can't tell the difference between the first three bands. Seriously, they sound identical to me. I'm sure I've probably missed some other offenders off the list, and I'm also sure that as I write this, more of these jumped up little shits will be forming more bands that sound even more the same as each other.
hat these 'artists' (and I use the term looooooooosely) have in common is their fucking irritating, bouncy upbeat music, with no dynamics, no real thought, meaningless lyrics, 'wacky' sounding lead singers with 'I'm one of the people' regional accents and most of all, their complete and utter lack of soul.
You may not even have noticed this sudden upsurge of mediocre wank- indeed, the likes of Jo Whiley and Edith Bowman have been drip-feeding you this shite in dribs and drabs until you have become completely used to it. STOP. Stop and think about how this is now what people see as 'indie'. Stop for a second, and think about Radiohead, and the Manics, and even Embrace and Coldplay, and real musicians and real soul.
This stuff is now what 12 and 13 year olds are growing up and being influenced by. This is what they think is 'indie', or 'alternative', this is the unfortunate soundtrack to their rebellion.
Amongst teenagers, rock has been lost to emo. Now indie has been lost to this, and nobody seems to have noticed.
Well here we go.. A couple of weeks into 2008 and we're already seeing old bands trying to make a comeback.
Poor, demented Britney has been in the press virtually every day over the last few months, her every bizarre movement recorded by a gaggle of paparazzi and splashed across every tabloid and gossip site. I almost forgot, amongst the media scandals, that she was a pop star.
When I first heard this song I wondered if the title was some sort of ironic statement because the intro went on for effing ages. I was starting to think it was an instrumental.
It seems to be female-singer-songwriter season at the moment, 19 year old Adele being a prominant surfer on the current wave.
Love or hate her songs or vocal style, there's no denying that Adele's distinctive soulful voice displays a talent which surpasses many female singers ten years her senior.
Babies are funny things. All they seem to do is cry and poo themselves. They also have no taste whatsoever when it comes to music. Baa-baa black sheep over the Beatles? Madness.
If your pervy ways lean towards 80's electro and Super Furry Animals, you'll be slipping your tongue into 'Raquel' for quite some time. I know I will. She's gorgeous! But it gets weirder. The entire record (Stainless Style) is themed around the life of John Delorean. Ah, now it makes sense.
Even if you're not a Take That fan you've got to admit that they've done amzingly well for themselves. Their comeback has been nothing short of miraculous, playing to sold-out stadiums, getting number-one after number one and even better, making Robbie Williams look like a bit of a twat for refusing to join them.