TRACK REVIEWS
The Orwells – 'Other Voices'
Something great is happening in Chicago, spearheaded by teenage punks The Orwells and their fuzzbox buddies Twin Peaks. 'Other Voices', produced by Dave Sitek, is perhaps the best thing to emerge from the scene so far. A raucous three-minute take...
Lauryn Hill – 'Neurotic Society'
It doesn’t matter that 'Neurotic Society' isn't mastered sleekly, has no hook and was released (cynically?) just as Hill was heading to prison. Because this jerky rant is worth waiting over a decade for. Welcome back, L-Boogie. Lucy Jones,...
This Week's Single Reviews - 20/5/13
Gold Panda - 'Brazil' (Notown) The one thing this first track from UK producer Gold Panda’s second album ‘Half Of Where You Live’ absolutely doesn’t need is a man saying “Brazil” every three seconds over the top of it. It turns what...
Paramore - 'Still Into You'
When people say Paramore have ‘gone pop’ what they mean is the trio have become No Doubt. The band’s all about frontwoman Hayley Williams now, who’s going big on the becoming Gwen Stefani thing with her half-pink, half-red hair and...
Valerie June - 'Wanna Be On Your Mind'
The Next Big Thing With Smoky Vocals. And why not. Tennessee-born June makes what she calls “organic moonshine roots music”, which sounds like, y’know, bullshit. Or something Levi Roots would stick on the front of a bottle of Reggae Reggae...
San Cisco - 'Fred Astaire'
In what can only be seen as a tragic side-effect of this country’s obsession with celebrity culture, San Cisco frontman Jordi Davieson is convinced the love of his life would be better off with world-famous Broadway dancer Fred Astaire, who’s...
Ocean Colour Scene - 'Doodle Book'
No shit, this is actually about drawing. “Doodle book with all your friends’ names on/Doodle book is what our minds are made of/Doodle all the faces of your loved ones”. Piano, trumpets, really basic drums, Simon Fowler singing like he’s...
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, 'Mermaids'
“She was a catch/And we were a match/I was the match that would fire up her snatch”. There aren’t many men in music who’d get away with an opening lyric like that. Dappy? They’d arrest him. Bob Dylan? People would go “eugh”. Robbie...
Gold Panda - 'Brazil'
The one thing this first track from UK producer Gold Panda’s second album ‘Half Of Where You Live’ absolutely doesn’t need is a man saying “Brazil” every three seconds over the top of it. It turns what is a dose of hardcore sunshine...
Sky Larkin – 'Motto'
Sky Larkin – 'Motto' Fresh from touring the planet as part of Wild Beasts' live band, Katie Harkin returns to her day job with Sky Larkin. This Sonic Youth-tinged taste of the Leeds band's third record snarls and strains at the leash. You can...
