How do you improve on 'Call The Shots'?
Easy: put a donk on it. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhixH_XuDQY Of course when we say 'improve on' what we sort of mean is 'make ten times worse', but this Alex K version (which has…
The Briefing
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A Ladyhawke-related time saving device
The problem with the Ladyhawke album is that we're finding ourselves spending a lot of time telling people how good it is. This is time we could otherwise be spending…
About that Keane song yesterday
When we said that we could quite put our finger on what the intro sounded like we were using the popular literary device of 'irony'. Please note two references to…
A very big pop thing is coming.
And we can't tell you about it. We have been told not to tell you. If we tell you we will be in a lot of trouble. Sorry. :(
We don't know what this is but it's probably worth a look
Xenomania, the hit factory responsible for the best single of Abs' career as well as a handful of other fairly decent pop ditties, are clearly 'up to something'. "Xenomania Records…
Are Keane hitting an all-time high?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmOlLvqtPgc Do you know what, if the rest of the new Keane album is as good as these tracks that keep appearing online it's going to be one of the…
It's 7" Coloured Vinyl Face-Off Wednesday
We love coloured 7" vinyl. You can stick it on the wall. Let's see how the coloured 7" vinyl of Little Boots' recent single 'Meddle' compares to the 7" coloured vinyl…
This came out last year. Why did nobody tell us?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V28dR0zLLOs It's 'Japanese Boy' by Shanadoo. Shanadoo are a confusing sort of thing: they're a Japanese girlgroup signed an A&Rd in Germany. Lots of their songs are covers of songs…
A truly incredible Pink video…
Like we said the other week, 'So What' is more the soundtrack to a nervous breakdown than a fully confident and over it 'Since U Been Gone' sort of affair,…
The Pacific! album pacifically entails good tunes
As you can tell from the exclamation mark in their name and signifiers too numerous to mention in the photograph above, Pacific! are a cool band. Fortunately they also make…