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The Killers have released a new Christmas song, Don’t Shoot Me Santa, with proceeds going to the RED campaign.
First impression? Thank God for a new Christmas tune, one that doesn’t take itself seriously at all, and which has a deranged ginger Santa trying to assassinate singer Brandon Flowers!
With the Spice Girls looking like dried up, surgically altered old hags, it looks like Girls Aloud are carrying the flag for Girl Power these days. And what better anthem for nu-female attitude than the theme to the St Trinian’s movie?
It’s nice to see GA doing punky and nasty for a change instead of their usual polished videos.
Shadow Of The Day is the third single from Linkin Park’s Minutes To Midnight album.
Now, although they’re not know for being a chirpy and upbeat band, Shadow Of The Day is probably the most depressing song I’ve heard recently. Unlike their better songs, Shadow doesn’t have that awesome climax and the words barely trouble Chester Bennington’s vocal chords at all.
With the release of Pumpkin Soup and previously Mouthwash, it’s obvious that Kate Nash’s inspiration for new songs comes from walking around the house and pointing at everyday objects. I’m eagerly awaiting the release of Tampon. It’s bound to happen.
Anyway, Pumpkin Soup is alarmingly upbeat. I was sort of expecting something droll and lumbering from Nash, but it’s full of rowdy brass and Cockney chorus shouting.
In these parts, Lupe Fiasco is still better known as Kanye West’s sidekick in the Touch The Sky video.
All that could be about to change though, when Mr Fiasco releases Superstar, an amazingly slick R&B groove about every rapper’s favourite subject: the high life.
Acoustic maestro Newton Faulkner is releasing a cover of Massive Attack’s classic single Teardrop.
First reaction: how is a dreadlocked singer/songwriter type going to pull off this song without becoming a public enemy?
Answer: Faulkner does an awesome job.
Well, manky Manc and former Stone Rose Ian Brown has just released a cracking new single, Sister Rose. And this time, backing is provided by Sex Pistols Steve Jones and Paul Cook.
Sister Rose is musically a funky but quite sinister track. You’ve got dramatic strings, growling distorted guitar over a basic snare and bass drum pattern. This one is begging to be played at nosebleed volumes.
I’m not normally a fan of Brown’s work, but this is worthy of a listen, especially since I’ve been bemoaning the lack of decent music lately. Score one for decent music then!
It’s apparent from Dannii Minogue’s new video that she still sees herself as some kind of sex symbol. That’s unfortunate, because neither of the Minogue sisters are looking sexy at the moment. Kylie because she’s in remission from cancer, Dannii because of her big forehead and sunken cheekbones and those big fake funbags she likes to flaunt. But we’d prefer not to see.
The video for You Talk sees the Babyshambles crew ambling around a forest somewhere while Pete Doherty drawls on about loving to get leathered. No surprises there then.
Whenever I hear a new Babyshambles track, I find myself looking out for the musical genius that Doherty & Co allegedly bring along with them. The thing is, I can’t find it. All that’s on offer here is pretty decent indie pop.
So, aside from being mildly disappointed about the fact that Babyshambles aren’t turning the indie genre on its head, tracks like You Talk and Delivery are worthwhile tracks. Although not enough to convince me to buy Shotter’s Nation…
After the relative pop success that was 1973, James Bland er, Blunt is back to his usual form. That is, caterwauling empty lyrics over a nice acoustic backing.
The problem is rarely with the music, it’s the tone of Blunt’s voice, the mundanity of these songs. They almost all seem to blend into one big lovelorn symphony. And from the moment a James Blunt song begins to the moment it ends, you find yourself wishing you were deaf for the duration.
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