It’s Tuesday afternoon, so it must be time for a picture like this:
We’re sure you’ll join us in a hearty cry of FUCKING HELL.
That’s M.I.A., looking every bit the amazing global superstar she is.
>> Bright blue wig! >> Military helmet!! >> Silver sleeves!!! >> Daring purple mini/blue tights ‘combo’!!!!
It’s such a brilliant picture, it actually makes us ashamed not to be a popstar.
>> Look at the glasses!!!!!
That is exactly what famous people should look, dress and act like. Mediocrity should be banned from today onwards. It's no coincidence that had All Saints dressed like that instead of all that khaki ‘business’, they would still be popular today.
Let’s also have a look at M.I.A.’s new album sleeve, while we’re at it:
YES.
The album (‘Kala’) has leaked and, to put it mildly, IS FUCKING AMAZING.
We’ll be reviewing it in full soon enough, but for the time being here is what you can expect to hear when it hits the shops later in August.
>> Unbelievable four-song opening salvo >> Slow middle bit >> Pixies references >> Crazy new version of XR2 >> All-round ‘Album Of The Year’ contendership
c) mildly-piss-taking-but-affectionate cover versions
read on. If you’re not a fan, read on anyway. Go on, read on.
Why? Because a) has done a c) of b)’s hit ‘The Girls’, that’s why.
They’ve renamed it ‘The Boys’ for gender-based reasons, and turned it into a party monster with a bassline bouncier than a ball of elastic bands for dancing-based reasons. They’ve also added loads of amazing hooks and ‘vocal refrains’ to it, for reasons known only to themselves.
This cover proves beyond doubt that every song in the known universe can be improved immeasurably just by having Martina Sorbara do the vocal.
Hear this for yourself by downloading it from here.
‘Your very own’ hip young gunslinger went along to Clique on Friday night, and very good it was too. For those of you who don’t know, Clique is a monthly club night in Manchester that plays ‘digital dance-pop to dressed up kids’, and is generally very amazing.
Last Friday saw the club’s second birthday party, with a mixture of faithful regulars and students who couldn’t be bothered going home for the summer turning out in force to celebrate. It was hyg’s first Clique and to say it blew us away would be a bit like saying those thunderstorms last week ‘made Gloucester a bit wet’. It proved conclusively that there are people in Manchester committed to modernising the city’s stagnant clubbing scene, and that awful ‘indie discos’ and FOOKIN’ELL-NICE-SHIRT-MATE funky house nights really ought to be a thing of the past.
We are going to write a proper article about Clique in time for the next one. Until then, here are some notes from last Friday.
:: The free birthday punch was that tastiest thing ever. :: The massive mirror near the DJ booth is good for checking your outfit. :: But bad for making you think the room carries on and you can in fact walk through the mirror, even though this is physically impossible and will only result in terrible injury. :: The Clique kids sure know how to dress: even the people who turned up in t-shirt and trainers (and jeans and underwear, obv.) looked bloody amazing. :: It might not be the best place in the world if you’re claustrophobic. :: Or intimidated by large, sweaty, pop-obsessed crowds going mental. :: Seriously, the punch was brilliant. :: The music they played was very good indeed, with our particular highlights being:
1) Girls Aloud - ‘Sexy! No, No, No…’ 2) Kate Nash - Foundations (Metronomy remix) 3) The Cribs - Men’s Needs (CSS remix) 4) M.I.A - Pull Up The People 5) The Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres
(That is just a small sample of the brilliant music they play at Clique).
More information about the club can be found here.
Beautifully-designed and bloody funny website The Console recently mentioned us in an article about 'stuff to check out online whilst the water levels rise around your ankles'.
Whilst we're not entirely sure that reading inane drivel about how bad The Twang are is the sort of thing you want to be doing while your carpets and health are ruined by stagnant floodwater, we thank The Console wholeheartedly for the recommendation.
Have a look at this ‘video mash-up’ that someone has done for one of M.I.A.’s new tunes, the horn-tastic ‘XR2’. In it they’ve spliced shitloads of random clips to fit the track, creating something that is a lot more worthwhile than most ‘promo clips’ are these days.
Some notes before viewing:
:: It’s made by someone called ‘monkeyman133’ (LOL r@nDomZ!!11) :: It’s quite clever but loses the plot a bit after about four minutes. :: The ‘whistle-whistle-blow-blow’ bit is probably the best thing you will ever see. :: EDIT: The SECOND ‘whistle-whistle-blow-blow’ bit, not the Eric Prydz one. FYI. :: The whole mini-Jacko segment is amazing. :: There is a short ‘Thriller’-based intermission (YAY) with overweight men dancing (BOO). :: It ends with some Brazilian DJs, FYI.
Spin these tunes tonight/tomorrow/Sunday if you're into that sort of thing and you are sure to create some sort of mayhem (NB. not an actual guarantee).
Girls Aloud - Sexy! No, No, No… Despite Rav Singh’s best efforts, Girls Aloud refuse to split up and instead get on with the business of releasing more nonsensical-but-amazing ravepop anthems like this. You can read a little bit more about the new single here.
M.I.A. - Boyz RELEASE THE FUCKING ALBUM WOMAN.
Architecture In Helsinki - Heart It Races Surprisingly good summer tune from a terribly-named band. At first it sounds like they’ve pulled the old ’WE are SO ObScure AnD ’AvanT garDe’ LOLOL’ trick of throwing a microphone around a kitchen and shouting a lot, but what they’ve actually done is craft a nice bit of upbeat mayhem featuring steel drums and lots of sunshine. Clever.
Nicole Sherwingerzingeringer - Whatever You Like Ridiculously bad and self-important shite from PCD’s very own Beyonce (ie. the one who thinks she’s ‘The Star Of The Fucking Show’). From all the noise and bluster, you’d think something important was actually happening. SHUT UP YOU BORING WOMAN. This still shits on anything ‘Fergie’ has done, though.
Timbaland - The Way I Are Almost too good, and nearly a replacement for our lost summer.
Jojo - Beautiful Girls Some bloke has brought this song out, but ultimately, he isn’t Jojo. Jojo on the other hand, IS Jojo, which makes this entirely-amazing, ‘Stand By Me’-sampling pop number a sure-fire hit. Coming soon to mobile phones at the back of a bus near you, this gets the award for 2007’s most-inappropriate vocal hook - “Suicidal, SUICIDAL!” - and brings Dame Jo of Jo’s ‘good songs’ tally up to an impressive three. She’s still got a fucking HUGE head, FYI.
Kate Nash - Foundations Set to topple umbrella-wielding lunatic Rihanna from the number one spot this Sunday, more brilliant tunes like this and we will finally be able to put the Kate Nash debate to bed once and for all, as long as she doesn’t pull any more shit like ‘Caroline Is A Victim’ on us.
There is literally NO TIME to write about the remixes we're about to 'put you on' - not this week, anyway - but we thought you might like to know that:
Kate Nash - Foundations (Metronomy remix) Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name (Mr. Oizo remix)
and
The Holloways - Generator (Modernaire remix)
and
Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow (To My Boy remix)
are all extremely excellent and should be sought out forthwith.
We will say more about them next week.
In the meantime, if you have done a remix of a song or know one that is particularly amazing, email us at hipyounggunslinger@hotmail.co.uk and we will give it a listen.
Modernaire - not just your dad’s name for an ambitious haircut, but also a brilliant new band from Manchester (what, another?!, etc.) who specialise in smart ’n’ sexy pop songs that you can not only dance to but also think about as well, should you so wish.
They sing drama-filled and glamorous ditties about things like murder, gambling, sex, murder, death, the weather and murder. While a preoccupation with the macabre might not go down too well at a Samaritan’s job interview, rule #371 of All Music states that it is perfectly fine when set against a sexy electronic backing by well-dressed eccentrics.
The souls in question are ‘Oscar Wildstyle’ and ‘Cruella de Mill and the 101 Damnations’.
Let’s pause for a second to digest those names. In an age when ‘Phil Etheridge’ is considered an acceptable name for a pop star, isn’t it refreshing to find a band who put a bit of thought into their monikers? Yes it is.
Apart from an excellent set of stage names, what else have Modernaire got going for them? We asked Oscar Wildstyle from the band for some cold, hard facts:
“Well, we're a pop duo in Manchester, we've been on several compilations, played lots on Xfm, toured with The Hot Puppies, remixed The Holloways, and we sleep with our daggers by our side.”
Presumably he’s not referring to the band Daggers (who Modernaire have also remixed), although that would be a very sexy prospect, and should probably be looked into as a future collaboration. However, we digress.
One of Modernaire’s best songs is ‘Bloodshed In The Woodshed’. Admittedly, quite a large portion of it does sound like the Only Fools And Horses theme tune (albeit a version based heavily on, well, bloodshed) but the OFAH theme tune is fucking brilliant. And had it featured lyrics like
‘Sharp scythes Rusty knives Bedroom full of beehives’
would have been even better. This is indisputable fact, FYI.
Other songs include ‘Rain’, about Manchester’s watery climate, which features a threat from the protagonist to up sticks and leave should it ever rain again - a bit like threatening to do a runner if the sun comes up. Like most Modernaire songs it’s got great lyrics, mixing light and dark shades of dramatic wit in a way possibly not seen since a certain bequiffed miserablist last yodelled his way around Salford.
Then there’s ‘Taste’, which has - amongst other things - a trumpet solo. Not just any old trumpet solo, mind, but one performed by a person pretending to be a trumpet. It’s fair to say that there are simply not enough pop songs where singers do impressions of musical instruments these days.
‘Nosferatu’ is as gothic as its title suggests, and will send a shiver down your spine with its breathy, eerie vocals and (actual) violin solo - not really one to listen to with the lights off - while the work they’ve done on The Holloways’ novelty hit ‘Generator’, giving it a weird and wonderful oddpop retune, makes it about 1000 times more worthwhile and interesting than it was before.
If you like your pop music intelligent, slightly dark and more danceable than the hokey cokey on tequila, Modernaire are definitely a band to look out for.
Like all the best ravers, we absolutely LOVE breakneck, bonkers, madder-than-your-gran-when-she’s-on-gin-‘n‘-pills mixtapes. Especially ones that are ‘eclectic’.
A while back we told you about a ‘crush mix’ that our New Favourite Producers Pirate Soundsystem had done for Xfm. That was a 100mph race through a series of rave classics new and old, and featured delights including Whigfield singing over the top of Vitalic.
Now it’s the turn of eccentric and brilliant Scouse electro poppers To My Boy (who we mentioned in Spinning Around a few weeks ago), who’ve put together their very own mix for people to play “at MySpace parties while causing £20,000 worth of damage to somebody else's parents' house”.
Starting off with a steroid-abusing ‘SexyBack’, this party animal takes in many old school highlights (including Kenny Dope and Techno-fucking-tronic) as well as some more recent ‘cuts’. It’s a lot of fun too - where else could you expect to hear M.I.A. newie ‘XR2’ (which is amazing, FYI) segueing into Paul Simon’s ’classic’ ’You Can Call Me Al’? Not many places, is the unfortunate answer.
Download the mix and read the superbly-punctuated blog post that accompanies it…
The ever-brilliant Popjustice has done a short interview with famous-for-never-quite-being-famous band The Modern (who are now called Matinee Club apparently), which wouldn’t normally be big news, but the interview does feature our Favourite Answer To A Question This Year, or possibly ever. Look:
Is it going to happen this time, and what do you perceive 'happen' to mean? "Well to "happen" for us was always getting on the cover of Smash Hits, having a Top of the Pops appearance and being booked for a John Peel session. So I guess we're fucked..."
Fucked maybe, Emma from Matinee Club, but very funny nonetheless.
Hi fans! Sorry for being away so long, this is because Maximo Park has been all around the world playing to billions of people at festivals! Festivals are amazing, because unlike normal gigs, they are OUTDOORS. What’s all the fuss, I hear you say? Surely that just makes them freezing cold with shit sound and grass. Well, yes. But it also gives you the opportunity to connect with thousands of people at once. Like at Glastonbury 1997 when Thom Yorke got them to turn the lights off so he could see the crowd - he was connecting then, with THOUSANDS of people.
I’ve connected with many people this summer. True, a lot of them have chosen to ‘connect’ with me via the medium of the piss-filled missile (usually a bottle, although there have been some water bombs) but that is just down to festival hi-jinks! I know, in that moment, as a stranger’s urine runs down the back of my neck, that I’ve really connected with them. Really made them feel something about my music.
Anyway, an old track that I’ve been feeling things about recently is ‘He’s A Rebel’ by The Crystals. It’s an old girl group song, with plinky piano, horns, and lyrics about a boy - just like all the best girl group songs. I like to listen to it on my ipod as I walk down the street and pretend they are singing about me.
‘He’s a rebel ‘cos he Never ever does what he should But just because he doesn’t do what everybody else does That’s no reason we can’t share love’
That’s right, fans, just like the boy in the song, Paul Smith is uniquely dangerous, but loved by all the girls. I often whistle along and do a little skip when the song comes on my ipod.
I have heard that some young people are trying now to emulate the old sound of these girl groups, including Amy Winehouse and ‘The Pipettes’. I haven’t heard any songs by these people, but I can’t imagine them being any good.
I don’t see the point in rehashing old sounds. In an ideal world, all bands would be innovative, dangerous and FUTURISTIC - just like Maximo Park.
:: It’s louder than Sarah Harding after a few power shandies.
:: Musically, it doesn’t make much sense.
:: The raised-finger-pointing-upwards bit of the dance routine is quite good but no match for the little bounce they do during and just after the intro.
:: It cements Girls Aloud’s position as the poster girls of new rave (even though new rave doesn’t exist, etc. etc.)
:: The title is not only ridiculous but also destined to be incorrectly annotated by 99% of anyone who ever tries.
:: Possible ‘interpretations’ include:
’Sexy… No. No? No!’ ‘Sexy? No, No, No’ ’Sexy! No! No! No!’ ‘Sexy! …No No No’ ‘Sexy No No’
:: And so on.
:: (Someone will inevitably try to chuck in a few parentheses too).
:: That means that, in the ‘potential title confusion’ stakes at least, ‘Sexy! No, No, No…‘ is way ahead of ‘Song 4 Mutya (Out of the Sugababes)’, or whatever it‘s called.
:: The intro is amazing.
:: Radio 1 will probably edit the intro.
:: Judging from the first 30 seconds, Ashley Cole must have lost the will to live while wooing wife Cheryl. She’s well up for having a coffee (“Hell yeah!”) but not so keen on any of the fun stuff, like dancing or ‘whispering honey’.
:: Poor Ashley.
:: But wait! The verses reveal that all of Girls Aloud have minds ridden with filthy thoughts, they’re just big on playing hard to get! Apparently it’s ’sexy’. Hurrah!
:: Overall, it’s like a version of ‘Something Kinda Ooooh’ that is nearly as good as ‘Biology’.
:: But still nowhere near as good as ‘Biology’, obviously.
We are well aware that HYG is 'not what it used to be'.
We know there should be more of everything. At the very least, there should be something. Your emails prove that (thanks for those by the way).
We are currently considering heading in a new direction (don't worry, it won't be boring - we‘re not about to go acoustic on you) and ever-so-slightly shifting our focus.
We can't say too much right now, but what we can confirm is that it will be the most exciting thing you've ever seen and/or read. Probably. We are bringing sexy back.
To all the brilliant bands and club nights who've been in touch recently: hello. You are not being ignored. Plans are 'afoot' for your blogular involvement.
If you are in a brilliant band or run a brilliant club night and would like to be involved in the revolution feel free to get in touch.
If you’re not in a band but would like to say something, particularly if you have any suggestions for things you’d like to see on the blog, drop us a line.
Coming up this week we’ve got Paul Smith popping in for another Obscurer, a feature about an amazing new band called Modernaire and some other cool stuff too. After that, well, who knows what the future will bring?
Calvin Harris released an album about four weeks ago. We knew about it; we even wrote about it. We just forgot to put the review online. Oh well, for the record:
Calvin Harris - I Created Disco
Opening your album with a pastiche track might not be the best way of ramming your ‘serious artist’ credentials down people’s throats while simultaneously complaining about being marketed as a pop star, but that’s what Calvin Harris does on ‘I Created Disco’.
The track in question, ‘Merrymaking At My Place’ is a near-perfect aping of LCD Soundsystem’s ‘Daft Punk Is Playing At My House’ and sets a knowing tone that continues throughout the rest of the album. It’s obvious that Mr. Harris knows shitloads about pop music and that he uses this knowledge to produce very well-made songs, but the question remains: does he mean any of it?
From the ironic cries of ‘Oh!’ that open the album to the title track’s surreal monologue, to the frequent dips into bizarre cruise ship funk, it becomes difficult to fathom whether this is a serious stab at making a pop/dance crossover album, or just an elaborate joke.
Either way what is indisputable is that the tunes here are plentiful and massive. ‘Vegas’, ‘The Girls’ and ‘Acceptable In The 80s’ all sound like attractive old friends you want to sleep with, while the amazing ‘I Created Disco’ is easily the equal of anything off Daft Punk’s ‘Homework’.
So while the album might have a whiff of Media Studies about it, it is undeniably fun (cruise ship funk aside), packed with tunes and therefore destined to soundtrack more than a little merrymaking this summer. It will probably sound brilliant at a barbecue, put it that way.
7 out of 8.
Additional points :: There are 14 tracks but two of them are not proper songs. :: The special edition comes in a GLOW IN THE DARK sleeve. :: Which means it glows, in the dark. :: Stick that up your arse, Sophie ‘Minimalist’-Bextor.
You might have recently seen adverts for a compilation called JUST GREAT SONGS, by ‘Various Artists’ (whoever they are). However, there has been a mistake.
We got hold of a copy of JUST GREAT SONGS the other day, and could not wait to get it unwrapped. ‘Imagine that‘, we thought, ‘a CD with JUST GREAT SONGS on it - and no rubbish ones. This is going to be amazing!’
:(
Yes, it seems there’s been a mistake at the pressing plant, because our copy of JUST GREAT SONGS is not JUST GREAT SONGS at all. Some of them are bloody woeful. But what would the compilation look like if they got rid of all the shit?
Well, apart from 'like an EP', this:
JUST EIGHT SONGS
Disc: 1 1. The Fray - How To Save A Life 2. James Morisson - You Give me Something 3. Razorlight - America 4. The Kooks - Naïve 5. Lily Allen - Smile 6. Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On 7. Norah Jones - Come Away With Me 8. The Zutons - Valerie 9. Coral - Dreaming Of You 10. The Calling - Wherever You Will Go 11. Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life 12. Travis - Driftwood 13. Shawn Mullins - Lullaby 14. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah 15. Nerina Pallot - Sophia 16. Joss Stone - You Had Me 17. Jose Gondalaz - Heartbeats 18. Alanis Morissette - Ironic (Acoustic Album Version) 19. KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See 20. The Feeling - Never Be Lonely Disc: 2 1. The View- Same Jeans 2. Coldplay - Speed Of Sound 3. The Killers - When You Were Young 4. Keane - Somewhere Only We Know 5. Evenescence - Bring Me To Life 6. Primal Scream - Country Girl 7. The Magic Numbers - Take A Chance 8. John Mayer - Gravity 9. Train - Drops Of Jupiter 10. Badly Drawn Boy - Journey From A To B 11. Doves - Black And White Town 12. Feeder - Tumble And Fall 13. Kings Of Leon - The Bucket 14. The Stone Roses - Waterfall 15. Nickelback - How You Remind Me 16. Starsailor - Good Souls 17. Turin Brakes - They Can't Buy The Sunshine 18. Embrace - Nature's Law 19. REM - Nightswimming 20. Oasis - Wonderwall
Why? Because an indie musician has ‘re-imagined’ a pop hit, that‘s why!
Some of you may be aware of ‘Umbrella’, a song by Rihanna which has unexpectedly but brilliantly become this summer’s Smash Hit, selling truckloads and uniting everyone in a frenzy of rain-defying friendship declaration in the process.
Well, ‘Scott Simon’ is also aware of Umbrella. What he is more aware of though - acutely aware, you might say - is that being a pop song, Umbrella has literally NO MEANING.
So he’s decided to ‘inject’ some, mainly by slowing the song right down and singing it as though his wife has just died. As far as covers go, it is right up there alongside the time Starsailor showed the world how ’Push The Button’ should really have sounded.
It’s a good job we’ve got indie musicians looking out for us, or else we’d be left with hundreds of useless pop songs just lying around, devoid of all meaning and point. Imagine what the world would be like without the tireless work these people do, constantly ‘providing a new slant’ on popular songs. We truly are lucky.
If you’re one of the many people left royally fucked-off by Amy Winehouse’s strict rule of drinking heavily during soundchecks, perhaps you might console yourself with this.
‘This’ being a new version of ‘Rehab’, with Jay-Z shouting all over it.
It comes as a pleasant surprise, especially since we thought Jay had come out of retirement solely to introduce other people’s albums (see Fall Out Boy and Rihanna). The result equals his best verse for about three years, and injects one of the tunes of 2006 with enough new verve to ensure you could still put it on at a party without getting a kicking.
If you’re someone who can usually find whatever mp3s you want on Google, go ahead.
Timbaland - The Way I Are Splendid new single that sounds even better when played very loudly by people who have speakers where their car doors should be.
To My Boy - Eliminate Bonkers electropop from the Liverpool area. Like all good electro records, this one sounds like the suicide note of a drunken robot that never really worked properly.
Frankie Valli - Beggin’ (Pilooski Edit) Back in 1998, the entire top 40 singles chart was made up of ‘swinging dance remixes’ of old songs by even older people. Nowadays they are a bit more thin on the ground, but no less effective if done properly. This one is, making the complete lack of sunshine in which to enjoy it all the harder to take.
M.I.A. - Boyz Making its second appearance, because every time we hear it we get a little bit more excited about M.I.A.’s new album. And also because we heard it the other night while we were very drunk and nearly broke an ankle (and several glasses) leaping from our chair ‘in approval’.
The Doctor Who Theme Tune The finale of the latest season of Doctor Who, starring the talented and not-exactly-ugly John Simm, went out last week, making this the perfect time to remember how ridiculously amazing the music at the beginning of every episode is.
Hadouken! - The Bounce (Live) The sound of being strapped to a bass amp and kicked around by giants, this live track just proves how exciting, energetic and downright brilliant Hadouken! really are. Tickets to hear them doing this and much more are floating about right now. You should make it your life’s work to obtain one.
a) Bad Girl Gone Singin’ Lessons b) Good Girl Gone Bad c) Bad Girl Gone Good d) Good Girl Gone Bard
2) Calvin Harris had a hit with ‘Acceptable In The 80s’, but which of the following SHOULD NOT have been acceptable in the 80s?
a) Mullets b) Mullets c) Mullets d) Mullets
3) What ‘rating’ did Queens Of The Stone Age breakthrough album carry?
a) PG-13 b) Rated R c) “Mature” d) Mum Says I Can’t Watch It ‘cos It’s An 18 But I’ve Already Seen Four 12s and a 15.
4) What is the singer out of New Young Pony Club called?
a) Tahita b) Tabitha c) Taito d) Toshiba
5) Which Arctic Monkeys song did Tom Jones cover at the Concert For Diana?
a) Mardy Bum b) I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor c) Brianstorm d) When The Sun Goes Down
6) Manic Street Preachers returned to Glastonbury this year, but by which ’socialist gesture’ did they upset everyone in 1999?
a) Had their own toilet. b) Killed a few cows. c) Sold merchandise from the stage during their set. d) Bought Jo Whiley’s silence.
The answers to the last quiz were: ‘Orange’, ’Disco’, ’Riot in Belgium and Punks Jump Up’, ’play a big concert’, ‘Patins’ and ‘Bit of a Blur’, obviously.
Poetry, as you’re no doubt aware, is a bit like music but with all the good bits taken out. With this in mind, imagine what would happen if someone put those good bits back in, thereby turning lumpen word plays back into bone fide pop music.
It would be pretty good, no doubt.
Now stop imagining that and pay heed to Penny Broadhurst, who has already done it.
HURRAH!
Frankly, anyone who starts a song with the line ‘Bring your own bodybag and do yourself in’ was always going to get the thumbs up from this blog but PB deserves it for her rich mix of music ‘n’ funnies.
Anyone who has heard Victoria Wood’s 1983 live album ‘Lucky Bag’ (and yes, that IS the most useless reference ever put forward by anyone ever) will instantly ‘get’ what’s on offer here. A mix of dry northern wit and a simple-but-effective backing that leaves you feeling warm inside, basically.
There’s not much else to say about Penny, who says that she has always adored pop (“it fires me up like nothing else; makes my heart sing out”), that isn’t already contained on her wonderful MySpace page, which we’re about to direct you to.
hip young gunslinger is a blog that bangs on and on about amazing music. Our strict 'NO SHIT OR BORING TUNES' policy means the genre-net is cast pretty wide, but generally, if you can fuck, fight or flail wildly across a dancefloor to it, we'll cover it.
Most of the time we're too lazy to upload MP3s but if we do and you're some sort of record company 'employee' type who wants rid, just give us a shout.
