04 August 2007

Some Things For The Weekend

Palladium - Midnight Service
Actual funk music it may be, but we’ll be drink mercury if there’s a more hook-laden, smile-inducing example of the genre. Palladium are a band who’ve got everyone (ie. twelve people in London) talking about them: are they the truly amazing new band they bill themselves as, or a pitiable bunch of failed session musicians who’ve clubbed together for one last crack at the big time? Whatever the answer, tunes like this will endear them to many.


Girls Aloud - Sexy! No No No…
Still amazing despite the by-numbers single sleeve.


MIA - Kala (LP)
We’ve been waiting for this album to ‘drop’ since the ‘Bird Flu’ promo appeared on YouTube in February. Now that it’s here there is only Christmas left to look forward to, and that is going to seem pretty shit by comparison. Unbelievably good, if you discount ‘Mango Pickle Down River’.


Dragonette - Take It Like A Man
This is available to buy in the shops RIGHT NOW and if you don’t go out and get a copy you are an enemy to music. It really is that simple. This is the highlight of Dragonette’s soon-to-be-released (probably) ‘Galore’ album - purchase of which should also be compulsory - and has a chorus that’s better than Prozac; like inhaling a cocktail of poppers and helium.


The Ting Tings - That’s Not My Name
There is a very peculiar sound at the beginning of this song. It sounds like someone swinging something round but could also be someone skipping. Whatever it is, it prefaces surely one of the year’s most joyous and danceable indiepop moments. Funnily enough, haven’t The Ting Tings got a fucking excellent name?


Dead Disco - The Treatment (Metronomy remix)
While the original is a neat bit of jangly guitar pop that rattles along nicely; this remix offers a wonderfully odd and slightly sinister-sounding view of things, evoking the sort of dark ‘n’ sweaty girl-based clubbing nightmares that we all wish weren’t ACTUALLY REAL.

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