All My Goo

The 'Goo' section of my itunes has been filling with shit the last few weeks. No, not 'Good Charlotte', or 'Goo Goo Dolls'. And not even 'Goodbye Mr Mackenzie'. No, this is GOOD shit.

Good Shoes are from Sarf London. This is the kind of classic single that the first time you hear it sounds immediately familiar. In fact I feel sure I have been listening to this all summer... but it's not on my computer & I don't specifically recall hearing it anywhere. So maybe I haven't. I have been listening to their previous single 'We Are Not The Same' though, which is also excellent. We're talking jerky post-punky pop here. And though some of you may be tired of that, i'm never tired of hearing excellent tunes with a bit of an edge.



GOOD SHOES - ALL IN MY HEAD

Ace video, too:



Here's a short but very very sweet b-side from 'We Are Not The Same'. It starts off like Arcade Fire before turning into something much more Jam-like. Well, not exactly The Jam, but i'm terrible at thinking of the name of the band that other people sound like. So that'll have to do. I don't know whether to foreigners the phrase 'South West Trains' conjours up evocative and romantic images of rolling green hills? I just think of litter, cold coffee and a piece of chewing gum stuck to the seat.

GOOD SHOES - SOUTH WEST TRAINS


I've been sitting on this 'Goose' album for a while now, thinking 'I must post about this', and then thinking 'ah, shit it's no doubt been on every blog under the sun by now, so I won't bother'. But unbelievably Fluokids are the only people to have woken up to this fucking great album.

So far.



'British Mode' is the undoubted breakthrough song.... but there's loads of other great stuff here. 'Black Gloves' is a squelchy electro track, and a rocking opening to the album. 'Modern Vision' sounds like a Zoot Woman single. And there's a foot-tapping secret track at the end. Nice.



This is a really good album. I know Pure Groove were selling copies last month, but I don't think that was some kind of pre-release job. Whether it's this year or next, these guys WILL be big, and are destined to join that endless list of famous Belgians. Or Soulwax anyway, who are also the band they sound most similar too. Listen up, catch them live, buy the record. And be the envy of your friends in 6 months. It's on Skint Records by the way



GOOSE - BRITISH MODE

GOOSE - BRING IT ON


This is a fantastic remix of forthcoming Goodbooks (no space!) single 'Leni' by Kissy Sell Out. KSO can usually be found lurking round the Lock Tavern on 'Bloggers Delight' Sundays, and was probably responsible for melting the soundsystem before Justice's appearance!



His big 'hit' so far, 'her', had a fair few accusations of being an (albeit excellent) Justice rip off. But I think this remix shows there's a lot more subtlety and art to his craft. Don't worry though. It does bang hard in all the right places, and has a number of killer elecktroid riffs. I really like what he's done with this.

GOODSHOES - LENI (KISSY SELL OUT REMIX)


EDIT: REMOVED BY REQUEST

The band themselves have just finished a tour with the marvellous Fields, are supporting Magic Numbers at the end of the month, and have a tour of their own coming up in December. These are the dates:

Dec 1 2006 Night & Day, Manchester
Dec 2 2006 Stealth, Nottingham
Dec 3 2006 Charlotte, Leicester
Dec 4 2006 Leadmill, Sheffield
Dec 6 2006 Barfly, Liverpool
Dec 7 2006 Water Rats, London
Dec 21 2006 Forum, Tunbridge Wells

Did I mention that the original version is also great? This is the video.




Thanks to Nicole, whose CD kicked my butt into posting two of these....



"I play in a band, but i've got no talent"


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