Let's Drive to the Seaside
I had high hopes of posting a lot, and in fact doing a lot this long weekend. I failed at both. Although I did manage to see The Presets & The Wombats (both of whom were quite amazing); and The Teenagers (who were rubbish).
I didn't get a chance to listen to a lot of records though, the main exception being this rather amazing single by Twisted Charm.
Despite coming from Northampton, they're signed to French label 'Because Records' (which is somehow related to Ed Banger), and fire out a kind of shouty moddish punk, whose catchy slogans & sax riffs will i'm sure go down a storm with the kids. The addition of the Sax gives the tracks a real Specials feel, and though they don't seem to have too much new to say, they say it well.
The 5-track single also comes with a typically great South Central remix, but possibly for the first time I prefer the original tunes to the South Central version. Boring Lifestyles makes a lot more sense when you realise the band are from Northampton... a town for which suicide may have been invented. In 'Happy Alone', it seems to me that singer Nathan Doom insists just a little too much how happy he is to be on his own... a supposition that the increasingly desperate-sounding backing seems to support.
TWISTED CHARM - BORING LIFESTYLES
TWISTED CHARM - HAPPY ALONE
The band have just been touring round La France with Los Klaxons.... i'm looking forward to checking 'em out whenever they're back in London.
Staying in France, AlexKid has been releasing records on Laurent Garnier's F-Communications label forever. I've been enjoying his most recent album 'Caracol' a lot, and i'm particularly taken by forthcoming single 'Love Letters'.
You know the end of 'Over and Over' when they say 'C.A.S.I.O.Y.O.U.M.E... ' and so on? Well the vocal is rather like that, except that I can't work out what the hell the voice is trying to spell out. The precise beats lead into some beautiful & sexy melodies, always shifting and changing frequently enough to leave you gripped throughout the track. It's techno, but it's lovely.
ALEXKID - LOVE LETTERS
I really like this Salsa version of 'Dancing Shoes' from the Rhythms Del Mundo - Cuba album. Consisting mainly of Western hits performed by the Buena Vista Social Club 'massive', much of the album is to be honest pretty forgettable. There are some inspired moments though, such as this & the Franz Ferdinand cover. Worth a listen at least!
ARCTIC MONKEYS - DANCING SHOES (BUENA VISTA VERSION)
I didn't get a chance to listen to a lot of records though, the main exception being this rather amazing single by Twisted Charm.
Despite coming from Northampton, they're signed to French label 'Because Records' (which is somehow related to Ed Banger), and fire out a kind of shouty moddish punk, whose catchy slogans & sax riffs will i'm sure go down a storm with the kids. The addition of the Sax gives the tracks a real Specials feel, and though they don't seem to have too much new to say, they say it well.
The 5-track single also comes with a typically great South Central remix, but possibly for the first time I prefer the original tunes to the South Central version. Boring Lifestyles makes a lot more sense when you realise the band are from Northampton... a town for which suicide may have been invented. In 'Happy Alone', it seems to me that singer Nathan Doom insists just a little too much how happy he is to be on his own... a supposition that the increasingly desperate-sounding backing seems to support.
TWISTED CHARM - BORING LIFESTYLES
TWISTED CHARM - HAPPY ALONE
The band have just been touring round La France with Los Klaxons.... i'm looking forward to checking 'em out whenever they're back in London.
Staying in France, AlexKid has been releasing records on Laurent Garnier's F-Communications label forever. I've been enjoying his most recent album 'Caracol' a lot, and i'm particularly taken by forthcoming single 'Love Letters'.
You know the end of 'Over and Over' when they say 'C.A.S.I.O.Y.O.U.M.E... ' and so on? Well the vocal is rather like that, except that I can't work out what the hell the voice is trying to spell out. The precise beats lead into some beautiful & sexy melodies, always shifting and changing frequently enough to leave you gripped throughout the track. It's techno, but it's lovely.
ALEXKID - LOVE LETTERS
I really like this Salsa version of 'Dancing Shoes' from the Rhythms Del Mundo - Cuba album. Consisting mainly of Western hits performed by the Buena Vista Social Club 'massive', much of the album is to be honest pretty forgettable. There are some inspired moments though, such as this & the Franz Ferdinand cover. Worth a listen at least!
ARCTIC MONKEYS - DANCING SHOES (BUENA VISTA VERSION)
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