Hot Chip duet with Green Gartside
If you can bear to listen through the insufferable, sycophantic banality that is Jo Whiley, check this link out to BBC Radio 1′s Live Lounge feature that featured the amazing Hot Chip performing two songs.
Hot Chip & Green Gartside in the Radio 1 Live Lounge
The Live Lounge format gets a band/artist in to perform a track of theirs live as well as do a cover version. Hot Chip chose Shakira’s bizarre track “She-Wolf” and brought in Green Gartside of Scritti Politti fame to play guitar and provide BV’s. It’s not the first time Green has worked with Hot Chip. He & Alexis have been writing for some time and I saw Alexis join Scritti on stage a couple of years ago at the Luminaire at Scritti’s Xmas party 
You can grab the MP3 of the She-Wolf cover, courtesy of Abeano Music HERE
Apply your Whiley filter and enjoy
New music – 2010 so far….
So, I can get rather excitable when I hear great, new music and 2010 so far has been full of some awesome stuff. Rather than make unique posts, here’s what has grabbed my attention and hogged my MP3 player so far this year.
Hot Chip – One Life Stand
The first of 2010′s most hotly anticipated albums, “One Life Stand” is Hot Chip’s 4th studio album and probably their very best. The stand out title track, album closer “Take It In” and new single “I Feel Better” are fine examples of what to expect from the rest of the album. Choc full of quirky yet melodic and musical pieces, these guys have struck gold. Check these video’s out, especially the Peter Serafinowicz directed “I Feel Better”.
Check it out on Spotify here.
Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
Gorillaz are already a bit special. The post Blur vehicle of Damon Albarn, Gorillaz have blurred all lines between music, art, visuals and collaborations. Fail to take them seriously at your peril. Their third studio album is a masterpiece, and I do not use that word lightly. Featuring collaborations with Snoop Dogg, De La Soul, Lou Reed, Bobby Womack, Little Dragon, Mos Def, Mick Jones, Paul Simenon, Gruff Rhys & Mark E. Smith, this is an exquisite blend of stlyles, genres and melody that features that rare quality not often found in albums today; each track is as equally impressive as the rest.
Check it out on Spotify here.
And here is the video to the first single, Stylo…
French Horn Rebellion Vs Database – Beaches & Friends
I’ve ranted and raved about French Horn Rebellion for ages now and this is their new single. The boys have been touring all over, including a few dates here in the UK and are getting played on all the radio shows that matter, so word is spreading FAST. Expect a new album this year too.
Rubicks – Giddy Up
I first saw Rubicks supporting Gary Numan and instantly fell in love. Their blend of rock and electronics is somewhat Yeah Yeah Yeah’s crossed with New Order and Numan too. Vanessa is gorgeous and her voice is silky yet razor sharp. Marc’s bass lines are deep and dub like. Let’s hope their second album breaks them in a big way.
Not so new music but newly available in 2010……
Buggles – Adventures In Modern Recording
This album has been “lost” for many years. Not as successful as it’s predecessor, The Plastic Age, Adventures In Modern Recording was made after Trevor & Greg’s ill fated stint with prog rockers Yes. You can hear the blend of pop and prog sensibilities and without doubt, it carries the hallmark of the legend that is Mr Horn. Out now through Salvo music, this is a bargain with extra bonus tracks including 12″ mixes, demo’s and unused songs.
Blur – No Distance Left To Run
The reformation of Blur last year was one of the musical highlights of the decade and this documentary is nothing short of staggering, charting not only the story of Blur, but the story of how bitterness and awkwardness were overcome and replaced by new found respect and love when the guys got back together to perform a string of sell out concerts, culminating with two gigs at London’s Hyde Park, one of which is contained on the 2nd disc of this set. This documentary is up there with the great rock & roll docs of all time.
Also, looking very much forward to the remastered re-releases of Duran Duran’s back catalogue, including the monumental “Seven & The Ragged Tiger”. All albums will be receiving the Special Edition treatment, including the Arcadia album, “So Red The Rose”. Also being reissued is Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s seminal “Welcome To The Pleasuredome”
NYE Party Track
If there’s one track you MUST play at whatever NYE shin dig you are attending tonight, make it this one…
