Patrick Wolf: Hard Times. I can’t say I know much about Patrick Wolf, apart from the fact he resembles Billy Idol if he had done a stint in Soft Cell. The song is frantic synth pop, very dramatic with a cool vocal hook underpinned by a nice string melody. Bit cluttered towards the end to really strike home, the local gypsy and his extended family are battering out on all sorts towards the end. Perfectly acceptable, slightly prog pop.
Animal Kingdom: Tin Man. Fucking boring. A bunch of wet fish playing wet music for wet fools. Anal music married to anal singing about some bastard from the Wizard Of Oz. File under worthless. Sure to give Aled Jones a hard on.
White Denim: I Start To Run. This reminds me of the Minutemen, no idea why though. Bare bones funk rock winds its way through MC5 gang vocals, sashaying by Nuggets ramalama. Ends before it even starts. Bizarre song. I dig.
Franz Ferdinand: Can’t Stop Feeling Very Orange Juice, by way of 21st century cyber glam. Powered by a nifty little fuzz riff, it’s a nice little grower by a band I can’t say I care for much. Not a patch on the bombastic Ulysses but it’s acceptable funky guitar pop, if a little stale around the edges.
3oh!3: Don’t Stop Me Christ, an abortion for my ears. The Bloodhound Gang as a shrill electro pop outfit. Horrible. To steal a Blackadder gag, please stop!
All like in the shops and shit like now.
This week’s winner is Patrick Wolf. He wins a copy of the Hong Kong movie, Raped By An Angel. PM me to claim your prize Pat!
