Hey sucka-fools, been pretty HECTIC recently, what with it being my BIRTHDAY last Tuesday (14th) and Waddys on the 3rd! We’ve been rioting since, and we got some awesome shit from people – Waddy got comics like Proof and Sin City and a Robot Chicken DVD and stuff, he gave me a Madman comic and I got other stuff (Ghost World, Watchmen, Zodiac on DVD, Metronomy and QOTSA albums, new hoody and Flight of the Conchords T-shirt!). We haven’t done anything major yet (maybe next weekend?) but we want to Lonely Hearts Club at The Railway Inn on Friday, and guess who happened to be playing? Only motherfucken AKIRA THE DON!!! Sadly Stan couldn’t come (he was at Kraft Kuts in Oxford), but Charlie did, and we had a fucking sweet time it was AWESOME. Waddy was so excited you shoulda seen his perma-grin. We were practically Akira’s backing dancers towards the end of the set, and we had a big ol’ chat with him, he’s the soundest performer I’ve ever met, I’d say. When he comes down next we’re definately gonna make all you readers come with us, or else man.
But yeah, recently been listening to a bunch of odd choons (and the new AC/DC album). And by odd, I mean odd. Try some of these: The Ruby Suns (from New Zealand), The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit), and Yo! Majesty (kinda like Salt ‘n Pepa/Gravy Train!!!!/Le Tigre/Santogold/Amanda Blank). Also, I heard the new albums by TV on the Radio (awesome and you know it) and Gang Gang Dance (weird New York band) and found that halfway through the latter album, there is a random spot of grime-ness. WTF?
Princes (ft. Tinchy Stryder) – Gang Gang Dance
And the new Mr. Oizo album, which has a very Missy Elliott-like track featuring Uffie:
Steroids (ft. Uffie) – Mr. Oizo
And last but not least, I was pleasantly surprised to find, this week, that Elbow aren’t as boring as I’d always thought they’d been – when they won the Mercury Music Prize I was pretty shocked, but the new album seems to teabag even Radiohead and Blur, at the same time. Take a listen (you may recognise this one):
And a little somethin-somethin for you too…nice classic dancey-dancey rework of everyone’s favourite talking head (who, by the way, has a new album out with Eno!):
Lazy – X-Press 2 ft. David Byrne
And I’ll leave you with a video of an angry Xbox kid, and a crazy game that Celine showed me…
Also, if you really like any of the bands above, don’t forget to buy some of their music – new AC/DC album out tomorrow! Fable 2 is out on Xbox 360 soon too, and Iron Man on DVD next Monday! Nice!
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