TRACK REVIEWS
Alt-J ? - 'Breezeblocks'
When Joe Newman’s “ Please don’t go/I love you so ” starts, it seems harmless. But with the promise to “ hold her down with soggy clothes and breezeblocks ” it becomes as sinister as a welcoming smile from Jools Holland. This is...
The Black Keys - 'Dead And Gone'
At a time when economies are disintegrating willy nilly and no-one has a bloody clue who’s going to win The Apprentice , it’s easy to see why The Black Keys have become 2012’s New Massive Band. Their plodding blues-rock is just so damn...
Pitbull - 'Back In Time'
Assuming Men In Black III In 3D ’s gonna be the cinematic event of like, May, it seems odd to be wheeling out guest rapper extraordinaire Armando Christian Perez for the themetune. Will Smith’s song for the first MIB was a genuine party...
School Of Seven Bells - 'The Night'
Benjamin Curtis and Alejandra Deheza do everything right. This song, right here, has a nice vocal, decent bassline, speedy drumming, ‘atmospherics’ that absolutely do reference the period of the day the track’s title refers to and yet…...
Japandroids - 'The House That Heaven Built'
The fuzz. The garage. The rock. The obvious influence of Springsteen’s America. The “ oh oh oh oh ” followed by the “ oh oh oh ”. The ripped Levi’s. The Cons. The ink. The drum rolls. The punk. The pop. The breaking the speed limit....
Here We Go Magic - 'How Do I Know'
Falling in love with robots is something you, me and everyone are gonna have to deal with as time and technology progress. Luckily Brooklyn’s Here We Go Magic have addressed this and answered the question “ how on Earth will I dispose of my...
This Week's Single Reviews (19/05/12)
NME's Tom Howard reviews the latest single releases Alt-J - 'Breezeblocks' When Joe Newman’s “ Please don’t go/I love you so ” starts, it seems harmless. But with the promise to “ hold her down with soggy clothes and breezeblocks...
Azealia Banks - 'Jumanji'
Updating the ‘difficult second album’ prospect for the blog generation, Harlem rapper Azealia Banks has found herself facing the problems of the difficult second single. With breakout track ‘212’ becoming hip-hop’s answer to ‘Video...
The Killers - 'Go All The Way'
OK, so we were already expecting the guitars to be turned up on the follow-up to Brandon and co's electro odyssey 'Day & Age'. But balls-out power pop, as evidenced by this cover of The Raspberries' 1972 pop-power monster for the soundtrack to new...
TNGHT - 'Bugg'n'
Avowed vowel haterz Hudson Mohawke and Lunice have come together to produce this spooky slice of post-grime (and Grimes) beatology, that spools out like driftwood on a sea of atmospheric R&B. Sonic references to Aaliyah and The Knife abound, and...
