Eoin Butler'sguide to singles, downloads and free audiostreams
THE MAGNETIC FIELDS
Please Stop Dancing
Nonesuch Records
****
Repetitive, wafer-thin duet between Stephin Merrit and
Shirley Simms that seems, at first, an odd choice of single from
The Magnetic Fields'
Distortionalbum. But once it works its way into your
brain, you may require advice from the Residential Tenancies Board
to help evict it.
ANNIE
I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me
678 Recordings
****
Ice cool techno pop from Norway. Just throwing this out
there, but couldn't it be Annie, the singing orphan from that
irritating musical, that this man's girlfriend actually hates? That
would make a lot more sense to me.
ALPHABEAT
10,000 Nights of Thunder
Charisma
**
Who on earth called this a "modern pop masterpiece"?
Seriously, who? Because someone owes me 99 cent!
GAVIN ROSSDALE
Love Remains the Same
Interscope
*
The first 30 seconds sound like a copy of Fountains of
Wayne's
All Kinds of Time. The rest is more reminiscent of the
contents of my "motion discomfort bag" after a recent rough
Dublin-to-Holyhead ferry crossing. Moving on . . .
GUILLEMOTS
Falling Out of Reach
Polydor
**
Downbeat and contemplative here, Fyfe Dangerfield was much
more fun when he was twirling around stage like a madman and
pounding the keyboards with his elbows, circa
Trains to Brazil.
WE SMOKE FAGS
Eastenders
679 Recordings
***
This electro/punk/indie trio from London are presumably none
too happy with the recent smoking ban there. WSF make their Irish
debut at Dublin's Crawdaddy tomorrow night. Leave it out, Peggy! I
do not Adam and Eve it etc etc
LILY ALLEN
I Don't Know
Regal
***
Lines like "I want lots of clothes and f***loads of
diamonds/I heard people die while they're trying to find 'em" point
up both Lily's crass materialism and a possibly imperfect
understanding of the blood diamonds issue. She's still worth a
thousand Kate Nashes, mind.
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