Last Shadow Puppets - My mistakes were made for you
The Last Shadow Puppets are Alex Turner (from Arctic Monkeys) and Miles Kane (from The Rascals) and ‘The Age Of The Understatement’ is their new album. I was blown away by this album. While I was beginning to think that nostalgia was old hat ( I’m looking at you Wolfmother!), these guys don a George Harrison coat and deliver beautifully crafted and incredibly mature pop songs. You’ll love it immediately, and then you’ll learn that there is a lot to love.
Do yourself a favour and pick up ‘The Age of the Understatement’here.
UK Grime artist Random Impulse released his second album on Black Unicorn records recently. Apart from the fact that Black Unicorn is a US based label, what sets this release apart is not just it’s length - it runs 17 tracks long - but the production quality of this genre hopping release.
Grime hasn’t made much of an impact in Australia yet, while other more US-centric variants of Hip Hop have managed to get a foothold. Dirty South and Crunk regularly get air play on JJJ - maybe it’s just another indication of how Australia looks to the US for cultural stimulation - surely an oxymoron.
‘Full Metal Alchemist’ samples rock, soul, funk and Sci-Fi, with Jovel’s rapid fire delivery sitting nicely over all of these genre. He plays guitar on most of the tracks, and maybe that’s what elevates this release from other ‘electronic hip hop‘ like Akala. The narrative is strong and not in the least pretentious. There’s not a single ’shory wants to freak me’ track on here. No ’slangin’ crack’ tracks. And that’s another reason why you should check out this album. A breath of fresh air from ‘ghetto-booty-tech’ soaked air waves. ’Full Metal Alchemist’ is one of the most original albums I’ve heard this year.
Jovel Walker ( Random Impulse) answers our questions after the jump -
Cool! The Faint, obviously BIG fans of Triplejaysus, follow up their hugely popular _wednesday_weview with a National Tour (sort of). So not only should you rush out and buy Fasciinatiion, but go along and see them live too.
24th Sept - Brisbane, Australia - The Zoo
25th Sept - Sydney, Australia - The Metro
26th Sept - Melbourne, Australia - Prince of Wales
It comes to this: In a further attempt to alienate our loyal readership I’m going to heap a self indulgent love upon injury. I could have sat back on my laurels having successfully implied that you aren’t cool, but that’s not how things around here work.
I need to send mixed signals, the corner stone to any long term relationship. (Even that sentence is alienating more readers still!) And the cherry to top this sundae of patronising and slightly sarcastic amateur (and getting more so) prolix?
Robyn’s sound is gaining a lot of recognition in the press here at the moment. Tracks like ‘With Every Heartbeat’are nothing new. And I really mean that. Robyn’s self titled album (her 4th) was recorded and released in 2005. A quick re-badge and a little polish and hey presto - The Sound of the Summer ’08! Having said that, ‘Cobrastyle’ does rock.
