The hangover - Hear
HEAR is the enema your iTunes needs. Bringing you the most thought-provoking and up-to-date music reviews this side of Lester Bangs, HEAR sifts through the ever growing mountain of press releases and promos to only feature albums, EPs, LPs and mixes that we want to, not that we have to. Also, we try and make things make sense in 200 words or less so that you can just listen to the music.
Lil Wayne, 'No Ceilings'
Lil Wayne may be one of the most misunderstood artists of our generation. Sure, he is fun, and hilarious, and definitely mad as a brush, but he is also a genius. It is as if he is actually blind, and instead of having heightened other senses, it all went straight into his rapping. Or maybe he has autism and is the rap world's equivalent to Rainman.
El Perro Del Mar, 'Love Is Not Pop'
It's always a bit weird when two different corners of your music taste collide. Like when your old high school friends crash your 25th birthday party it can be awkward and unnerving to see if two separate worlds can...mesh.
That's pretty much how I felt when Swedish Shangri-La esque songstress El Perro Del Mar (aka Sarah Assbring) was getting Rasmus Hagg, the guy from Studio (nu-Balearic funk duo) to produce her latest mini-album Love is Not Pop.
Drown In Colour, Red Riders
Do you ever go completely OCD on a particular album or worst still, just one song? You play it over and over until you fear you'll outgrow it like a favourite childhood t-shirt. 'Ordinary' on Red Rider's long-awaited second album is that well-worn t-shirt, but I refuse to give it up. I like to wear it to bed.
Brain Children EP
If the Brain Children cover art isn't enough to make you want to listen to their self-titled debut EP, I don't know if there's anything I can say that will. It sits somewhere between a piss take of rap videos and an endorsement of body stockings - just to give you an idea.
The EP is one slick, smooth and super-catchy sounding package.
God Help The Girl
Belle and Sebastian are the band that never stopped putting out amazing records. We all love them, and predict love for Stuart Murdoch's new project, God Help The Girl - a film and music project that was imagined years ago but only recently conceived.
We have been graced with a new album comprised of new songs and even some re-recorded classics, but here's the kicker - the album is a loose narrative and the girls all look as good as the ones on previous B&S covers.
Deerhunter interview
Have you ever had to interview someone before? It makes me nervous. When I spoke to Bradford Cox from Deerhunter I was freaking the fuck out. My arse was sweating and I needed to pee real bad all the time. Don't ask me why, I can't help it. I just get really nervous. Anyway, so I'm sitting there with my little notepad of questions and Bradford calls me.
200 Million Thousand
The first noticeable thing about the Black Lips' newest album, 200 Million Thousand, is that it is missing something. It's missing all the stupid antics that made them the idols of every Jackass watching teenager. It seems that these guys might have finally calmed the fuck down and realised nobody actually wants to see them piss into their own mouths and then spit it on the crowd; we only want to read about those things in an album review.
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