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Kill City's l Isa Moorish. meanwhile, has spent long enough ltitlt()llt~} around rrlusIcrans ushe was one of the archetypal lint; op hangers on. and has a chrld ml 1 ram Gallagher, tr, pick up a tew tips on herng ripe 'Hnolrgans onl ‘PU‘fiJTUle‘n .0. rs a lll<(:{tl)l“, cheesy discussion ot the chav phenomenon, co ‘.'.'ntten by Pete l)ohert,. as you may he ahle to tell trom its hart rhymes and decent tune
lhe local types co'ne rn a sr'nrlarly mixed bag Wildtype's 'l'lux' rs promising. shouty rock'n’rolt, and Blaknoisewhitesoul's double A 'Pepgenrus Sal the Svrrndler' lUdIscs; 0.. rs rnVIgorattng. gurrky electropunk. Glasgow-J's Jupiter and Teardrop have been asked to play groov; lexan alttfest South hy St)tltlt‘.'.'(::;l. although it they perform the tiresomer earnest 'Hrrng Me l)o‘-.t.rn' (Buchanan Drive) 0. they'll send everyone to sleep. Steer clear. too of the clu npy (30s pastiche of Figure 5:;
‘l'rustratron lreakout' 'ESunstonel O. and make a 'p line tor Cherryfalls' ‘My Drug rlslandr .0.
an a norous, slov.’ humrng eprc that sounds like the Mary Chain gone acc -ssrl)le. lop of the Scots. though. are Glasgrm duo Mellow Sub Machine. who hack up llt(:ll silly name With a drrttzng slice of electrrc lovelrness rn the dreamrly simple 'l)ays' l(_}danskr ODD.
Monung further into the good stuff. Max Sedgley's infectious 'l lappf was one of the dance tunes of the summer. anrl ‘lJevrl lrtsrde' lSunday Best) 0... has a srrnrlarl‘, splendid rnrx of fat bass and soul vocals Means/title. UK hip hop veteran Rodney P's ‘The Nrce Up' 'Low Lrtet COO. rs a heart warmrng combination of duhh; rnstrurneritatlon and blissful Choruses.
The National are one of the finest hansz rn the US at the moment. and 'Ahel' (Beggars Banquet;
0000 IS a bigger record than any of therr previous ()ll‘fllltgffi of barbed alt.courrtr/. starting like Springsteen and hurldrng to a serr ,s of splendid garbled Crescendos. Single of Fortnight. then, and its splendrd b sides bode well for their imminent thrrd album, All/gator Comedy Single of the Fortnight goes to Blak Twang, 'GCSE,‘ (Wall of SOund)
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