www.list.co.uk/m'usic
Record Reviews Music
(yes. Drogl way. Beacons of
ALSO RELEASED
Ancestorsn/p expands Franz Ferdinand their blend further. With Blood (Domino) A hit- beats straight from Fela and-miss retooling of Kuti's top drawer and the band's recent spectral electronics Tonight album. The borrowed from Philip real dubby moments Glass making their way are a sonorous joy into their luminous among the modest space age contusions. everything the hype had reshuffles of others. They even find their us hoping for and more. Loop A Gilded inner Lightning Bolt for A glorious mix of Eternity (Reactor) A a while there with squelchy synths. elastic very welcome 'Yinxlanghechengqi'. , baselines, shimmering reissue of the It's the playful nature of electronics. scratchy immense final album TortOlse's music riffs and soaring falsetto from Crawley's ; however, along with vocals. Manners ls much-underrated their keenness to infuse packed to bursting with psychedelic : melody into the most l playful melodies that adventurers; the concrete of 3 stick in your head from missing link between I soundscapes. that ! first listen. But it's the Gang of Four and make this another vital l ethereal production that Stereolab. pop SOUl l hunk of work. i really makes this record Just Jack All Night SPEECH DEBELLE l (Mark Robertson) . a masterclass ln sonic Cinema (Mercury) A Speech Therapy : INDIE FOLK l innovation and a must- second album of (Bid Dada) ”00 l ASTRID l hear for fans of The sweet. amen incisive ' W'LLIAMSON i Flaming Lips. MGMT, and excitable, urban Sister label Ninja Tunes has recently diversified out beyond the stoner Here Come the Vikings Empire of the Sun and. indie from this 93“ng. electronica it’s been famed for with quality acts like Yppah and Fink, and (One Little Indian) oh heck. all music sub-Mike Skinner now hip hop heavyweights Big Dada are proving they’re no slouches either. 00” lovers in general. yam spinner. First came the post-Basement Jaxx funk of Thunderheist, and now they (Camilla Pia) .
, , , Kylie lino!” LNG bare their soft underbelly With a tremendous debut album from a Singular m JAZZ in Japan/The performer. Speech Debelle, a 25 year-old south Londoner, is in possession LED BIB Paralysis Sect of a pretty speCIal voice, a Wistful croon and-a pumng rap style, and her ‘ Sensible Shoes (Kovorox Sound) dryly funny observations and careful, evocative storytelling suggest the .
f . . . ‘ (Cuneiform Records) Another “"0 ”OUTS 0' our years it took to make this record was time well spent. -‘ ”O. vast sonic The album shimmies between brittle acoustica, as crafted by her . . . . .
. . . . misadventure from collaborator Lotek, and warm, bubbling dub pop. Splntual godfather Roots The iconoclastic free one of 300th Manuva is on hand to croon a chorus on ‘Wheels in Motion’ and Micachu jazz-meets—punk-and— .-
, , , most diligent and and Mike Lindsay from Tuung are on board too, but Debelle ls very much rock band and the errant noisemongers. her own woman. Coming at us from the equally experimental
This is what Lily Allen wishes she was: insightful, soulful, beguiling; wilds of Shetland via American label seem a m ”m. 80’" ‘0 reflecting a young woman’s life experience in vivid colours. Brighton. Astrid good match up. The Rum “(’8 Miles (Mark Robertson) Williamson has swung London-based quartet Reco’qms) Ham
between indie kid and deliver another full-on twanglng Wh
folkie for three albums blast oi the formula that ’°°‘$ punks '9'9359 a man with finger on the l remains an unstoppable l There's a follow up now and this has brought them a lot deb.” that enjoys pulse of the musical l force, but topically, he’s album promised in six fantastically titled of attention, and do not ngnelijklnshlp wnh times. Catchy rifting runnin on em t . months time that was offerin shows how seem inhibited b the ng Blues.
. . ‘ l g . p y g . . y . GeneVInoent and layers of llzzing drums. l Relapse is Marshall's recorded at the same effortlessly she can waft studio setting. Their classic 805 US jingling bell-like I rehab album, which in time. Here's hoping he's between effervescent highly energised hardcore nk keyboards and country ( theory should mean it's saving the best for last. guitar stomps and treatments confirm their pu ' guitars set an almost ' charged with some kind (Mark Robertson) swooning balladry as penchant for “M poppy ambience at l of vital introspection. ROCK the fancy takes her. adventurous W Swan times for his polyglot ; You expect darkness. TORTOISE The Natalie Merchant- experiment. but there is Songs 41"”6'530 voice to soar, murmur i and it is. incredibly so. Beacons of fronts-Snow Patrol a more reflective side of 50”” “*0 bred lat: and bewitch. The disc of i but rather than Ancestorship template is a fine one their work on show as rats from the DNA 0 a 21st century ‘ articulate the journey as mm" Jockey) e... for her to follow as her well, as in the pastoral Eminem and Slipknot superstar. i all good navel gazing songwriting skills ‘Water Shortage'. bUt they came out (Jan Fairley) i rockers would. he ”.4 continue to grow. ‘Sing SOUQd'W ”‘9” Sync. RAP ) spends a substantial the Body Electric' is a Homble, hornble EMINEM l hunk of this album simple crystalline pop stuff. You have been Relapse dreaming up elaborate song. while Crashing (Interscope/Shady) sexual assaults, Minis' and ‘The Stars M m Rum 3
murders and other pill are Beautiful' are both Coke (Sunday 395?) induced mania. The dreamy joys. Fresh from being running joke of Slim (Mark Robertson) $UDDO'1 on the , Shady the errant ' i - ' - SpeClalS munion tour ‘ psychopath has worn Tortoise have always ISRESION PIT Although the the English ska-”funk- thin finally. so for the followed their own Manners alternately lyrical and hip hop duo enltSt most part. Eminem has path. moving slowly. (Columbia) my squalling saxophones of Gregory '83305. 'Undy l abandoned the comedy steadily and deliberately — — — —- —— _, — ————~~ ~— ~~—— Chris Williams and Pete W0” and JUSW‘ in favour of more near- — much like their No need to rely on the Grogan is the most ear— ROOMS“) 10 005107 the-knuckle serial killer reptillian namesake. erratic Scottish catching element of their joyful beats and gore. and frankly. it Their six albums in little sunshine with Passion their trademark sound. breaks. Eminem's sixth album. sucks. Dre is on hand under 20 years suggest Pit around. The it is a band sound. Toby isn't his jump the shark i to do his best to a group at ease in their Massachusetts McLaren's keyboards two tracks. complete moment: it's the i distract us from the own skin. building fivesome evoke dreamy and Liran Donin’s bass with Delia Derbyshire- continuation of a long l lyrical folly with beats records out of summer days with this play a full roles. and the style electronics on leap that started with | fatter than his whale fragments of jazz. rock. heavily-anticipated drummer is also the “2.4:1 (still equals his previous album omelette but it just isn't funk and electronica in debut offering. which composer-in-chief. none)’. Encore. As a rapper. he i enough. a most progressive turns out to be having written all but (Kenny Mathieson)
28 May—11 Jun 2009 "I LIST 73