out of the shadows ..

well this feels weird, a keyboard and a chunk o'noise on the earpplugs, as last week was all about the kids and mickey mouse and a lot of rock-n-roller coasters.

very little to report other than my body hurt, and due to a fortuitous meeting at the airport, i had to check up on stunners international upon my return to 'normality'.

but that's another story.

naturally, when i arrived back @ ireallylovemusic hq i had to force the door open due to all the hopefuls that had landed on the doormat in my absence, and to be totally honest, there was very little that really made my day worthy, other than a new album by being 747 on the always impressive wrath records label.

now, while i was wandering around disney corp paris streets i couldn't get the sigue sigue sputnik track, 'mickey mouse is going to hell' out of my head. this unnatural urge then lead me to find out that the band are back. again! with a new singer. sort of - it's neal x the guitarist, which as there was a lot of blood shed between the various camps involved is totally understandable. the good news is that the music is still exactly the same. lots of rock-n-roll riffs, lots of cheap drums and a chunk of movie samples.

the first real example of the new stuff, 'into the unknown', is now available online : here

to get things back on track, last night i posted a few words on some various singles that could be of interest : here

to finish this off, here's a quick rundown of stuff in the pile :

- fink - biscuits for breakfast - ninjatune trip hop guru discovers acoustic guitars and drops all samples and loops to forge a new career as a creddible singer-songwriter. actually, casting all sceptism aside the songs and execution are in fact rather sublime, and perfect for those days when the headaches loom large.

- adem - love and other planets - the other half of fridge goes in different direction to four tets. not a single laptop broken beat, as adem is all about the inner calm, to make a grown up beautiful album actually.

- temposhark - joy - the electro boys ramp up on the sex factor following their recent depeche mode moodiness and give it their all in this new electro-glam monster. out in a few weeks, but as ever, these things are limited, so heed the warning.

- wolfmother - the album is out soon, and new single, dimension, out now. timewarp 70's rock-n-roll for the cool indie crowd it may be. but fcuk, when the noise is as large and fun as this, who cares!  a lot more detail : here, access to a 4 track album preview : here, and even some live stuff : here. i think that's enough, for now.

more later.

mark e

ireallylovemusic