Some interesting choices this week, have a look below…..

Mike Taylor - Spice Girls - “Wannabe”, from the CD, Spice

I’ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want….and I got it! You know, I never had a problem with the Spice Girls. They were what they were: a hand picked, pre-packaged pop group fronted by some attractive 20-somethings. You could even make an argument that their ‘Girl Power’ slogan at least gave their young fans something to think about. Still, we’ve become culturally ADD so pop groups of the Girls’ ilk are more disposable than ever. It’s probably a good thing that they’re only reuniting for 11 shows in the world’s largest cities. Any longer, and any interest may have died off by the time they got to your town.

So, it’s summer and with new releases at a low ebb at the moment, let’s take a loving look back at the five Brits who put a little Spice into 1997. Misty water colored memories…

Matt Shiv - Calvin Harris- “Acceptable In The 80’s”

My latest musical obsession is a 20-something lad from Scotland who sounds a little like Rick Astley filtered through James Murphy. The more I listen to his debut disc, the more I find it hard to resist. How can you hate on a song that says “I’ve got hugs for you if you were born in the eighties”?

His acclaimed album, “I Created Disco”, is being released domestically this September by the Almost Gold label (who already successfully introduced Peter Bjorn & John to a US audience). This video is intentionally awful, as were most of your favorite early 80’s videos.

You can stream the entire cd for now at his MySpace page.

Joe Long - Spoon - “Don’t You Evah”, from the CD Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga.

One of my favorite songs from one of my favorite albums so far this year. The new album from Spoon is a great piece of pop mastery in my opinion, and this song, “Don’t You Evah” is one that stands out in an accomplished field. It is really just another classic Spoon cut that I would imagine belongs on a best of if the band ever decide to do something like that. Britt Daniel’s vocals and lyrics are on point and you gotta love the constant egg shaker setting the pace through the song. Yet another song that will likely find it’s way onto a summer mix as well for me.

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