The Futurist Song Of The Week for July 13
Mike Taylor - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - “Down Boy”, from the EP, Is Is
The forthcoming 5-song EP from the YYY is a slight return to the sound of their earliest releases. What I’ve heard of it is darker, grittier, and a bit less inviting than the sunny-in-comparison Show Your Bones and frankly, that’s how I prefer my Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Have a look at the video for the tune and decide for yourself.
Matt Shiv - Kevin Drew- “TBTF” from the CD Spirit If..
The members of Canadian collective Broken Social Scene have too much talent to restrict themselves just to one musical endeavor. Following in the footsteps of Feist and Jason Collett, another BSSer is giving us a solo release this fall. If this first taste of “Spirit If…” is any indication, fans of the band will have no trouble getting comfortable with his efforts.
When you load up Kevin’s website right now, you get footage of him eating a bowl of cereal and watching porn. Perhaps that’s all he has left to do when everybody he meets is just “too beautiful to fuck.” His already soft voice becomes almost a whisper when he hits that repeated line in the chorus, as if it is a secret or something he knows shouldn’t really be shared. Instead of seeming crass, it instead comes off as tender and truly genuine. I can’t stop playing this one on repeat and look forward to the album’s release in September.
Joe Long - The Magic Numbers - “Take A Chance”, from the CD Those The Brokes.
Sometimes I hear a pop song for the first time and it instantly smacks me around. That was exactly the case with this one from The Magic Numbers. While their album, Those The Brokes, has been available on import for nearly a year, it finally sees a proper US release next week from Astralwerks Records. This song has that instant pop hook that I will bet you enjoy right away if you are ever a victim of such songs. Check out the video for it below.
July 13th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
My song of the week is from Simian Mobile Disco and its “I Believe.” I’ve always been a fan of electronica and I am happy to say that more and more of todays’ tastemakers are finally waking up to the fact that those songs also…invariably need lyrics to really grab an audience. They channel their inner Kraftwerk and mix in some white boy soulfulness on this club-tastic track.
check out a video (filmed on location in Bosnia?) here…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDKw-pL9VN8