Out This Week

So 'Big Brother' is over for another year and you suddenly have an extra eight hours in your week. Why not make a start at filling this new expanse of free time by perusing this week's offering of singles...

Example 'So Many Roads' (The Beats)
We had lunch with Example the other day. We recorded the results and they'll be available to hear on 4Music very soon. He's a funny man. Can he spit bars, though? We're not sure. The re-sung sample of The Carpenters' 'Only Just Begun' is terrific. The beats, while basic, have our head nodding appreciatively. But Example's emcee style - not completely dissimilar to UK veteran Skinnyman - doesn't quite grab our attention. Far better is B-side 'Take What I Want' with an inventively-funky and loping tale of sexual frustrations.


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More...
The Rumble Strips 'Girls And Boys In Love'
Not as good as Dexys, but better than...
James Blunt '1973'
Just what was our James getting up to a year before he was born?
Reverend And The Makers 'He Said He Loved Me'
From the man who dances like a robot from 1984...
Girls Aloud 'Sexy! No No No...'
The sound of a tank playing a synthesizer, but in a good way.
Candie Payne 'One More Chance'
A Zuton relation plus a Mark Ronson equals...
The Go! Team 'Doing It Right'
The Brighton samplers still make us want to dance like loons...
Grace 'Sink Like A Stone'
A new category we'd like to see in HMV: Slightly Rock...
Rooney 'When Did Your Heart Go Missing?'
Something we can imagine Molly Ringwald dancing to...
Bat For Lashes 'Prescilla'
The Mercury favourite is best listened to in the woods.


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