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...

Reverend And The Makers 'He Said He Loved Me' (Wall of Sound)
Now, this is an odd one. A nagging, schoolgirl-gossip hook flanked by the kind of indie-funk we can imagine drawing a medium-sized crowd at the Hacienda shortly before baggy was invented, set to a rhythm track of someone masticating gum. Lead singer John Maclure is the fellow Sheffield-ians Arctic Monkeys are referring to when they sing "dancing like a robot from 1984" which is utterly fascinating. But we're not convinced by his overly suave vocals so, on this single, we'd say we quite like The Makers, not so keen on the Reverend.


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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?
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...
Example 'So Many Roads'
We had lunch with the rapper recently, you know...
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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