Out This Week

It may have been another long weekend but the world of pop has beavered on to deliver the following releases to a shop near you. So was it worth their while or should they have been rain bathing with the rest of us...


Marilyn Manson 'Heart-shaped Glasses' (Interscope)
Well, here is the first single from 'Eat Me, Drink Me' - and it's a tuneful affair, all xylophones and tremulous synths. Silly lyrics, of course: "I couldn't take my eyes off her, but that's not what I took off that night." Sigh. Anyone expecting goth-metal lunacy will be disappointed (or pleasantly surprised); the guitars are funky and once you get past Marilyn's adolescent shouting and slightly embarrassing attempts at being sexual, then you're away. If you like embarrassing attempts at being sexual, however, you may be interested in the video, featuring Marilyn basically doing rudies with Evan Rachel Wood. Make-up all over the place. We sicked up some egg when we saw it (and we hadn't even eaten egg).




Scissor Sisters 'Kiss You Off'
Ana comes to the fore but should someone show her the door?
LCD Soundsystem 'All My Friends'
James's friends will either charm you or send you insane.
Findlay Brown 'Losing The Will To Survive'
Can Findlay transcend the new folk bracket?
Reverend And The Makers 'Heavyweight Champion Of The World'
Can this religious lot take on the Monkeys' Sheffield chalice?
Lloyd ft Lil Wayne 'You'
Will Lloyd be laughing all the way to the bank?
Digitalism 'Pogo'
A slice of loveable German electronica...
Modest Mouse 'Dashboard'
A Smith plus a shy rodent equals?
Stereophonics 'Bank Holiday Monday'
The timing of the release may be right but that's about it.
Rumble Strips 'Motorcycle'
The Devon brass merchants are off flying on their bikes.



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