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...

Modest Mouse 'Dashboard' (Epic)
God bless Johnny Marr. He makes everything splendid, doesn't he? He's been busy making everything splendid for Modest Mouse recently, and, for those of you still holding a torch for The Smiths, you'll get a warm glow when you hear 'Dashboard'. It's nothing like The Smiths, of course, it's just no one plays jangly guitar like Johnny. Although, being Modest Mouse, its appeal is far more complex than that. It's a thing of beauty, brimming with brass, strings and velvety vocals to die for. We like.




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?
Marilyn Manson 'Heart-shaped Glasses'
They cop off in the video but is the song any cop?
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...
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.



» Reviewed by: Zoe
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