Out This Week

So the reign of Rihanna's 'Umbrella' is finally over. Timbaland snatched it off her and blew with all his mighty pop strength into it until it was all inside out and broken. Something that this week's role call of pop hopefuls will probably be quite happy about...

Laura Veirs 'Saltbreakers' (Nonesuch)
'Saltbreakers' has the dreamiest intro to any song we've heard this year. If treacle could play guitar, this is the riff it would come up with - gloriously gooey. Laura's crystal clear Colorado tones ride atop a slow loping groove and her band shout an infectious refrain from the back of the room as each instrument weaves deftly round the others. Every time we hear it, it feels like falling in love.

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Nelly Furtado 'In God's Hands'
How does she fit so many singles on just one album?
Brinkman 'Change It'
Is all this 'new' music just recycled dad-rock?
Cribs 'Moving Pictures'
Does this explain why Cribs haven't broken through?
David Guetta 'Love Is Gone'
Has love gone or has it just nipped off for a weekend break?
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster 'In The Garden'
Two members of The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster walk into a bar...
Maps 'You Don't Know Her Name'
How to be on the wrong side of the paparazzi in not the usual way...
Rufus Wainwright 'Rules And Regulations'
Someone should hypnotize our Rufus and have a word.
Lumidee 'Crazy'
Can Lumidee top the out of tune brilliance of that 'uh-oooh uh-oooh' one?
Wallis Bird 'Moodsets'
From Imbruglia to Bedingfield in one quick movement...


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