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This is the playlist connected to august selections by Guardian's New Band of the Day feature. I keep it monthly updated.
Comments:
This round you'll find dream-disco, synth sirens, creepy ballads, super-sexualized personas, intelligent dubstep, crude toilet jokes and much more. All young dudes, anyway. Enjoy!
This is the playlist connected to august selections by Guardian's New Band of the Day feature. I keep it monthly updated.
Comments:
This round you'll find dream-disco, synth sirens, creepy ballads, super-sexualized personas, intelligent dubstep, crude toilet jokes and much more. All young dudes, anyway. Enjoy!
The Playlist
(august 2010, 17 new bands out of 20, 85%)
2 August: Teengirl Fantasy - Cheaters
Guardian's Paul Lester says: "This pair of bedroom turntablists make dream-disco that feels like a hazy assembly of chart hits heard in snatches last thing at night"
Guardian's Paul Lester says: "This pair of bedroom turntablists make dream-disco that feels like a hazy assembly of chart hits heard in snatches last thing at night"
3 August: Superhumanoids - Hey Big Bag
"Combing the electronic with the organic, these slippery characters recall several bands – often within the same song"
"Combing the electronic with the organic, these slippery characters recall several bands – often within the same song"
4 August: J.Cole - Lights Please
"This 25-year-old MC is clearly going to be massive but it remains to be seen if he is the true saviour of Real Hip-Hop"
5 August: Devlin - Community Outcast
"Heading for the mainstream, this Dagenham rapper's music is a bittersweet symphony topped with a cinematic view of life in London"
6 August: Glasser - Apply
"This synth siren sounds like a weirder and more credible version of Enya, all ethereal vocals and meandering melodies"
9 August: Fortune - Bully
"This highly touted French pop-rock crew might have a bulging contacts book, but they need to write some killer tunes"
10 August: Melodica, Melody + Me - Piece Me Back Together
10 August: Melodica, Melody + Me - Piece Me Back Together
"This Brixton lot mix reggae-folk with Latin American harmonies. If you can think of a catchy title for such a hybrid, do let us know"
12 August: The Count & Sinden - After Dark (feat. Mystery Jets)
"The debut album from this Essex DJ duo is a neat summation of the last 15 years in UK electronic dance music"
"The debut album from this Essex DJ duo is a neat summation of the last 15 years in UK electronic dance music"
13 August: Idiot Glee - All Packed Up
"This Kentucky lad's creepy ballads and twisted hymns provide a surreal soundtrack to Smallville USA"
14 August: Nicki Minaj - Your Love
14 August: Nicki Minaj - Your Love
"Can Nicki Minaj challenge the likes of Lady Gaga when it comes to future-female pop star? Or will her super-sexualised persona seem dated in six months' time? This one could go either way"
18 August: Pariah - Railroad
"This 21-year-old Scot makes intelligent, atmospheric dubstep – like Brian Eno meets Burial"
19 August: Stromae - Alors on Danse
"You don't need a degree in French to realise this Belgian exponent of mournful Euro disco is not a happy bunny"
20 August: The Midnight Beast - Tik Tok (parody)
"This puerile pop-rap trio are plumbing a sub-Inbetweeners register of crude toilet jokes and puns about masturbation"
23 August: Alex Winston - Choice Notes
"This quirkysomething American singer stands a better chance than most of breaking the UK thanks to her Anglophile sensibility"
25 August: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Vocal Chords
"Despite naming themselves after a race car driver, this Detroit duo are the least Motor City band ever"
26 August: Freddie Gibbs - National Anthem (Fuck the World)
"Mellifluous and menacing, is this midwestern rapper one of hip-hop's last great hopes?"
27 August: The Crayonettes
31 August: Tamaryn - Mild Confusion
"This San Francisco duo combine the Horrors' shimmery reverb with Mazzy Star's icy vocals to create a hazy, indie noise"
"Despite naming themselves after a race car driver, this Detroit duo are the least Motor City band ever"
26 August: Freddie Gibbs - National Anthem (Fuck the World)
"Mellifluous and menacing, is this midwestern rapper one of hip-hop's last great hopes?"
31 August: Tamaryn - Mild Confusion
"This San Francisco duo combine the Horrors' shimmery reverb with Mazzy Star's icy vocals to create a hazy, indie noise"
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