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Choice new CD's - Click below for the latest on each artist
1 2 GORILLAZ with BOBBY WOMACK & MOS DEF Stylo from the album 'Plastic Beach' 8 March 2010
2 - NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB Chaos new single 1 March 2010
3 - UFFIE MC's Can Kiss new single date to be confirmed
4 3 STEVE AOKI & ZUPER BLAHQ! I'm In The House new single 1 March 2010
5 - GOLDHAWKS Where In The World new single 30 March 2010
6 1 DAISY DARES YOU & CHIPMUNK Enemy Number One new single 22 February 2010 VIDEO
7 - JAYCE LEWIS Icon new single 13 December 2009 VIDEO
8 6 THOMAS WHITE The Last Blast new single 1 March 2010
9 4 GOLDFRAPP Rocket new single 8 March 2010
10 - PLASTISCINES Another Kiss new single 5 April 2010
11 12 TWIN ATLANTIC Lightspeed new single 1 March 2010
12 9 CHAPEL CLUB O Maybe I new single 22 February 2010
12 5 CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG with BECK Heaven Can Wait from her new album 'IRM'
12 8 PLAYERS PLEASE Feels Like Fire new single


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This week's post ...

Ash
War With Me new single
Some tasty deep piano heralds the arrival of the latest Ash single - with distinctive trademark pleading vocals "So why d'you wanna war with me?...". this is well up with their best songs and keep their hardcore following happy .. however it's going to be hard to break this through the new downloaded charts. Good song though.

Black Daniel
I Love You But Don't Touch Me 'Cos You're Sick new single
Hmm mad clever ass title I thought .. I'm not going to like this ... surprise surprise this is not the first time Black Daniel has won me over within a minute or so - I suppose that makes me a bit of a fan. There's a crazy loose sounding production to this and Black Daniels' vocals are somewhat reminiscent of Lou Reed ... Both songs, the quaintly titled 'I Love You But Don't Touch Me 'Cos You're Sick' and 'Move Like Royalty' are strange shining gems .. the whole bizarre sound works brilliantly and the atmosphere is so off the wall it fires a genuine curiosity ... great work, deserves success.

The Constellations
Setback new single 22 March 2010
You can hear Oasis and Beatles here, at first 'Setting Son' then very 'Tomorrow Never Knows' and then the vocals come in and there's a Tremeloes style 'ba ba ba ba' chorale ... nostalgia will certainly never go out of fashion and The Constellations hook into the 60's mood full-on. Radio friendly if at 5'24" a little too long and drawn out ... still they could win some important airplay and with the right remix ... hit maybe.

The Futureheads
Heartbeat Song new single
Another trademark sound that should keep the army of Futureheads fans happy - I still get plenty of requests for 'Hounds Of Love' etc and they always do well on the dance floor. 'Heartbeat Song' is another slice of uptempo Scot Pop ... "I still want to sing with you... " and at 2'25" should easily pick up plenty of all important airplay ... I'd say Top 20 ... top track.

Infadels
Ghosts new single 19 April 2010
Infadels were so unlucky they didn't have three massive top ten hits a couple of years back .. the long awaited return comes with new single 'Ghosts' on 19 April and it's another superb track. Many bands like Muse and Infadels seem to have an edgy politic to their writing as the name Infadels may suggest and 'Ghosts' lyric is another which proclaims "This is the life, this is a curse, this is a turning point...". Not sure where it's all leading but it is I am sure another sublime message over a classic pop song rhythm track ... Great record can't wait for the new album 'We Are Not The Infadels'.

Mr Fog
Moving Parts new single 5 April 2010
Hey this is a good tune and I would hazard a guess that Mr Fogg is quite a fan of Mr Owl City. Perhaps not as immediate as Owl's 'Fireflies' there's a very similar arrangement with interesting electronic rhythm and chimes .... dainty enchanting vocals .. did I say dainty? .. Yes dainty. Several remixes worthy of note .. the Rennie Pilgrim adds a thumpy beat for variety against the meandering four minute original ... I think with a little thought and a good edit this track could be better off around three mins or 3'30". Surprise hit maybe?

Marina & The Diamonds
The Family Jewels new album 22 February 2010
Well Marina's got 'it', you know the shhh factor. Folowing the Brits appearance the excellent 'Hollywood' has shot back into the top twenty ... it's deserves top ten with it's excellent video an' all. Not many love songs on this album she says and with titles like 'I Am Not A Robot', 'The Outsider' and 'Hermit The Frog' you get the Marina picture. "50% Greek 50% Welsh 100% frollicking fairytale creature..." One of the most interesting new artists.

Uffie
MC's Can Kiss - Mixes new single
Great! More mixes of this superbly cocky track from Miss Paris ... Uffie. The original track is very in your face with aggressive rapped up vocals and a fantastically cheeky strage instrumentalist fade out ... it's great ... now accompanied by four more mixes, the 'Clean Version', 'Starkey Redid' and the very useful Zombie Disco Squad Remix and Dub... she deserves big success with this and then hopefully big coverage of her debut album 'Sex Dreams & Denim Jeans' in April 2010... v sexed up! Here's what we said about the original track last week ... Uffie's just naughty isn't she? Very nice ... I loved 'Pop The Glock' and this new single bodes well for her debut album. Our favourite and outrageous Parisienne model Uffie is back with another titilating title 'MC's Can Kiss' (she does mention it's her 'bum cheek') ... the time is right for Uffie to consolidate international success in Britain to her fame at home and this is a good track ... so hitbound from this panel member.

This week's Top 40 ...

Top 40 Sun 21 Feb 10
Ke$ha now 10 weeks at number one Stateside, while America's Haiti Charity record - the Michael Jackson / Lionel Richie penned 'We Are The World' - 25th Anniversary edition ... pulls in first week at number two ... sorry to say this ... but isn't it cringe-worthy ... worthy cause undoubtedly but the vocals - select mute when it's played ... and it's six and a half minutes long ... and it's missed the UK Top 40 as Helping Haiti is for a second week the UK's number one holding the charity crown ... but down to 6 on Sundays iTunes ... another sign that any talk of the recession being over is a lie .... and great to see that at least £1 of the £3.99 cost of the Helping Haiti CD will go towards Helping Haiti .. but what about the other £2.99?

Interesting figures on Band Aid and Live Aid 1984 when we set about helping Ethiopia's starving 33 million population ... now just 26 years later in 2010 that starving population has swelled to 73 million ... will that mean 160 million in 2035 ...

As expected anyone favoured by a presence at The Brits has received a big sales boost ... with Florence & The Machine charting with two versions of 'You've Got The Love' .. her Brits appearance with Rascal 'You've Got The Dirtee Love' in at 2 - possibly the quickest recording ever to make the chart at just five days later - and her album version climbing to 11.

It's the second time prime time TV exposure has prevented the record from dropping from the chart - following the New Year Top Of The Pops when the track climbed 20 places eventually reaching the top five.

This feat replicates the double success for 'Don't Stop Believing' with Journey and Glee Cast both in the top ten with different versions of that song.

The Glee Cast take-over continues apace with two tunes in the top ten and 'Glee Cast The Music Season Volume 1' goes straight to the top of the UK Albums.

Oh dear dear ... Jedward & Vanilla Ice dropped ten to 12 .. now their younger fans have the track a quick descent is inevitable ... except woh ... it's climbed one place back up to 11.

5 new entries & 1 re-entry - 8 up, 24 down, 2 non-movers

This Week ... Last Wk ... Wks In ... Artist ... Title ... Origin

1 1 2 HELPING HAITI Everybody Hurts UK

2 new FLORENCE & THE MACHINE & DIZZEE RASCAL You've Got The Dirtee Love (Live @ The Brits) UK

3 2 6 OWL CITY Fireflies US

4 3 4 TIMBALAND & KATY PERRY If We Ever Meet Again US

5 4 7 ALICIA KEYS Empire State Of Mind (Part 2)US

6 10 4 RIHANNA Rude Boy US

7 5 6 GLEE CAST Don' Stop Believing US

8 new LEMAR The Way Love Goes UK

9 9 2 GLEE CAST Halo / Walking On Sunshine US

10 6 9 3OH!3 & KATY PERRY Starstrukk US

 

11 12 3 JEDWARD & VANILLA ICE Under Pressure UK / US

12 29 17 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE You've Got The Love UK

13 8 7 IYAZ Replay US

14 7 6 JLS One Shot UK

15 20 17 LADY GAGA Bad Romance US

16 25 23 JAY-Z & ALICIA KEYS Empire State Of Mind US

17 13 5 JAY SEAN, SEAN PAUL, LIL JOHN Do You Remember UK / US

18 11 13 JOURNEY Don't Stop Believing US

19 26 2 CHERYL COLE Parachute UK

20 14 2 GLEE CAST It's My Life / Confessions Part 3 US

 

21 16 5 EXAMPLE Won't Go Quietly UK

22 18 3 MARINA & THE DIAMONDS Hollywood UK

23 17 7 SIDNEY SAMSON Riverside Holland

24 19 12 JAY-Z & Mr HUDSON Young Forever US / UK

25 21 10 ALEXANDRA BURKE Broken Heels UK

26 24 11 SATURDAYS Ego UK

27 28 4 YOUNG MONEY & LLOYD Bedrock US

28 new COURTEENERS You Overdid It Doll UK

29 23 16 KE$HA Tik Tok US

30 15 3 KE$HA Blah Blah Blah US

 

31 22 12 N-DUBZ & Mr HUDSON Playing With Fire UK

32 27 3 CALVIN HARRIS You Used To Hold Me UK

33 35 33 BLACK EYED PEAS I Gotta Feeling US

34 39 3 LADY GAGA & BEYONCE Telephone US

35 new CHRIS BROWN Crawl US

36 re-entry 16 CHERYL COLE Fight For This Love UK

37 31 20 BLACK EYED PEAS Meet Me Halfway US

38 30 15 PIXIE LOTT Cry Me Out UK

39 34 6 BIFFY CLYRO Many Of Horror UK

40 new LEONA LEWIS I Got You UK

Look No Hands
Posted Saturday 27th February 2010
 On the Wayne Bridge / John Terry non-handshake at todays Chelsea v Man City match ... inspired wisdom from 'NickMotown' on the BBC's Twitter "I say you can't go wrong with the classic 'electric buzzer in the palm'..."

Radio 2xs Numbers
Posted Friday 25th February 2010
 Number Crunching
During January 2010: Radio 2xs was listened-to over 540,000 times....
Our AVERAGE listening time per listener was 1 hours 18 minutes.
The Radio 2xs website had over 1.7 MILLION hits.

News
Radio 2xs is just about to launch a new 90s show which will complete our heritage playlists of 60 Years Of Rock & Roll: if you can identify which is the oldest song we play, email us and see if you can prove you're a Clever Person! (Here's a clue: it's from 1949!)

Donate!
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Most-heard songs on Radio2XS during the past 3 weeks...
44271 GAMMA RAY - To The Metal
31977 MUSE - Resistance
31647 AIRBOURNE - No Way But The Hard Way
29782 ONE REPUBLIC - All The Right Moves (Filthy Dukes mix)
28988 OCEAN COLOUR SCENE - 100 Floors Of Perception
28843 BABYBIRD - Unloveable
28645 DEPECHE MODE - Perfect (Roger Sanchez mix)
28208 JUNKIE XL - Remember
27851 GLASS (The) - Superhero (Sam Roqwell & I Sancho mix)
26661 SLIPKNOT - Snuff
26209 BOMB THE BASS - The Infinites
25049 FUCKED UP - Generation
24626 GIL SCOTT HERON - Me And The Devil
23563 DAVY KNOWLES - Taste Of Danger (ft Jonatha Brooke)
23012 DOMMIN - My Heart Your Hands
22884 NICK HOLLYWOOD - Deep Henderson
22853 HELL - U Can Dance (ft Bryan Ferry)
22348 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD - This Love This Hate
21881 LEE MacDOUGALL - Joanna
20921 SUPER U - Stalk The Paparazzi
19660 DEAD BY SUNRISE - My Suffering
19116 COURTEENERS (The) - You Overdid It Doll
18950 ROB ZOMBIE - Sick Bubblegum
18269 PLACEBO - Bright Lights
18173 WOO WORTHS (The) - Plasticine
18139 AARON CAREY - 6 Strings
17711 WALDECK - Memories
17438 ERLAND AND THE CARNIVAL - Trouble In Mind
17348 ASH - Space Shot
17302 HIM - Heartkiller
16646 ERRORS - A Rumour In Africa
16227 BILLY BOY ON POISON - Happy Valentine`s Day
15984 DR RUBBERFUNK - Sunset Breakup
15841 CARAVAN PALACE - Jolie Coquine
15648 EIGHT LEGS - I Understand (Blame James remix)
15080 DUM DUM GIRLS - Jail La La
14334 CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG - Heaven Can Wait (ft Beck)
13086 EELS - A Line In The Dirt
12597 RINGO STARR - Fill In The Blanks
12590 LIMOZINE - Honey Yeah

Saturday Twofers: 2 songs every hour 00-22:00 (UK) by:-
27 Feb: Rolling Stones
06 Mar: Eels
13 Mar: Jimi Hendrix

America's Hot 100

This Week ... Last Week ... Weeks In ... Artist ... Title

1 1 19 KE$HA TiK ToK

2 new ARTISTS FOR HAITI We Are The World 25

3 2 11 BLACK EYED PEAS Imma Be

4 4 12 YOUNG MONEY & LLOYD BedRock

5 5 16 LADY GAGA Bad Romance

6 3 27 LADY ANTEBELLEM Need You Now

7 7 20 TRAIN Hey, Soul Sister

8 8 10 LUDACRIS How Long

9 11 10 JASON DeRULO In My Head

10 6 28 DAVID GUETTA & AKON Sexy Chick

Wake up to Crapital
Posted Monday 21st February 2010
 Oh dear ... a cheap publicity stunt? Forlorn attempt to join Moyles in Ofcom's 'bad but no significant action taken book'? Jodie Kidd standing in for Lisa Snowdon on the Capital 95.8FM Johnny Yaughn Breakfast Show tells London to "F++k off!" ... stunt or c**t ... what d'you think? Click here to listen to the exchange on RadioFail.wordpress.com

 

new trax
our weekly a to z of new music / cd review's is listed below

this week
Ash
Black Daniel
Constellations 22/3/10
Futureheads
Groove Armada LP
Infadels
Marina & The Diamonds LP
Mr Fogg
Plasticines LP
Uffie Mixes

15 Feb
Candle Thieves
Catfish & the Bottlemen 15/3
Cosmo Jarvis
Eugene & The Lizards 1/3
Goldfrapp Mixes
Jayce Lewis 13/12/09
New Young Pony Club
Plastiscines
Shy Child
Uffie

8 Feb
Charlotte Gainsberg LP Codeine Velvet Club
The Drums
Forever The Sickest Kids
Goldhawks
Gorillaz
Kate Nash
Lady GaGa Mix's
Lightspeed Champion LP
Wild Beasts
Yeasayer

1 Feb
Ali Love
Animal Kingdom
Archie Bronson Outfit
Arctic Monkeys
Chiddy Bang
Daisy Dares You
Goldfrapp
Ellie Goulding
Natasha Sohl
Players Please
Thomas White
Wolfmother
You Me At Six

25 Jan
Gaggle 8/3/10
Hot Chip LP 1/2/10
These New Puritans

18 Jan
Bombay Bicycle Club
Detroit Social Club
Hot Chip Remixes
Mumford & Sons
OK Go

11 Jan
Amy MacDonald
Caesar & Robyn 1/2/10
Chapel Club
Lady GaGa
Marina & The Diamonds Remixes 1/2/10
Placebo
Tinashe
Scroobius Pip v Dan Le Sac
Stereophonics
Steve Aoki & Zuper Blahq 1/3/10
Tanashe
Twin Atlantic

4 Jan
Alphabeat 22/2
Depeche Mode
Ellie Goulding 1/3
Example 18/1
Expatriate
French Horn Rebellion
Justin Bieber 4/1
Riton&Primary1
Stereophonics
Sub-Focus
Teenagers In Tokyo 8/2/10

28 Dec
Here's Mike's fifty favourite pre-release tunes we've enjoyed supporting over the past twelve months. Some have become mega-hits others have missed entirely
Says Mike "they've each got one thing in common ... I loves 'em!!"

21 Dec
Kid Cudi 8/2/10
Marina & The Diamonds 1/2/10
Plan B & Pendulum 11/1/10
Roisin Murphy 18/1/10
Stereophonics 15/2/10

14 Dec
Fyfe Dangerfield
Hollywood Undead 18/1/10
Hot Chip 1/3/10
Lightspeed Champion 25/1
Owl City
Yeasayer Remixes 4/1/10