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Choice new CD's - Click below for the latest on each artist
1 2 RUDENKO Everybody new single 16 February video
1 1 PRODIGY Omen / Invaders Must Die new single 16 February new album 23 February
3 3 BRAKES Hey Hey new single 2 March video
4 - THE HOURS Big Black Hole new single 30 March
5 5 NOISETTES Don't Upset The Rhythm Kissy Sell Ot Remix new single 23 March
6 - LADYHAWKE Paris Is Burning InnerPartySystem Remix new single 2 March
7 - THE KING BLUES Get The Girl, Save The World new single 16 February
8 7 RISE AGAINST Audience Of One new single 2 March
9 6 U2 Get On Your Boots new single 15 February
10 - LUCIEN CAINE She Loves To Lose / The Beat That My Heart Missed new single 2 March
11 12 MONGREL Hit From The Morning Sun new single
12 - SNOWBYRDS Master Of Ceremonies from 'Riot' single 9 March
12 - TIGERS THAT TALKED 23 Fears new single
12 8 SAINT ETTIENNE Method Of Modern Love new single 9 February
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this week's post ...

Animal Collective
My Girls new single
Phew this is a strange track. On Domino Records too, Arctic Monkeys label. With an intro sounding like an echoed sample of Candi Staton & The Source's 'You Got The Love' and counting down on 5 minutes 3o seconds .... enter strange, weird indecipherable vocals... two minutes in - the beginning of a drum track ... nope sorry.. just a technically fab production of haunting repetitive keyboard and monasterially chanting vocal. If this were turned up really loud and you were listening solo I reckon you'd be spooked. Very strange in the Laurie Anderson 'Oh Superman' category, hit potential ... hmm probably not

Chris Cornell
Part Of Me new single 9 March
"That chick ain't a part of me" ... Chris Cornell's new album 'Scream' is due soon and he's teamed up with Timbaland who himself had a hit with 'Scream' a different song - a hit for Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson & Nicole Scherzinger a year ago. 'Part Of Move' moves along at a steady 113bpm with a kind of slinky electro rock vibe .. possibly a very very big hit

Eugene McGuinness
Fonz new single 23 February
Short and sweet Jack Penate stylee, Eugene McGuinness and 'Fonz' .. 163bpm's and two minutes twenty seconds. A strong single not sure it will hit though

In This Moment
Forever new single 6 April
Paramore have big competition here. Led by Maria Brink, In This Moment are out front on the sleeve with ample-ness. 'Forever' is a storming 180bpm rocker very much of the 'Misery Business' league and with In This Moment currently tour support for Mudvayne look out for their UK Festival appearances this Summer. Hit potential

La Roux
In For The Kill new single 16 March
"I'm going in for the kill, I'm loving you for the thrill and hoping you'll understand and don't let go of my hand .. ". For Elly La Roux with an each Thursday of February residency at Notting Hill Arts Club Yo Yo things are looking good as she'll soon to be touring support for Lily Allen. 'Kill' is an up-tempo, off-beat 147bpm electro almost grimy type of tune, the follow-up to last year's 'Quicksand' and showing steady progress

Maccabees
No Kind Words from new album due in May
Another stand-out track heralds the return of The Maccabees. 'No Kind Words' is the first taste of their forthcoming as yet untitled new album due in May and it's somewhat somber. Kicking in with an understated 86bpm drum track, an atmospheric low key "hello" and it's sounding serious "If you've got no kind words to say, you should say nothing...." This is a real grower, an excellent return. Not sure if this will be a single but on downloads anything’s possible, hopefully top twenty with ease

Red Light Company
Arts & Crafts (Clean Version Video) new single 2 March
And it seemed like such an innocent tune... Red Light Company are due a hit with 'Arts & Crafts'. An enchanting verse and a blitzkrieg chorus "Your testimony shakes and all you wanted breaks, you found somebody new, is it true ... ". Featuring five ladies in red and suggestively posing, the DVD clean version is as enormous as the err not so clean one, which I'd very much like to see also. Bigger

Saint Etienne
London Conversations, Best Of new album 16 February
'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' at 102bpm and as it's composer Neil Young could scarcely have imagined twenty years prior to Saint Etienne’s 1991 treatment. Then came 'Nothing Can Stop Us Now', 'You're In A Bad Way', 'Join Our Club', 'He's On The Phone' and 'I Was Born On Christmas Day' ... Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs and the divine vocals of Sarah Cracknell, a double CD packed with the pick of the Saint Etienne back catalogue, a superb collection of dance floor indie for the 90's and now

The View
Which Bitch new album 2 February
A straight to number four on the Album Chart position bodes well for The View. 'Shock Horror' seems to have joined '5 Rebeccas' having missed the top forty singles but there must have been plenty of interested purchasers represented by a top four album. 'Which Bitch?' is another meandering collection of ideas, a bit like a blog and sometimes not joined-up thought put to music rather than a trademark sound. Kyle Falconer's vocals carry an unusual charm and warmth, however from the choice tracks 'One Off Pretender' and 'Distant Doubloon' there seems to be some theme of life and some 'political' nous although it's difficult to rationalise the lyrics. For example 'Jimmy's Crazy Conspiracy' seems to be anti-conspiratorial at the same time as recognising the possibility. I hope it's not the pressure of following up the early hit 'Same Jeans' I can hear, some tracks sound like they needed a bit of fine tuning. Anyway, a number four album can't be bad

White Lies
Farewell To The Fairground new single 23 March
'To Lose My Life' cracked the number 32 singles chart position, a fine result for the hotly tipped White Lies debut release. Next the follow-up and get someone big credible in to re-mix it, enter Alan Moulder, he of Smashing pumpkins and My Bloody Valentine producers fame and hey presto ... 'Farewell To The Fairground' is bang-on, a chunky thundering riffed up slab of White Lies take on pop. As I've scanned the audience while I've been playing 'To Lose My Life', I can't help noticing the song left some people behind, perhaps it was the lyric not connecting in the club environment, perhaps a bit early in the songs life. I think 'Fairground' should fare better, in fact the superb production marks it out really well, and the added incentive of a remix with a cover of Kanye West's 'Love Lockdown' may take White Lies to a top twenty hit this time

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

this week
Animal Collective
Chris Cornell 9/3
Eugene McGuinness 23/2
In This Moment 6/4
La Roux 16/3
Maccabees 5/5
Red Light Company Vid 2/3
Saint Ettienne LP 16/2
The View 2/2
White Lies 23/3

2 Feb
General Fiasco 2/3
The Hours 30/3
InnerPartySystem Remix
Keane 16/3
King Blues 16/2
Lucien Caine 2/3
Me My Head 2/3
Noisettes Remix 23/3
Snowbyrds 9/3
Tigers That Talked

26 Jan
Ida Maria LP 9/2
Ladyhawke 2/3
Metro Station 23/3
My Chemical Romance 9/2
Prodigy Mixes 16/2
Rise Against 2/3
Saint ettienne 9/2
Snow Patrol 9/3
Veto 16/3
VV Brown 2/3

19 Jan
Brakes 2/3
Esser 23/2
Franz Ferdinand LP 26/1
Gary Go 16/2
Glasvegas 23/2
The Lonely Island 2/2
Mongrel
Noisettes 23/2
Passion Pit
Skint & Demoralised 16/2
U2 15/2
The Virgins
WhoMadeWho

12 Jan
All American Rejects 9/2
Basshunter
Defend Moscow
Filthy Dukes 9/3
Flamboyant Bella
Kevin Rudolph Remixes
Le Corps Mince De Francoise
Marmaduke Duke CD
Morrissey 9/2
Prodigy 16/2
Rudenko 16/2
September 9/3
Wombats

5 Jan
Franz Ferdinand
The Fray 26/1

29 Dec
Mad4these 08

22 Dec
Amy Studt
Filthy Dukes
Ida Maria
InnerPartySystem Voluntary Butler Scheme

15 Dec
Fall Out Boy LP

8 Dec
The Answer 22/2
Cage The Elephant 26/1
Fifty Phantoms 26/1
Franz Ferdinand Singles
Gold Teeth
Kaiser Chiefs & Calvin Harris
Kid Crudi Vs Crookers 12/1
Lady Gaga & Colby Odonis 5/1
Lily Allen 26/1
Little Comets
Madcon Jan/09
Metro Station
Noisettes 29/12
Opera House Remixes
Prodigy 26/11
Red Light Company
Snow Patrol Remix 15/12
View 2/2/09

1 Dec
All American Rejects
White Lies

27 years ago.. un-beknown to his work mates Rick Buckler and Bruce Foxton, Paul Weller was thinking of splitting the band. The Jam were in their fifth year of hit-making, punk had long since passed the mantle of cutting edge new music to hip hop. Weller's mind seemed to be more on a 60's r & b / northern soul dance floor sound he'd already revived when The Jam covered Martha Reeves 'Heatwave'. He'd known former Merton Parka Mick Talbot for some time and forming a new band The Style Council with Mick must have croseed his mind. But first more Jam business. Their swan song 'Beat Surrender' number one in December '82 preceded by arguably Weller's finest song and The Jam's biggest hit, 'Town Called Malice' which went straight to the top on 9 Feb 1982

MTV arrived in '81, The Jam 'Town' vid in '82

This week's Top 40 ...

Top 40 Sun 8 Feb 09

Both Lily Allen & The Boss Bruce Springsteen stay at the top of the singles and albums chart for a second week

New at 4, Eminem back from retirement with his homies Dre and Cent with Daniel Merriweather hot on their tails at 8. Coldplay are download champs again at 28 while N-Dubz excellent 104bpm 'Strong Again' is in at 40

4 new entries – 9 up, 23 down, 4 non-movers

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

1 1 2 LILY ALLEN The Fear

2 1 5 LADY GAGA & COLBY O'DONNIS Just Dance

3 4 3 TINCHY STRYDER & TAIO CRUZ Take Me Back

4 new EMINEM, Dr DRE & 50 CENT Crack A Bottle

5 6 5 ALESHA DIXON Breathe Slow

6 3 4 KID CUDI & CROOKERS Day N Nite

7 5 10 JAMES MORRISON & NELLY FURTADO Broken Strings

8 new DANIEL MERRIWEATHER Change

9 8 10 BEYONCE Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

10 7 6 KEVIN RUDOLPH & LIL WAYNE Let It Rock

11 10 18 KINGS OF LEON Use Somebody

12 9 7 SATURDAYS Issues

13 25 2 SHONTELLE T-Shirt

14 11 5 JASON MRAZ I'm Yours

15 13 7 BRITNEY SPEARS Circus

16 36 2 PUSSYCAT DOLLS Whatcha Think About That

17 12 5 PINK Sober

18 22 17 KATY PERRY Hot N Cold

19 15 13 KILLERS Human

20 38 2 ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS Gives You Hell

21 16 4 JORDIN SPARKS One Step At A Time

22 17 14 BEYONCE If I Were A Boy

23 18 22 KINGS OF LEON Sex On Fire

24 28 4 LADY GAGA Poker Face

25 19 9 NE-YO Mad

26 20 10 LEONA LEWIS Run

27 21 7 KANYE WEST Heartless

28 new COLDPLAY Life In Technicolour II

29 24 7 GIRLS ALOUD The Loving Kind

30 30 14 ALESHA DIXON The Boy Does Nothing

31 27 3 JAY SEAN Tonight

32 23 8 ALEXANDRA Hallelujah

33 39 2 AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT Sometime Around Midnight

34 29 15 AKON Right Now (Na Na Na)

35 31 12 MGMT Kids

36 40 13 THE SCRIPT Breakeven

37 37 16 SATURDAYS Up

38 33 14 BRITNEY SPEARS Womanizer

39 32 14 T.I. & RIHANNA Live Your Life

40 new N-DUBZ Strong Again

Top Gear Apology
Jeremy Clarkson has apologised for his insult to one-eyed Scottish people whom he offended by comparing them to Gordon Brown. Interesting to note that he sticks by his insult to idiots, as one of whom the Prime Minister has done very well.

Great Gold Robbery
If bank robbers had made off with such a lot of dosh they'd be in jail wouldn't they? Soon after becoming Chancellor in 1997, Gordon Brown began selling Britain's gold reserves arguing gold was finished as an national investment. At Prime Ministers Questions recently, he was asked about the price of gold then and today. Perhaps not surprisingly he didn't have the information to hand. The price of gold then was $262 per ounce... the price of gold today... $911 per ounce. Mr Brown has not apologised for his insult to gold.

Sexual Equality
Thanks to Tracy Fisher for sending us this from an anonymous male friend... He says, "I never quite figured out why the sexual urge of men and women differ so much. And I never have figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing. I have never figured out why men think with their head and women with their heart. For example, one evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting into bed. Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says, 'I don't feel like it, I just want you to hold me'. I said, 'WHAT??!! What was that?!' So she says the words that every boyfriend on the planet dreads to hear... 'You're just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man.' She responded to my puzzled look by saying, 'Can't you just love me for who I am and not what I do for you in the bedroom?' Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep.
The very next day I opted to take the day off of work to spend time with her. We went out to a nice lunch and then went shopping at a big, big unnamed department store. I walked around with her while she tried on several different very expensive outfits. She couldn't decide which one to take, so I told her we'd just buy them all. She wanted new shoes to compliment her new clothes, so I said, 'Let's get a pair for each outfit.'
We went on to the jewelry department where she picked out a pair of diamond earrings ... she was so excited. She must have thought I was one wave short of a shipwreck. I started to think she was testing me because she asked for a tennis bracelet when she doesn't even know how to play tennis.
I think I threw her for a loop when I said, 'That's fine, honey.' She
was almost nearing sexual satisfaction from all of the excitement. Smiling with excited anticipation, she finally said, 'I think this is all dear, let's go to the cashier.'
I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, 'No honey, I don't
feel like it.'
Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a baffled,
'WHAT?'
I then said, 'Honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while. You're just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman.'
And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me, I added, 'Why can't you just love me for who I am and not for the things I buy you?'
Apparently I won't be having sex tonight either....but at least she knows I'm as smart as her."

America's Hot 100
This Week ... Last Week ... Artist ... Title

1 1 KELLY CLARKSON My Life Would Suck Without You

2 3 BEYONCE Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

3 4 KANYE WEST Heartless

4 2 LADY GAGA & COLBY O'DONIS Just Dance

5 5 TAYLOR SWIFT Love Story

6 6 THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS Gives You Hell

7 8 THE FRAY You Found Me

8 7 T.I. & RIHANNA Live Your Life

9 9 BRITNEY SPEARS Circus

10 10 JASON MRAZ I'm Yours