New Releases - 21 September - Pop Special

New Releases - 21 September - Pop Special

16 September, 2009
by: Music Team

*Single of the Week*
Lethal Bizzle – Going Out Tonight
V2 Records

I really like this track. Sure, it's ultra-derivative and shamelessly commercial: marrying grime attitude, facile but funny lyrics and a stabbing filter-swept tech-house beat that begs to ride Dizzee's coat-tails up the charts. But it's still good.

Definitely the best thing though is the video, which is Bizzle's tribute to the outrageous Khia's original booty carwash. Bizzle's version features homegrown, English tits and ass and injects some much needed humour in the form of a hosepipe fight. Watch it now! 4/5
JH


Ian Brown – Stellify
Fiction Records

Who'd have thought Ian Brown would still be making music twenty years after the Stone Roses' debut? This first release off his new album 'My Way' sees King Monkey back on form after a thoroughly lacklustre effort with 'The World Is Yours' in 2007. 
 
There's nothing mould-breaking here, the trademark Manc lyrics are in force (everything must end in aiiiii) but it's the marching pace of the drums, jubilant trumpets and minor key changes which demonstrate he can still produce a contemporary hit, even if he is looking more like Skeletor by the day. 4/5
EM


Metronomy – Not Made For Love
Because Music

The new-look Metronomy's first release reads a bit like a sequel to their previous best, 'Heartbreaker'. More restrained than usual, this builds into a plinky-plonky lo-fi electro ballad of Hot Chip proportions - it's nice, rather polite and quite inoffensive, yet remains charming.
 
More interesting are the other tracks on this EP: 'What Do I Do Now' is a wet dream for any vocoder fan and 'Do The Right Thing' sounds like the last track you'd hear at a party as dawn breaks and you ponder facing the bus journey home, or sleeping in the bath. 3/5
MF


Jade Ewen – My Man
Polydor

Unlike previous Eurovision entries (I'm looking at you Jemini) Jade Ewen didn't do too badly this year, coming in fifth (and not fifth from the bottom, which would have still been a decent result). So let's forgive her for not disappearing completely after the contest.

How does her first single sound? Great if you enjoy diva screams, Stephen Hawking distortion and heavy bass. I can imagine it being a club hit as it is pretty catchy.

Jade Ewen, I award you 3 points. 3/5
GB


Shakira – She Wolf
Epic Records
 
I must confess: I like Shakira. She successfully transitioned from Latin American Alanis Morissette to bilingual popstar without selling out. Yes, she refashioned herself as a slutty blonde, but she retained musical integrity.

While not quite cutting it as a single, the disco-y 'She Wolf' ticks all the boxes that make Shakira grating to many, but likable to fans: wavery vocals, a catchy chorus and oddly poetic lyrics ('this is lycanthropy' she chants – someone's been happily consulting their OED). 2.5/5
NH


Example – Watch The Sun Come Up
DATA Records

This poppy song from West London rapper Example is a soppy lamentation over the loss of a holiday romance, and stands as a departure from some of his earlier work, branching out to use a more up-tempo dance track, building synths and a heart-beat pulse clearly intended to make it sound deep, anthemic and insightful.
 
Even though this track is fairly insipid and forgettable, I have found myself whistling it over lunch, so perhaps it's not that bad. 2/5 
SG


VV Brown  - Game Over
Island Music   
 
This Shirley Bassey-esque, big show tune veers away from the unique do-wop pop sound which 'Crying Blood' exemplified and shudders heavily into the diva girly pop camp. The girl can sing, but this is a bit of a snore, with its repetitive melodies and clumsy rhymes.

'I don't want to mess around with a joker...this is my life not a game of poker'. Well VV, a poker playing joker would seriously brighten up my day right now. 1.5/5
LC


Basshunter – Every Morning
Warner Music
 
Have you ever noticed how Basshunter looks like Ken doll? I wonder if he's got one of those weird flattish plastic penis-mounds that Ken Dolls have. Barbie must have been disappointed when he first dropped trow.  
 
Anyway I digress. This single is horrible of course, I'd expect nothing less from Swedish pop-trance. But one can't be too vehement about it because it's so honest in its awfulness it's hilarious. God Bless those Swedes. 0.5/5
RC


Sergeant – Sunshine
Shy Recordings
 
This song is the type of 'you're listening to Chris Evans on the Breakfast Show' sunshiny Boo Radleys-esque crap that makes we want to sit in a darkened room crying whilst clinging onto a shotgun and rocking gently back and forth. 0.1/5
DH


Kid Cudi – Make Her Say 
Universal Motown Records

If my less than salubrious life leads me to the gates of hell, I will probably walk headfirst into a vile-lyrics competition between Kid Cudi, Kanye West and Common, which pretty much sums up their new release 'Make Her Say'.
 
With such lyrical gems as 'When it's said and done will she spit it up and swallow', it will no doubt be a hit cd-turned-coaster before you can say 'Fuck Them Otha Niggas' 0/5
GM

Whoaa!! Ouchies from Gina. And maybe she's wrong as well. What do you think? Let us know below...

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Music Team