Albums
Grace Jones - Hurricane (Wall of Sound)
Who could really have imagined that Grace Jones’ first album in almost twenty years would be this amazing?
Constantines - Kensington Heights (Arts & Crafts)
The last Constantines album was a glacial and great outdoorsy kind of rock’n'roll record.
Sway - The Signature (Dcypha)
Sway has lyrical skill but that means nothing if you were given a personality by-pass at birth.
Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life (Matador)
A building guitar line, then WWWWAAAAAAAAARGHHH! and we’re off.
CSS - Donkey (Sub Pop/Warner)
Brazil’s CSS set out their stall for record two with this line from opening track, ‘Jåger Yoga’: “We didn’t come into the world to walk around / We came here to take you out”.
Apache - Boomtown Gems (Birdman)
Juvenile delinquent bands from California that do a surf/garage/glam crossover and have painfully predictable lyrics like “summer time and the girls are hot” are alright by me every freakin’ time.
Black Kids - Partie Traumatic (Almost Gold)
Florida’s Black Kids are a total limp dick of a live band, and their debut album is an absolute shocker - shockingly good.
