Blog: Musick

No, seriously, it's the funniest thing I've heard in a long time (although they're not laughing for some reason) 'Love Is Noise' indeed.

Take one cheeky Monkey and one dirty Rascal, bring to the boil in a vat of Scott Walker's left overs, simmer gently until overly polished and serve up with a side order of smug. The Last Shadow Puppets are back with the second single from their recently released album The Age Of The Understatement: The video's alright, but weirdly it reminds me of Duffy's video for 'Mercy'. I don't expect that to be the look they were going for however. The song just seems to be made up of other people's efforts, [...]

Pop music is at its greatest when you like a song despite yourself. Somehow these songs wiggle their way into your brain even though every ounce of you is screaming "REPENT, ALL IS FORGIVEN, A PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES". Or something. Every once in a while a song comes along that is so inane, so brilliantly nonsensical that it somehow turns into the most poignant or passionate three minutes of music you've ever heard. With that in mind, ladies and gentleman, here's Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown singing 'No Air': You'll [...]

Kate, much like myself, is a Swedophile. She asked me to feature some Swedish music on Musick, and who am I to refuse? Her initial suggestion of Roxette was a curious one, but after a small argument we decided on Musick favourites Those Dancing Days . Signed to Wichita records, this all-female five piece from Stockholm made some very stylish waves last year with two pop-tastic singles in the shape of 'Hitten' and the self-referential 'Those Dancing Days'. So far progress on their debut album has been interrupted by the Swedish Education system who demanded that [...]

Anyone who's ever been on youtube before will know that there are loads of wannabe singers out there who try their best to murder other people's songs while staring into the camera in a earnest/petrifying way. Well, what do we have here then, some guy called Jesse McCartney trying his hand at singing Leona Lewis' 'Bleeding Love': Appalling, I think you'll agree...oh, but hang on, this guy co-wrote the song and this is an official version from his debut album, Departure. But why does it sound like it was recorded using a [...]

I love music charts. They really fascinate me and to be honest it's quite a scary obsession. I regularly check the UK and US singles and album charts to see all the movers and shakers, but today I thought, 'why limit yourself? There's a whole host of music out there, go discover something new'. So, with that in mind, here's what's happening over in, er, Switzerland: 1. 'Bring en hei' by Baschi (don't act like you don't know. This song has been in the charts for 84 weeks!!!) 2. '4 Minutes' by [...]

It's no exaggeration when I say that Timbaland is EVERYWHERE. Nearly every song on the radio has either been produced by him or his cohort Danja. Hell, I even heard he's working on some new Katie Melua joints...OK, so that may not be true, but you get the point. I was surprised to learn that he recently worked with The Rapture on a song entitled 'No Sex For Ben'. One can only assume they're referring to TVs Ben Shepherd who's been going through a pretty lean patch recently, sex wise. The track appears on a new [...]