"I'm terrible, Muriel."
I realise that I haven't done a little compendium of newer musical discoveries since
August (when I did my three-blog catch-up). Time to make amends, methinks - with just a few slices of randomness that have caught my ear over the past three-and-a-bit months!
First up, this month saw a rather overdue return for
Simple Minds - a band whose early hits (
I Travel,
Changeling and
The American in particular) still have the power to send goosebumps down my spine. I went right off them as they got their big break and veered more into "stadium rock" and "U2-lite" pomposity, which pleased their American audience but not their fans from the 80s clubbing days. I have given them the benefit of the doubt with this new reappearance, and I must admit this single is not bad at all:
Another lot that can be described as real troopers - having been in the business for
thirty years next year - and, of course, a true favourite of ours, is
Erasure. And fortuitously just this week another of our fave electro bands here at Dolores Delargo Towers the fab
Parallox has done a rather excellent remix of Andy and Vince's latest single
Reason!
Speaking of the 80s... Here's the verrrry retro sound of
Hearts On Fire (with its heavy-on-the-equal-rights video) by Aussie duo
Divine Knights:
Paying tribute (to my ears anyway) to the sublime
Noosha Fox, it's none other than "the voice of 2009",
La Roux! For a "comeback" choice this is a rather excellent choon, too:
We always fancy a bit of
Ricky Martin - no guesses which bit! - and here is the man himself, looking as sexy as ever, with his latest:
Ramping the beats per minute up a notch, another band we haven't heard from for a while is
Avec Sans! Here's the duo's newest infectious dance number, the trancy
All Of Time:
Courtesy (once again) of the lovely Henry (who has gone somewhat quiet of late over at
Barbarella's Galaxy) - the blogger I can always rely on to sniff out music from across the interwebs, so I don't have to - here are a couple of works of wonder, starting with a Ukrainian singer cheering her nation's spirits up in the face of Russian hostility, the remarkable
Yasinska:
And, to conclude - possibly one of the most infectious and downright silly dance songs of recent years! I can guarantee that before very long (if you let it), the refrain
I'm an Albatraoz will be firmly embedded in your brain with little hope of release. Here's the Swedish brother and sister duo AronChupa (in the impressive surroundings of that Art Deco masterpiece
The Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California):
[And for the completely insane, there is an
hour-long version of that song
on YouTube!]
As ever, enjoy! And feel free to comment...
STOP PRESS: I almost forgot! Courtesy of our friend Baby Steve, there's also
THIS:
Mummy, I'm scared.
