Yaw – Ain't No Stoppin Me / Mos Def – Casa Bey
(From MySpace via Deviation and Tym-pan-o-gram)
"I'm just a b-boy trapped deep inside a soul singer," says Chicago's Yaw, who lets that inner breaker out for a couple of steps on Ain't No Stoppin Me. The Mighty Mos could offer him some tips – after two albums of trying to mix aggression and introspection he's finally got the balance right.
Omaha Bitch – The Slow
(From Fubiz)
The blogosphere loves the smell of bad video in the morning. Hats off then to Parisian rock quintet Omaha Bitch for putting the hard work into producing the ultimate stinker – an Apocalypse Now pastiche that insults women, Francis Ford Coppola and (who'd have thought it) Benny Hill. Somewhere in the melee there's a great tune gasping for air.
Embedded – Terminal Stage
(From MySpace via Loadown)
Office workers: Rainer Düsing's opening scream lasts three seconds. Should be just long enough for you to scramble for the minimise volume button. Unless your colleagues would appreciate an earful of Osnabrück, Germany's finest death metal?
ExLovers – Photo Booth
(From MySpace)
Britain's coolest postcode moved again this week. Let's see if the wintry pop of ExLovers (who are championed by the DJs at Shoreditch club night, Twisted Licks) can drag it back east.
Tony Ozier – Futuristic Soul
(From Beatlife)
Makes you wonder why somebody didn't musically introduce Sly and the Family Stone and Squarepusher sooner. Disappointingly bland title though. How about WT FNK?! Or #G3TS0UL?! Much more future-proof.
