The Staggers – No Como Tu
(From MySpace)
"DER DER DER DER DER" DER-ivative. Which is more than fine with us if your impression of the Sonics and Them is so spot on that you can channel both at their hair-raising best. The title (which translates as "Not like you") HAS to be ironic.
CIAfrica – URgencia
(From Dutty Artz)
At least grime found an audience somewhere. CIAfrica, hailing from Abidjan on the Ivory Coast, are short of a few postcode shoutouts, but on the plus side, they start their rappers off far earlier.
Leathermouth – Catch Me If You Can
(From Can You See The Sunset)
A plucky old noise from a New Jersey hardcore quintet featuring Frank Iano of My Chemical Romance. They've got this far with him in tow, so forcing their way through the inevitable storm of derisive laughter from Locust fans should be a cinch.
Friendly Fires – Kiss of Life
(From This Big Stereo)
Yet another vitriolic, life-affirming indie-funk stomper from the St Albans trio. They're starting to remind us of another band that, for a brief while, knew how to write songs for everyone. Embrace this wholeheartedly before they get righteous, dull and repetitive.
Jolly – Red Sky Locamotive
(From MySpace via AfroJacks)
True gold-from-thin-air musical alchemy here, in which the record collection of someone who shops for CDs in Asda ("I like a good tune, you know - Doves, Oasis, Muse, Radiohead, Iron Maiden – that sort of thing") is boiled down into a sludge so eerily compulsive that you'll have it on repeat just to try to hear how this Brooklyn band did it.
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