Poney Poney – Cross the Fader
(from Daily Motion, via Fluo Kids)
Like Weezer before them, Parisian duo Poney Poney understood the value of infecting their work with ideas spread by viral videos. We might have a pandemic on our hands …
Zooey Deschanel – Yes Man
(from Punkreas)
The number of great tracks Ms Deschanel has released this year is equal to the number of terrible films she's starred in. She calls herself an actress/musician. She's half right.
Brakes – Crystal Tunings
(from Earz Mag)
Not a supergroup (they're former members of minor players Electric Soft Parade, British Sea Power and the Pipettes) but still pretty super, the Brighton quartet re-emerge with a glowing and understated grower. Let's facetiously label it "fireside rock".
Gentle Friendly – Sky Burial
(from Pinglewood)
In his live shows Frank Zappa used to make hand gestures mid-performance to indicate to his band what style to play the song in. Twirling his hands in his hair meant "play reggae", cupping his hands to his groin meant "play big balls rock" and so on. Gentle Friendly would probably follow their mentor's method, but their hands would be too busy gesturing to play anything.
Lady Sovereign – I Got You Dancing
(from Stereogum)
We've had a soft spot for The SOV ever since she said a naughty thing about Timbaland. She's a trooper, and although the electro-pop of I Got You Dancing will vanish as fast as her Def Jam contract did, there's nothing septic about it.
