Late of the Pier – Blueberry
(From It's Getting Boring By the Sea. Thanks to extraordinaryrvanp for the suggestion)
Radio rip of the first single from LOTP's new LP from producer Erol Alkan's recent 6mix session. Starts off worryingly conventional and Kinks-like before burbling madly off into the neon distance.
Princeton – Calypso Gold
(From East Meets Left)
Brave is the buzz band that feels confident enough to count in their debut single with a Bontempi bingo organ. Ironic instrumentation aside, this bouncy, mournful ditty proves that Santa Monica quartet Princeton's brand of Ivy League rock reads from weirder, wider sources than their Afrobeaten classmates. Calypso Gold is out on the good old licorice on new label Jodie & Victor from 18 January.
Baobinga and ID – Man Down
(From It's After the End of the World)
First release on Baobinga's new Build label, which could help put paid to Dubstep's Big Question.
Lyrics Born – Oh Baby
(From lyricsborn.com, via Hip Hop Connection)
Sixteen years in the game for the "funkiest man in new media today" and the Bay Area's most playful MC still manages to keep up with the kids. New album, As You Were, will consist of the usual blend of corny sing-song party rap that's made him huge in ... er ... Australia. He is good though, honest.
Meursault – A Few Kind Words
(From MySpace, via Song, by Toad)
Edinburgh sextet taking a headlong run at the Notwist's flakey indie-electro with a yelping, screeching battle growl. Comes to the boil with those marvellous kettle-whistle backing vocals, even though it's nowhere near twee time ...
