Starfucker – Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second
(from Music is Art)
A choppy guitar part and swinging bass line make this sweet little song. And if you're worried about Starfucker's credentials – they do sound a bit Cure after all – then it's OK, hipsters can breathe easy, they're from Portland, Oregon. Phew!
Grum – Woah
(from Resonator)
If you don't like it, remix it. Resonator are offering the separate parts of this Leeds DJ's homemade house banger free to download and do with as you will. Best remix submitted by October 28 gets the author a pleasant sense of achievement. What? That not enough for you?
Beyoncé – Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
(formerly from Filthyrag.com, now on YouTube)
Old Bonce confounds us. How can she make incredible stuff like this (a double A-side with If I Were a Boy and heinous garbage like this?). Uncle MTV tells us it's because she's got an alter ego, Sasha, who's responsible for the decent stuff. Sasha did this too. Sasha should be let out more.
Division of Laura Lee – LAX
(from MySpace)
This is a Swedish punk-lite band with a Britpop obsession that do what Idlewild used to - that is, write snarling little ditties that hotwire the part of your brain still stuck in adolescence.
V/A – Blogariddims final episode
(from uncarved.org among others)
The last instalment of the ever-adventurous Blogariddims podcast series, which brought together grime, dubstep and reggae's finest musicians and bloggers in fortnightly collaborations. Highlights included Heatwave's retrospective mix of 25 years of English MCs, which became a bestseller for Soul Jazz records when they released it on CD earlier this year. Blogariddims will be missed - check out the series archive to hear why.
