Let’s not concern ourselves with how’s the weather, nice see you. No formalities and preambling. Here’s a playlist:

Spotted Dick 18 July 2010

Sleigh Bells- ‘Crown on the Ground’

I’m not sure who crashed who’s party on this. It was either the divas in high heels and nice dresses shaking their hips and drinking white wine before going out on the town, or it was the metal heads getting all pungent and hairy with their slabs of distorted guitar. It’s a really tough one to call. The results, though, are fucking fantastic.

The Drums- ‘Let’s Go Surfing’

This song is quite possibly the only tune which The Drums possess, but with it’s breathy vocals, whistling interludes and carefree chorus, it’s quite a tune.

M.I.A- ‘Bucky Done Gun’

M.I.A’s new album, MAYA, is a beauty to behold with it’s flitting between WOBWOBWOB chainsaw sound effect dubstep and Lady Gaga style unfiltered pop moments. Unfortunately, it can’t be tasted on Spotify as of yet. So here’s an oldy.

Gayngs- ‘Cry’

Rarely have late night smoking sessions turned into such fruitful endeavours. You can practically feel the seismic shifts inside of your whole being, you get the sense of a huge, game changing realisation even if you haven’t actually had one.

Holy Fuck- ‘Stilettos’

Holy Fuck’s new album is, once again, a masterclass in experiemental post-rock and this song is a perfect example of life affirming such instumental, semi-noise albums can be.  The band at times reign in the concentration for very controlled interludes, but then at other points really let rip and seemingly let the music carry them with little freewill.

Lady Chann- ‘Sticky Situation’

Amazingly dirty dancehall dub which I bet will turn into a massive crossover hit. What’s that? Loads of white people with flat peaked caps and trigger fingers in the air, singing along in Jamaican accents. Why not?

Mount Kimbie- ‘Serged’

Their debut album, ‘Crooks and Lovers’, will be ‘dropped’ any minute and can be streamed various places online. It promises to be something very special. With atmospherics to give Burial the shivers (ok, perhaps not quite) all mixed up with spooky cut ‘n’ paste vocal samples and the odd bleep to propell in forward motion, this a duo which is intruiging as it is exciting.

Local Natives- ‘Airplane’

Despite the occasionally clunky lyrics, this is a very nice song indeed isn’t it?

Snoop Dogg- ‘What’s My Name?’

Glastonbury, Wireless, Manchester and various other places: Snoop’s invasion of the UK is a much welcomed one, hands thrown in the air, spliffs sparked left, right and centre and good times all around. Thank fuck they gave him back his visa.

LCD Sound System- ‘Get Innocuous! (Soulwax remix)’

James Murphy has said he’s to put a lid on all things LCD related. This news is a painful pill to swallow. On the flip side, however, Murphy Murph has also said that in doing so he hopes he will be able to work on certain collaborations such as with Soulwax. Now, if this here song is just the result of Soulwax merely remixing LCD, imagine the results if they worked together on a fully blown co-lab. The mind races and the mouth waters. Just get the fuck on with it.