mini reviews #1

a few days ago when i tried to blag this blog to a mate of mine over msn he said that "you should do something that no one does and you should just give short reviews". i said i have all this useless info inside of me and it has to get out of me. or else it will eventually kill me or make me a third rate fredrik strage (if you don't know who that is then substitute the name with whatever opinionated music-geek turned music journalist and critic that you know of). so i'm going to steal a thing from sykonee's blog (that is currently on hiatus) and do mini-reviews.

but the premise is that i'm going bugger other people for the tracks and they are going to be ten tracks that i'm going to listen to, either on spotify/youtube/grooveshark (or whatever music listening service available). i'm going to listen to the track in it's entirity and then i'm going to give a short (less than 140 signs) review about each track.

01. Blood Orange - Sutphin Boulevard (Bicep remix) | youtube
nice nod to jamie principles's "your love" and i quite like this. i'm guessing this is kind of new house trying to sound a blend the early 90's.

02. Spectr - Dance 4 Me | youtube
bumping uk funky stylings on this one with a pitched up sample of monica's part from "the boy is mine". i like it but i wouldn't buy it

03. Virgo Four - It's A Crime (Caribou Remix) | youtube
despite having a good midsection this falls flat and i don't like how caribou imposes his thing on it. i like his bits but they sound of place.

04. Wham! - Everything She Wants (Long Version) | youtube
my sisters loved george michael so i've heard this before but never taken a closer listen to it before. i quite like it and it could work today.

05. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round | youtube
this song wear it's 80's influences of their sleeves and i'm not really moved by it. it's ok but i don't really think much of it.

06. Locussolus - Next To You | youtube
it started like it was trying to be four tet but then it goes into a nice boogie type groove. i've heard this on radio and i like it a lot.

07. Gatto Fritto - Beachy Head | youtube
this started like a boring thing but became a brilliant exercise in synthesis. i liked it a lot.

08. Lily Allen - Not Fair | youtube
i love this track. it's a modern twist on a country song interpreted by a englishwoman with a mockney accent. right on.

09. Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx - I'll Take Care Of U | youtube
i like the original and jamie translates it well but it sounds wrong when there in that sparse midsection where it shifts focus. it's ok

10. Lucky Paul - Thought We Were Alone (Money vs. Gold Remix) | soundcloud
the track is decent but i don't like the groove and i don't like how they suppress the cloud of airy synths.

thanks for those ten bassel. i asked him if he wanted to say anything extra about his picks but his response was:

this is just stuff i've been feeling over the past few months

fair does.