THE BEST:
'DayDreamz' – Holly Flo
Lightly
Conscious bars, a beautifully sung hook and a smooth and
luscious - this new upcoming UK female rapper has it all. It's a tasty little aperitif to her forthcoming EP Aperitif. Plus, there's an album on the way called Breakfast Epiffanies. Lots of future stuff to get your mouth watering.
'Confessions pt. II' - BADBADNOTGOOD ft. Colin
Stetson
Feeling sax-deprived? Colin Stetson ought to satisfy your
needs. Teaming up with Canadian jazz trio BADBBADNOTGOOD, the saxophonist
offers some crazily creative horn skills that’ll have you raising those jazz
hands in standing ovation. I’m intrigued to know what happened to Confession Pt
I?
'When Will I Return' –
Swans
As the left-field rock veterans gear up for their
supposedly final album, I can’t help but feel both excited and sad. If ‘When
Will I Return’ is anything to go by, this will be a sufficient climax to Swans’
career. Michael Gira has even roped his wife into doing the vocals in a bid to
give it that extra sense of quirkiness. Given she’s not a professional singer,
she does a great job.
'More Than The Fairy' - Death Grips ft. Les
Claypool
NEW DEATH GRIPS? ALREADY??? Having barely dropped their most
recent album, the experimental hip hoppers are back with this new avant-banger.
MC Ride yells about fairies over a bunch of loopy noises that are borderline-trash/borderline-art.
Crackpot bassist extraordinaire Les Claypool is also involved. It’s suitably out
there.
THE WORST:
'The Getaway' - Red Hot Chili Peppers
It’s hard to believe these are the same wild rockers that
used to write funky sex anthems and play gigs with nothing but a sock on their
cock. Indeed Frusciante left, but that’s no reason for everyone in the band to
sound more worn-out and subdued than Coldplay.
'POC THAT STILL A RYDA' –
M.I.A
M.I.A fans
must be in it for the beats, because these clunky lyrics combined with her flat
delivery are unlistenable. This is what the rapper herself has to say about the
song: ‘This song is a mix of all the
songs on my upcoming Lp – had to do a remix to let u know , i been poor , i
been rich , i been brown , i been black , i seen white and i been around the
world a few times ay ay ay ay . LOVE IS THE ANSWER what the question is i don’t
fucking know. we in this together.’