LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ by Jenny McCarthy - Staff Writer) -
RECORD OF THE WEEK Depeche Mode - Wrong: The new single "
Wrong" is classic Depeche Mode! Nothing shocking, nothing new, but really good. The video on the other hand is amazing. It was directed by Patrick Daughters, known for his memorable work on videos by
Feist (1,2,3,4) and
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Maps).
It is a fantastic premier for the eagerly awaited "Sounds of the Universe" album. It is an excellent track with fantastic lyrics that will become lodged in your head for days to come. Very different from their usual singles but certainly worth owning!
HOT SHOT RECORD
Zarif - Let Me Back: Having seen her at last year's RISE Festival in Finsbury Park, all I can say is Joss Stone eat your heart out! Zarif's very good live and for most of you who may not know her, she supported Chris Brown (reserve whatever judgement you have of him!) during most of his tour. I've been counting the days for 'Let Me Back' TBR.
Let Me Back is the debut single by singer/songwriter Zarif. It is written by Zarif, produced by Utters, with additional production by Tommy D who has worked with Kanye West and Corinne Bailey-Rae. It features a sample from the song "I'm Sorry Babe" by Kokomo
She's already debuted on Radio 2, keep an eye on her!
Basshunter - Walk On Water: Basshunter, all his music sounds the same and at least it's in English language. Nonetheless, the video is awesome! 'Walk On Water' features exactly the same Eurodance sound as its predecessors. The melody and lyrics, meanwhile, err on the simple and effective side, with Basshunter trilling a "la la la" hook over his customary throbbing beats. Still, 'Walk On Water' ticks all the right boxes to become a weekend anthem for many an alcopop-loving clubbers...
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal: The Foxes are indeed slyly splendid - full of cunning, lithe movement and ingenuity. With a brevity that belies its depth, 'Water Winter Hymnal' is a singular nugget of opening harmonies seguing into a soaring, circling and spacious song. If their contemporaries only the enigmatic Midlake and My Morning Jacket at their most fragile come close, but neither could have cooked up the Beach Boys spiritual of "White Winter Hymnal." It'sjust a shifting folky single with its kettle drums and beautiful campfire harmonies.
Faithless feat Cass Fox - Music Matters: Pulling out all the stops for this mammoth occasion, Toolroom have signed the single 'Music Matters' by the legendary Faithless which features the vocal talents of Cass In the creative hub of their Maidstone HQ, Toolroom are responsible for many of todays club 'anthems' and have now reached their monumental 100th release. The uplifting "Music Matters" (with Cass Fox) is marred by mawkish lyrics which will undoubtedley be a huge sucess!
Franz Ferdinand - No You Girls: Franz at their best, with catchy hooks and sharp boy-girl lyrics featuring a neat perspective shift in the last verse. The result? You may feel like you've heard this all before, but you won't mind hearing it again. No You Girls is a very cool and a livelier track than the first two and sounds more like FF of old than what we've heard from this album so far. The guitar mid-section really, really went right back to early FF and I loved it.
James Morrison - Please Don't Stop The Rain: IOt is the third single from James Morrison's platinum-selling second album Songs For You, Truths For Me doesn't stray too far from the template of his previous releases. In reality, it owes more to the earnest style of James Blunt than the pure, often magical universal accessibility of Coldplay, but there's certainly plenty of charisma and lots of emotion.
Lady Sovereign - So Human: The song is very good and it uses the sample from the theme from The Smoking Room 'Close To Me' by The Cure is well done; This is perfect for a song essentially all about having a really rubbish time of it and losing your temper and getting a bit "tired and emotional" and then having a big cry and feeling better. The video goes perfectly with this song and Lady Sov looks great in the video.
Lasgo - Out Of My Mind: 'Out of my Mind' is the dance trio Lasgo's ninth single. Lasgo is a trio of dance music musicians from Belgium. The group formed in 2000 and is composed of Jelle Van Dael as the vocalist, (after Evi Goffin left the band in 2008) and Peter Luts and Dave McCullen as the producers. With a great voice, this track is missing the hard beat we are used to with Lasgo. Still diggin it and I'll be checking out the upcoming remixes. Very energetic song that will keep your feet moving...
Sons Of Albion - Take A Look / Castles In The Sky: London-based rock act Sons of Albion are about to make their stateside debut. Although barely 18 months old as a band, they've already played their brand of fiery hard rock at some of The UK's biggest festivals, like T in the Park and Virgin's V Festival, as well as opening for acts like Velvet Revolver, Lenny Kravitz, and The Who. Mixing a modern hard rock sound that's draw comparison to bands like Soundgarden, Audioslave, and Rage Against The Machine - delivered with an attitude Esquire dubs "old school swagger" - Sons Of Albion make songs that quiver with energy and explode with a wall of wailing guitars and thundering drums. The double A-side of "Take A Look" and "Castles In The Sky" is available as a 7" single - in red Vinyl!
OTHER SINGLES RELEASED THIS WEEK:
A Place To Bury Strangers - Missing You
Art Brut - Alcoholics Unanimous
Bat For Lashes - Daniel
Ercola feat Daniella - Every Word
Fightstar - Mercury Summer
Fugative - Jimmy Shoe
Fujiya & Miyagi - Sore Thumb
Hours - Big Black Hole
Isa and the Filthy Tongues- New Town Killers
Jazmine Sullivan - Dream Big
Laura Roppe - Float Away
Liverpool Collective feat The Kop Choir - Fields Of Anfield Road
Mumford And Sons - The Cave And The Open Sea
Oceanlab - On A Good Day
Rifles - The General / Romeo & Julie
13th Apr
A.R. Rahman & Pussycat Dolls - Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)
AC/DC - Anything Goes / Big Jack
Alex Cornish - My Word What A Mess
Beyonce - Halo
Bombay Bicycle Club - Always Like This
Boogaloo Stu - Hammer To Fall
Burial & Four Tet - Moth / Wolf Cub
Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone
Camera Obscura - French Navy
Das Pop - Never Get Enough
Death Cab For Cutie - The Open Door
Delphic - Counterpoint
The Enemy - No Time For Tears
Everything Everything - Photoshop Handsome
Frankmusik - Better Off As Two
Gomez - Airstream Driver
Kabeedies - Little Brains
Lady Gaga - Poker Face
Lowline - Gun In My Side
McLloyd - Tembisa Funk
N-Dubz - Wouldn't You
PJ Harvey & John Parrish - Black Hearted Love
Rochelle - Chin Up
Screaming Lights - Phenomena
The Shermans - Venom
Smoove & Turrell - You Don't Know
T2 feat Michelle - Come Over
The View - Temptation Dice
The Wave Pictures - If You Leave It Alone
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero
20th Apr
The Big Pink - Velvet
Chocolate Puma feat Shermanology - Only Love Can Save Me
Eagles Of Death Metal - Anything 'Cept The Truth
Go:Audio - Drive To The City
Golden Silvers - True Romance (True No. 9 Blues)
John & Jehn - Oh My Love
John Dahlback feat Basto - Out There
Junior Boys - Hazel
Kevin Rudolf - Welcome To The World
Kid British - Sunny Days
Kidbase feat Sincere - Goodgirls Love Rudeboys
Kleerup feat Titiyo - Longing For Lullabies
Okkervil River - Pop Lie
Patrick Wolf - Vulture
Still Flyin' - Good Ting It's A Ghost Town Around Here
Super Furry Animals - Inaugural Trams
The Temper Trap - Science Of Fear
Tiga - Shoes
Tinchy Stryder feat N-Dubz - Number 1
Two Fingers - That Girl
Von Bondies - Pale Bride / Earthquake
27th Apr
Asher Roth - I Love College
Ben Harper & Relentless 7 - White Lies For Dark Times
Billy Boy On Poison - Standing Still
Bimbo Jones - And I Try
Blazin' Squad - Let's Start Again
Bloc Party - Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix)
Ciara feat Justin Timberlake - Love Sex Magic
Girls Aloud - Untouchable
Ironik - Tiny Dancer
James Fox - Say What You Like
Kanye West feat Mr Hudson - Paranoid
Kate Ryan - Ella Elle L'a
Keri Hilson feat Timbaland - Return The Favor
The King Blues - I Got Love
King Creosote - Coast On By
Maccabees - Love You Better
Madina Lake - Never Take Us Alive
Miley Cyrus - The Climb
Morrissey - Something Is Squeezing My Skull
Peaches - Talk To Me / More
Pink - Please Don't Leave Me
Shannon Noll - Shine
Sky Larkin - Antibodies (Cassette)
St Vincent - Actor Out Of Work
Steve Appleton - Dirty Funk
T-Pain feat Chris Brown - Freeze
Velvet - Chemistry
White Light Parade - Wake Up
4th May
Airborne Toxic Event - Gasoline
Annie - A'nthonio
Au Revoir Simone - Shadows
Ben's Brother - Apologise
Britney Spears - If You Seek Amy
The Brownies - Cougar
Carolina Liar - Show Me What I'm Looking For
The Days - Never Give Up
Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People
Fanfarlo - Drowning Men / Sand And Ice
Gary Go - Open Arms
Hockey - Song Away
In Case Of Fire - Enemies
Jade Ewen - My Time
Laurent Wolf - No Stress
Liz McLarnon - Lately
Maximo Park - The Kids Are Sick Again
Team Waterpolo - Room 44
Tommy Sparks - She's Got Me Dancing
U2 - Magnificent
Will And The People - Knocking
11th May
Alesha Dixon - Let's Get Excited
Brick & Lace - Bad To Di Bone
Broken Records - Until The Earth Begins To Part
Dub Pistols feat Ashley Slater - Back To Daylight
Ebony Bones - The Muzik
God Help The Girl - Come Monday Night
The Horrors - Who Can Say
The Killers - The World We Live In
Laura Izibor - Don't Stay
Lily Allen - Not Fair
Livvi Franc - Free
Passion Pit - The Reeling
Pixie Lott - Mama Do
The Prodigy - Warrior's Dance
18th May
Absent Elk - Sun And Water
Agnes - Release Me
Black Lips - I'll Be With You
Cicada - Metropolis
Daniel Merriweather - Red
Datarock - Give It Up
Dizzee Rascal - Bonkers
Eg White - Broken
Graham Coxon - Sorrow's Army
Howling Bells - Digital Hearts
Ladyhawke - Back Of The Van
Magic Arm - Widths & Heights
Manic Street Preachers - Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
Marilyn Manson - Arma�geddon
Scott Matthews - Fractured
Star Pilots - In The Heat Of The Night
Taylor Swift - Teardrops On My Guitar
Toddla T & Herve - Shake It
White Light Parade - Wait for The Weekend
25th May
Billy Talent - Rusted From The Rain
Dan Black - Hypntz
Dani Harmer - Free
Flo Rida feat Wynter - Sugar
Gathania - Blame It On You
La Roux - Bulletproof
Little Boots - New In Town
Melody Gardot - Baby I'm A Fool
Paolo Nutini - Candy
Pet Shop Boys - Did You See Me Coming
Ro"yksopp feat Robyn - The Girl & The Robot
Tori Amos - Welcome to England
The Veronicas - Untouched
1st Jun
Demi Lovato - La La Land
Hockey - Learn To Lose
Just Jack - Doctor Doctor
Kasabian - Fire
Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up
Kissy Sell Out - This Kiss
Peggy Sue - Lover Gone
Snow Patrol - The Planets Bend Between Us
8th Jun
All American Rejects - I Wanna
Bat For Lashes - Moon And Moon
Cartridge - The Woods
Chaka Khan feat Mary J Blige - Disrespectful
Papa Roach - Lifeline
Rose Elinor Dougall - Start/Stop/Synchro
Shinedown - Second Chance
Coming Soon
Alcazar - Burning
Alex Roots - Fake [Apr]
Alina - When You Leave [May]
Anastacia - Defeated [Apr]
Annagrace - You Make Me Feel
Annie - My Love Is Better
Basic Element - Touch You Right Now
Billy Talent - Devil On My Shoulder [Aug]
Blackout Crew - Dialled
Cahill - Sex Shooter [Apr]
Charlotte Hatherley - Winter
Client - Can You Feel [1st Jun]
Cutback feat Federal - Rock To The Rhythm [Apr]
Daniela - Push It Up
David Guetta feat Kelly Rowland - Love Takes Over
Deerhunter - Never Stops
E-Type - Rain [Apr/May]
Elliott Minor - Discover (Why Love Hurts)
Example - Girl Can't Dance [Jun]
Filthy Dukes - Messages [15th Jun]
Flo Rida - Jump It [Jul]
Fragma - Memory
Freemasons feat Sophie Ellis Bextor - Heartbreak Make Me A Dancer [15th Jun]
Friday Night Posse - Before He Cheats
Grace Jones - Love You To Life
Green Day - Know Your Enemy [Apr]
India Arie - Chocolate High
Jack Pen~ate - Be the One [Jun]
Janelle Monae - Many Moons
Jenny Jones - Don't Walk Away
Julian Velard - Love Again For The First Time
Just Jack - The Day I Died [Aug]
Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas
Kelly Llorenna - Dress You Up
Kid British - Rum Boys [15th Jun]
Laura And The Tears - Love Live On!
Lonnie Gordon - Gonna Catch You 2009 [May]
M Ward - Rave On [Jun]
M83 - We Own The Sky (EP)
Maria Lawson - These Walls
Master Shortie - Dance Like A White Boy
Natalie Imbruglia - tba
Natural Born Grooves - Candy On The Dancefloor
Noisettes - Never Forget You [15th Jun]
Noisettes - Every Now And Then [Aug]
Peacemakerz feat Danielle Senior - Take It To The Dancefloor
Platnum - Trippin'
Poppy & The Jezebels - Rhubarb & Custard
Private - My Secret Lover
Razorlight - Burberry Blue Eyes
Rob Thomas - My December [22nd Jun]
Saturdays - Work
Shontelle feat Akon - Stuck With Each Other
Slipknot - Sulfur
Soulja Boy - Kiss Me Thru The Phone [15th Jun]
Swingfly - Singing That Melody
Tina Cousins - Sex On Fire
TV On The Radio - Crying [May]
Ultrabeat - Starry Eyed Girl
The Veils - Three Sisters
Vogue - Twilight [29th Jun]
Wideboys feat Dennis G - Sambuca (The Return)
DOWNLOAD ONLY RELEASES:
Imelda May - Big Bad Handsome Man [13/04]
Jason Mraz - Make It Mine [13/04]
Duke Special - Sweet Sweet Kisses [20/04]
Gallows - The Vulture (Act II) [20/04]
Marmaduke Duke - Rubber Lover [20/04]
Red Blooded Women - Enjoy The Silence [20/04]
Raphael Saadiq - 100 Yard Dash [27/04]
Theory Of A Deadman - I Hate My Life [27/04]
Polly Scattergood - Please Don't Touch [04/05]
Attack! Attack! - Honesty [18/05]
Jamie Foxx feat T-Pain - Blame It [25/05]
