PICK OF THE WEEK
Silver Columns
Brow Beaten (Moshi Moshi)
Listen. Future disco is the best kind of disco and Silver Columns live in the year 2156. Brow Beaten is for you if you think Hercules And Love Affair sound a bit too Cheryl Lynn and Daft Punk's outfits belong in a vintage clothes shop. Adem Ilhan and Johnny Lynch have taken the bit on Bronski Beat's Smalltown Boy that pulsates like a heart attack, turned it up and added some high-pitched vocals that float above it like an Egyptian plover bird waiting for a crocodile with manky teeth. Sure, it's a re-release, but it's more exciting the second time round because, miraculously, it still makes you feel like we all live on Jupiter. A banger.
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
Robyn
Indestructible (Universal)
The thing with Robyn's music is: it's so clean. Crisp, clear, balanced and complex. Like a martini, but not cold. Indestructible shares the same cautious back-to-my-best sentiment as La Roux's Bulletproof and features a bonk-heavy video. In it, couples writhe around having sex in reverse by dressing each other while the Swedish queen of electronic pop maintains her position as a curious outsider. Wrapped in tubes full of various colours of running liquid, she's a lovelorn alien observing humanity through a bittersweet telescope.
Brandon Flowers
Only The Young (Mercury)
Brandon Flowers. What's the point? No one has ever made less of an opportunity to build on the success of their day job. In Only The Young, Mr The Killers has tried reinventing himself as a cross between Frank Sinatra, Robbie Williams and David Bowie, only to come out the other side an evangelical Bono-a-like preparing to convince a congregation of trendy Christians he's the second coming. Even Jesus couldn't get away with that these days. The blogosphere would crucify him.
Drake Feat TI & Swiss Beatz
Fancy (Cash Money Records)
"Oh, you fancy, huh?" No, I am not. I like pies, red wine and lengthy periods of sitting down. But you are, Drake, you affluent Canadian hip-hopper you. There's a luxurious, Q-Tip depth and laziness to your flow and you've got beats Jay-Z could have done with on The Blueprint 3. But you do business in a "Hey man, I'm just gonna go and grind up against your girlfriend for a bit now" kind of way and that might piss some people off.
Shakira Feat Dizzee Rascal
Loca (Sony)
It's nice to see Dizzee living the dream. After all, seven years ago, he was just an angry and confused Mercury Music Prize-winning 18-year-old wondering how it all went so right. And now look at him. On the beach! Topless! With Shakira! Then again, Loca (which means crazy in English) is the kind of hyperactive merengue music you'd hear at a tapas bar at the Lakeside Shopping Centre, so it's not all good.
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