New Gorillaz single- Stylo with the one and only sould legend Bobby Womack.

from there new album Plastic Beach.

doesnt really go anywhere but has a nice groove.

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I like it. The collaborations that Albarn utilizes for his music always work well. This groove is pretty sweet. I feel like cruising the Vegas strip tonight.

I hear he has Lou Reed on one of the tracks of the new album too.

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Goldfrapp - Head First



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actually the the leading single is so-so. Weirdly the intro reminds me of Van Halen's Jump

Rocket

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Numero Group are currently offering a free mp3 download on their blog of a 3 hour musical history of Chicago, curated by the city's official Cultural Historian.

If you aren't familiar already, Numero is more or less the Criterion Collection of music - wonderful stuff, gorgeous packaging, half again as expensive as the next closest thing and worth every cent.

I don't walk it like I talk it cause I run it

If you liked Fleet Foxes then you'll probably like this...

Midlake - The Courage of others



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The new Gorillaz album "Plastic Beach" is a cool release. It took me a couple of tracks to adapt to the rather cheap and old school synth sounds but then the album took off. It's all fairly light-hearted, mid-tempo pop, but Albarn again manages to put in a decent dose of melancholy into the songs. Very atmospheric stuff in vast parts.

And there's a few interesting guest appearances by folks like Lou Reed, Snoop Dog, Ex-Clash Paul Simonon and Mick Jones, Swedish electro band Little Dragon and even Bobby Womack.

This is a charming recording. Definitely.

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Sounds pretty interesting but what is the rap / hip hop quotient? That worries me.



Richard Kingsmill (Triple J FM): "Do you mind if we throw to a song by your old man?.
Duncan Jones (Bowie's Son): "Oh God ... if you have to ... OK ... but have a look at Nick Armstrong and The Thieves"

Nothing to worry about about, Adam. Of course there is a hiphop element in a Gorillaz album but it is far from the blatant stereotypes which you normally come by on the radio or on MTV. It's rather like the hiphop you find on Massive Attack recordings.

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