First up, apologies for totally forgetting about The Hedrons single in last week's review. Be My Friend is awesome. So download it. (Or be a cheapskate and listen to it on their myspace page).
Whilst we're on a download frenzy, we might as well mention Beyonce's latest effort, Deja Vu, which is downloadable NOW! Although to be honest folks, don't bother downloading this one. I thought Aguillera's new one got a bit boring, but at least that was alright in the first instance. This one is just all around average.
Mind you, she could release a song where she farts to plinky hip-hop "beats" and it would still be better than anything Orson could ever come up with. Their new one, Happiness, is as bad as you would expect, but with slightly less "enthusiasm" than their previous efforts. All of which makes the "Britain's Favourite Band" tagline on their adverts the second most preposterous advertising ploy this year. (For the record, the worst is that Snow Patrol advert for their album which proclaims Chasing Cars as the "song of the year." I mean come on, even if it were any good, would it seriously be anywhere near being the "song of the year?")
Another hyped record this week is Seth Lakeman's Lady Of The Sea. Sorry, but I just don't get it. Perfectly reasonable tune I would admit, but given the press he gets I was expecting something rather more than the Corrs without the sisters.
Another act that is failling to thrill me this week is Primal Scream. Dolls is like their last effort; perfectly hummable but instantly forgettable.
Nice to see that Outkast are back; sadly their new one, Morris Brown, is no "Hey Ya" (but neither is it a "Deja Vu"). More of a "Big Boi"track than an Andre 3000 one, which is a problem with Outkast these days. They'd be better off persuing solo avenues really wouldn't they?
Two acts who have a certain heritage to live up to release singles this week too. Not for one minute that I am suggesting that Cerys Matthews' previous life as the Catatonia lead-singer deserves placing in the same light as Damian Marley's family history, but you get my drift. Both make a decent effort at creating something new but really they're not going to escape from the shadows of their past with these tracks.
Finally we get to Mousse T vs. Dandy Warhols and Horny As A Dandy. Pointless "mashing" and not even a very competent "mashing". Pure novelty and nothing more.
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