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 to access audio and video on collective you need real player.This week, Joe loves the wildlife. It’s probably fair to say that, all things considered, the eponymous debut album by Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn’s Gorillaz project probably wouldn’t have got off the ground quite as spectacularly as it did had it not been for the astonishing promo vids that kept its singles on constant MTV rotation. Sure, Clint Eastwood wasn’t a bad little ditty (well, the Ed Case-remixed version, at least) but it was the zombied-up video that really captured the public’s imagination. But on second album Demon Days, Albarn’s end of the deal (the music) has caught up with Hewlett’s (the visuals) – as is beautifully demonstrated by Feel Good Inc (Parlophone), which boasts a skyscraping chorus as memorable as the cloud-busting imagery that accompanies it. Style and content, skipping hand-in-hand together through the meadow. In other news, Doves start off all shimmery then slowly work themselves into a glorious indie-rock tizzy on Snowdon (Heavenly), the second single from the epic document of urban alienation/gloom-faced load of old pony (delete according to taste) that is Some Cities. For a more energizing slice of geetar-a-go-go head for The Futureheads’ re-released Decent Days And Nights (679), their catchiest and most angular song to date. And if you want to hear heart-warming transatlantic cooperation in action, keep an ear out for the Dizzee Rascal remix of Lil Jon And The Eastside Boyz’ world-conquering crunk anthem Get Low, which can be found on the flip of the slightly underwhelming Lover And Friends (TVT). Proof that grime is indeed Britain’s answer to America’s crunk – or vice versa. Whatever. Given the fearsome rate at which the old build-em-up-and-knock-em-down system seems to operate these days (how long did The Bravery get in the critical sun? Two months?) the ultra-prolific Coral, young as they are, could probably be considered hardened veterans of the music biz. Despite that, they sound as sprightly and sun-kissed as ever on the luvverly In The Morning (Deltasonic). From some long-serving Liverpudlian musicians to a Cornish one: king of the bloop-krrrsscch-shwoop AFX (aka Aphex Twin) releases the eighth in his fortnightly, vinyl-only, electro-influenced Analord series, with the latest instalment headed up by the catchily-titled PWSteal.Ldpinch.D (Reflex). If you like your electronics a little less cerebral and a bit more pacy, head over to the website of jump-up jungle imprint, Cutterz Choice. There you’ll find many of the label’s releases available as free downloads – the tracks marked “full” are, fairly obviously, full tracks, rather than edited versions. Get bouncin’.
Joe Madden
All singles are released on 09 May 05.
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