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 to access audio and video on collective you need real player.This week, back to the 80s. If there’s one thing that 2005 will be remembered for in musical terms, it’s 1982. With every other band of recent note being wordy of lyric, angular of guitar and drainpipe of trouser, the jerky sound of early-80s post-punk has been everywhere over the last few months. The undisputed leaders of this new school of raincoat rockers are Bloc Party, who’ve managed to take spiky Gang Of Four pop to the upper reaches of the charts – and, in doing so, have also helped to make British guitar music a going concern again following years of American domination. Ethereal new single, Two More Years (V2), is the first fresh material to emerge from Camp Bloc since their Silent Alarm album dropped, and it finds them sounding as yearningly emotive as ever. Clarse. Meanwhile, coming straight outta Canada we have the ever-so-slightly unnerving Camouflage Nights, a surely-soon-to-be-huge wrong-pop duo whose It Could Be Love (Make Mine) is as addictive and itchy as singles get in 2005. The aural equivalent of a booze-fuelled party that’s on the verge of tipping over into anarchy, it’s hopefully just the beginning of something very special indeed, as an album is due from these crazy cats any day now. Back in Blighty, long-serving Brit-hop production duo, The Nextmen, have teamed up with the admirably versatile Dynamite MC to fashion the reggae-tastic and double-fantastic Blood And Fire (Antidote). If the rapidly deteriorating weather is beginning to get to you, this is just the kind of thing you need to bring a bit of sunshine back into your life. If you’re after something a little wonkier, you’re well served this week by Animal Collective and Minotaur Shock, who offer up Grass (Fat Cat) and Muesli (4AD) respectively. The former is a lovely bit of acid-fried leftfield strummery with a deceptively poppy edge, while the latter is lush and longing folktronica that’ll be manna from heaven for fans of Four Tet. MPFree time. Go to the website of much-hyped fop-poppers, Louis XIV, click where it says “download Pledge Of Allegiance for free”, and you’ve got yourself a rousing glam-pop ditty for nowt. You’ll need to hand your details over, but that’s a small price to pay.
Joe Madden
All singles are released on 03 October 05.
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