Tracey Thorn’s new single is the pick of this week’s choices, but all are worth your ear-time
Muse – Thought Contagion
No word of the next album as of yet, but Muse released this one-off single last week, and it’s top-drawer
Le Galaxie – Day Of The Child
Taken from the upcoming album Pleasure, it’s great to have them back. May-Kay, formerly of Fight Like Apes, has now joined as a full member, which only adds to the band’s pedigree
Father John Misty – Mr. Tillman
Known in journalistic circles for being somewhat obtuse, that matters not a jot when the music is this fine
Stone Temple Pilots – The Art Of Letting Go
Their previous single ‘Meadow’ was a corker. This is more reflective, but proves that the band have a future following the deaths of two high-profile frontmen
Tracey Thorn – Sister
Tracey in Momma Bear mode. Orders men not to fuck with her. Men comply. She’s bad-ass.
Manic Street Preachers – Distant Colours
Not as immediate as ‘International Blue’, but the second taster from Resistance Is Futile is great nonetheless
New Album Of The Week:
The Orielles – Silver Dollar Moment
Esmé Dee, Sidonie B and Henry bring unpolished, enthusiastic dream-pop, nu-disco, surf-pop and whatever you’re having yourself. The album actually came out on the sixteenth, so we should’ve highlighted it last week, but what the hell, when the music’s this fresh, a week’s delay don’t matter
Reissue Of The Week:
Various Artists – Concert For George
In 2003, on the first anniversary of George Harrison’s death, his musical allies came together to perform songs from his back catalogue. Macca, Ringo, Eric, Petty and Lynne all featured, and the Monty Python troupe reformed especially for the occasion. This concert has been released before, but we’re highlighting it here as it’s just been reissued on a 4LP vinyl set. Thoroughly enjoyable, and quite emotional – particularly Ringo’s ‘Photograph’, and Macca & Clapton’s ‘Something’ two-hander
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