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A distraction from the Mideast crisis

Another new music Tuesday is upon us.
And another slow one at that…
July 18th, 2006 brings us a number of releases to make us go “heh”.
First up is Method man, with 4:21 The Day After. Apparently after reading some disparaging reviews of Tical 0: The Prequel Meth decided he had to rethink his whole approach and come at us with a “Clear headed… Street” record. The only thing that gives me hope that the entire thing isn’t complete crap is the fact that the RZA is back behind the boards on a few tracks.

MSTRKRFT, the indie worlds second favorite remixers, release The Looks. I won’t pretend to be completely in the know about these guys, but from what I’ve heard they sure do like Daft Punk a lot… but I do enjoy the quip in their press release that states “they play parties not shows..”

Brooklyn based French Kicks continue to struggle against the stigma associated with having been a 2^rd tier neo garage rock group by sanding down their rough edges (they were never really sharp to begin with…) with harmonies and pop polish on Two Thousand. If you’re interested in perfectly pleasant, and completely forgettable pop rock that sits somewhere between the Strokes and Phoenix, the French Kicks will be appearing at the Virgin Records in Union Square.

Lilly Allen is poised to be the second coming of Annie and The Streets… though to me she kinda just sounds like the second coming of Nelly Furtado… and its all thanks to a little place those in the know call MySpace. Allen has been uploading radio friendly originals and covers to The Space and through viral marketing has landed a #1 in the UK with “Smile”. Her debut album Alright, Still comes out today and despite strong endorsements from Pitchfork, Pop Tarts Suck Toasted, Mojo, Q I think I’ll hold off on picking this up… perhaps I should finally get around to actually checking out her MySpace page.


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