An embarrassment of new songs

We're long overdue a big old metapost of new music. So here, in no particular order, are some songs from the last seven days which you might be interested in hearing.

:: COLDPLAY - EVERY TEARDROP IS A WATERFALL
This has literally just gone up online (and on iTunes). It starts well - as though it might suddenly explode with a massive arms-akimbo DONK. Instead, it transmogrifies into a terrible Big Country poodle perm rawk dirge. Will sound good at festivals.




:: THE STAVES - WINTER TREES
I literally just stumbled across this earlier today. According to their website, The Staves are "three sisters who blend their distinctive voices into beautiful, spell-binding harmonies". Basically, a British female Fleet Foxes. Lovely stuff.




:: THE SUGABABES - FREEDOM
Because nothing says "confidently bouncing back after a flop album" like premiering your song on a mobile phone advert. Oh, wait...




:: THE VERONICAS - SOME OLD NONSENSE BY THE VERONICAS
Is anyone eagerly anticipating a third album by Aussie twins The Veronicas? They certainly seem to think so, if this thrilling teaser video is anything to go by. Interesting to hear that their new single is produced by Nellee Hooper, though.




:: JUSTICE - CIVILISATION
Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay, or Justice, as they are better known, released this track as an Adidas advert earlier in the year. The video, which has just been finished, is nothing short of spectacular.




:: COLOURMUSIC - YES
A vaguely hypnotic chant, of the sort you might hear in a creepy Haight Ashbury hippy commune circa 1968. This is either a teriffic sing-along or a sinister attempt to brainwash you into giving all your clothes to a donkey and walking nude down the central reservation of the M6.

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Justice is served

For those of you who thought Daft Punk's Tron soundtrack wasn't Daft Punk-y enough, here are fellow French dance duo Justice to save the day.

Created for an Adidas commercial, their new track Civilization, combines ridiculous prog rock lyrics about the ascent of man, the keyboard riff from The Who's Baba O'Reilly, and a chorus that "pays tribute to" (totally rips off) Daft Punk's Aerodynamic.

Neither progressive nor astonishing, it will almost certainly sound better live.

6/10

Justice - Civilization


The single is due on 4th April, with a full album planned for later this year.

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Kanye vs Justice. Who wins? You decide!

Last year, Kanye West got his knickers all in a twist because MTV had the audacity to give a prize to Justice vs Simian instead of him. According to the judges, or the public, or whoever votes for the channels European Music Awards these days, the dance act's lo-fi video for We Are Your Friends was better than Kanye's lavish Touch The Sky clip.

In a moment of unfettered genius, Kanye stormed the stage, grabbed some guy's microphone and ranted: "My video cost a million dollars, Pamela Anderson was in it, I was jumping across canyons and shit" (he means 'etc', not that he was jumping over a doggy poo - Ed).

MTV was unmoved by the playground display - Justice got to keep the award and, just to make a point, MTV refused to give Kanye any prizes at this week's US ceremony. Harsh.

As always, however, Kanye has the last laugh. For his new single, he has poached Justice vs Simian's video director, So Me, the very man whose microphone he stole at the MTV awards.

And the results are very, very good indeed. Think of a rap version of Sesame Street, and you will get the picture.

But here's the $1m question: Is it as good as the Justice video? Take a look:

Kanye West - Good Life


Justice vs Simian - We Are Your Friends

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