A whole heap of new music was released this week, and we thought we’d pull it all together in one blog post for you to peruse. From Music Jobs favourite James Blake, to regular chart topper The Streets, UK Music has never sounded so fresh and exciting. Throw New York’s Hercules and Love Affair and Melbourne’s Cut Copy into the mix and you have a diverse and complete soundtrack to your weekend. Dive in, explore, enjoy!

Computers and Blues
Released on Monday (Feb 7), ‘Computers and Blues’ is reportedly,the final album from The Streets. Mike Skinner claims he has taken the project as far as he can over the last decade. Your thoughts on his fifth LP?
Standout Track: Without Thinking

Computers and Blues (Hype Machine Exclusive) by The Streets


Blue Songs
Hercules & Love Affair‘s new album, was released on CD, limited edition 12″ and download on 31st January. It features collaborations with Kele Okereke, Shaun Wright and Aerea Negrot.
Standout track: My House

Hercules & Love Affair – Blue Songs by moshi moshi music


Zonoscope
Cut Copy also presented their latest LP this Monday, entitled ‘Zonoscope’. Their airy guitars and chugging electronic synths could be likened to The XX, but the Aussie duo definitely have their own unique sound.
Standout Track: Take Me Over

Cut Copy – Zonoscope [Clips] by modularpeople


James Blake
Before releaseing his self-titled debut LP on February 7th, James Blake was featured in our Ones to Watch 2011. The young Londoner explores his own twist on stripped backed electronic soul, and unleashes his own haunting vocal talents.
Standout track: The Wilhelm Scream

by Lee Jarvis.

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2010 has been another fantastic year for British musicians. With such a wealth of talent cropping up, we thought we’d pay tribute to some of our favourite songs of recent times in a Music Jobs Team playlist via Spotify.

Click the image below or check out http://open.spotify.com/user/leejarvis/playlist/1HxyEvzmRLI4bWhWGiavCU

Tracklist:
We Have Band – You Came Out
Friendly Fires – Photobooth
Jamie T – Stick n Stones
Crystal Fighters – I Love London
Mark Ronson – God Put A Smile On Your Face
La Roux – In For The Kill (Skream remix)
Lily Allen – Smile
VV Brown – Game Over
Duffy – Stepping Stone
Frankmusik – 3 Little Words
Little Boots – Meddle
Dan Black – U + Me =
Pixie Lott – Mama Do
Mika – Grace Kelly
Calvin Harris – I’m Not Alone
Scouting For Girls – This Aint A Love Song
Adele – Chasing Pavements
Florence and the Machine – Dog Days are Over

As a special addition, we have also included two tracks from two of our own Music Jobs Team! Anna, vocal starlet of My Tiger My Timing, and our resident electronic producer Lee Jarvis both have a number of songs on Spotify. We chose…

My Tiger My Timing – I Am The Sound
Lee Jarvis – All I Need

Enjoy!

The Music Jobs Team.

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Kelis – Flesh Tone

Kelis’ grainy R&B vocals with ‘euro-electro’ is just… well, in a word… no. A talented singer who made some edgy and intelligent tracks alongside producers such as Neptunes, you can see what Kelis was aiming for with ‘Flesh Tone’, but any kind of fresh sound or uniqueness is absent. Kelis’ decision to collaborate with dance music producers is not new in itself, and could have been an interesting project, but it feels like the producers have just laid her vocals over B-sides that they had lying around from the last few years. It has been pointed out that at a time when pop is getting ‘weirder’, one of the original ‘weird pop’ artists has aimed for a generic mainstream sound. Your thoughts?

Lee Jarvis.

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LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening

The future of LCD Soundsystem has long been under scrutiny; ‘This Is Happening’ is said to be the last LP from the electro-disco-future-rock band, and James Murphy has hinted at that himself. Pumped full of Bowie influences, typical Murphy hipster-angst and -snobbery and BIG beats and percussion, the album has everything from festival anthems to trippy 4am warehouse journeys. The lead single, ‘Drunk Girls’, gets all punk-y with droning guitars and shout-along chorus, and Murphy’s lyrics playfully telling half a story with each line. Each song is fresh and unique, varying between spooky melodies, echoing synths and electronic bleeps and squeaks, and yet they are all segued together with that LCD party spirit.

Recorded in LA in late 2009 and early 2010, ‘This Is Happening’ was released in the UK on May 17, and in the US on May 18. You can find all the relevant purchase links at the LCD Soundsytem website

**Music Jobs Recommended Buy**

Lee Jarvis.

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SINGLE REVIEW
ARTIST – My Tiger My Timing
TRACK NAME – This Is Not The Fire
RELEASE DATE – Monday 6th April 2009
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER - http://indiestore.7digital.com/silvermusicmachine

 

My Tiger My Timing have spent recent months making waves via their live shows up and down the country and now officially arrive with their debut single ‘This Is Not the Fire’.

Already impressing both the music press and radio, the track has been championed on Radio 2, 6 Music and playlisted by X-FM. With lyrics hinting at a disintegrating relationship, the male/female vocals give double meaning to the term ‘dual’ and take this electro-pop gem to an appropriately intense crescendo.

On production duties, New Young Pony Club’s Andy Spence adds a synth-polish to proceedings and manages to import that bands knack for coolly detached pop music that expertly blends guitar and synth.  This is My Tiger My Timing’s show though, easily side-stepping any comparisons with their contemporaries with a staccato delivery that is all their own. This tiger has hit the ground running.

– James Long

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OK, I actually started typing this in July before I went on holiday, but I thought I’d post it up now anyway, as I’m feeling that there’s some great music out there at the moment, and thought I’d share.

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Ever since seeing Roisin Murphy at the St. Patrick Day’s Festival in Trafalgar square, I’ve been loving the tunes from her new album. Great and unique vocals, and extremely smooth sounds, making for a good, fun llistening album. I also checked her out at Sonar in Barcelona

Electronic-pop-cum-dance-diva.
Get it here: http://emirecords.co.uk/roisin/microsite/

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I’m also going to pick up a copy of the new N.E.R.D. album soon, being a big fan of both the band and the Neptunes remixes for many years now. Their fusion of rock band and forward thinking hip hop makes for some catchy numbers, and I’m gutted that I missed them live – I think it was at the O2 arena(?) But hopefully I’ll catch them on tour soon.

Gritty Street hip hop rock combo.
Get it here: http://www.n-e-r-d.com/

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Going underground, Mark Farina’s Fabric mix (number 40 if you are counting) is doing it for me too. It didn’t knock me over the first listen, but I thought it had a great groove, and now I can say that it really grows on you the more you listen to it. Farina’s taken this opportunity to push many new young artists, and some Digital-only labels too, but still retains his classic house groove that made him a worldwide star.

Deep and jackin house vibes.
Get it here: http://www.fabriclondon.com/label/release.php?item=fab40/mar

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A tune that hasn’t left my DJ bag for some time now is an remix EP of Alan Barratt’s ‘My kinda music’ (yes, this is the kind of noise I make regularly in clubs). The EP has four different remixes including heavyweights Inland Knights and Jason Jinx, and they are all so well produced and balance each other brilliantly, as if they were all designed for a different hour of the night. Top stuff.

Chunky rolling house music.
Get it here: http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/308249-01.htm

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There’s a whole heap of talent right here on the Music Jobs website in case you haven’t realized it yet! Checking out the Soundcheck area, some artists I’ve recently come across include:-

Elipse – Futuristic funk, synthesized sounds and disco beats. Also looking for other artists to record with so check him out!

http://uk.music-jobs.com/bands/index.php?band_uid=17816

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Head-Full – Bury based quartet, playing energetic funk with a classic rock twist.

http://uk.music-jobs.com/bands/index.php?band_uid=17801

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Cornerstone – After 2 years, over 100 shows, and 300 copies of their debut E.P they also won the welsh final of the BOTB

http://uk.music-jobs.com/bands/index.php?band_uid=17904

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Don’t forget to regularly keep your profile updated so I can find you and feature you in the UK MJ blog!

Upload your mp3s today so we can check you out!

Lee.

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We like to let our readers know about the latest and greatest new music about so no better time than the present to bring to your attention the fabulous  Ava Leigh.

Ava’s signed to Virgin Records and her debut album ‘Rollin’ is out later this year.  The first track from the album is  ’Mad About The Boy’ which is set for UK release on 7th July and is a very appealing fusion of reggae, dub beats and cracking vocals!  One might say a bright, breezy summer track to get you grooving…

Check out the video here

\’Mad About The Boy\’ Ava Leigh

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