LCD Soundsystem get lairy
The first single from the final LCD Soundsystem album was leaked last week. Drunk Girls is a shouty pop song destined to catch on at summer festivals, particularly Electric Picnic where the band will play in September.
Jamaica
Imagine a rock band produced by French electro producers Justice. Too late. It’s already happened. Jamaica are a duo produced by Xavier De Rosnay of Justice who were formerly known as Poney Poney. Their sound is immediate, lean Gallic rock with a glass-thin edge.
Listen / Watch the video for I Think I Like You Too’.
The National’s Ohio song
With the highly anticipated High Violet album coming in May, the Brooklyn band have released a teaser cut from the record. Bloodbuzz Ohio feels like another step up for this already revered indie group.
http://www.highviolet.com
Plan B’s soul turn
Formerly a gritty London rapper, Plan B has set his sights on becoming a young soul crooner, and my, it actually works, falsetto and all. If it at first you don’t succeed, go the Smokey Robinson route.
Listen to tracks at Soundcloud.
How to fold a t-shirt in two seconds
Sometimes, the internet can be useful you know.
Watch at Urlesque
R&B’s smoothest voice
A list of deep-voiced, spoken word monologues as recorded by Boyz II Men’s Michael McCary.
Read / Listen at 11 Points
Plan B magazine archives
Download all 46 back issues in PDF format of the much-loved independent UK music magazine which ceased publication last year.
http://www.planbmag.com
