Morrissey: You have killed Me (Attack)

Ah the sweet smell of susses. It’s hard to believe that only three years ago Morrissey was completely written off in the eyes of the British media. Even the NME who now worship every column inches he grants them, were sticking in the knife with gleeful relish. The fact of the matter is Morrissey has never been so popular, and this the brand new single from his triumphant latest album, ‘Ringleader Of The Tormentors’, signifies a new and distinctly more relaxed Mozzer.

Recorded within the glamorous settings of Rome. It explores his new found acceptance of the ‘physical relationship’, baring the hilarious tongue in cheek lyric, ‘I entered nothing and nothing entered me, until you came with the key’. There’s something altogether astonishing about this recent turn of honesty within his lyrics. At one time he’d skirt around such issues, always eluding but never anything more, this is full on filth but delivered with great pathos.

The melody though simplistic, bares all the catchy hallmarks of a definite hit, not that he needs to pull anything spectacular out of the bag these days, he could fart down a microphone and people would buy it. A brilliant slice of intelligent pop, welcome back Moz, the charts as always are a better place for you.

9/10

James Heward

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1. Morrissey – Life is a pigsty (taken from the album ‘ringleader of the tormentors’)

2. Morrissey –I’ll never be anyones hero now (taken from the album ‘ringleader of the tormentors)

3. The Organ – love love love (taken from the album ‘grab that gun’)

4. Editors - find yourself a safe place (taken from the single ‘ munich’)

5. The Pipettes – Judy (taken from the transgressive compilation)

6. The Upper Room – black and white (taken from the debut album sampler)

7. Make Good Your Escape – beautiful ruin (title track from the e.p)

8. Howling Bells – wishing stone (single)

9. The Automatic – recover (single)                               

10 The Concretes – Fiction (taken from the album ‘in colour’)

James Heward

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Yes, it is true, we are bringing the website to musical life this Saturday spinning the kind of tunes you read about on the site, classic acts such as The Smiths and Radiohead come together with new breed artists such as Clor and Battle. With a truckload of alternative and indie classics mixed together with electroclash, britpop and punk, why would you want to be anywhere else?

This Saturday (March 11th 2006) at

Old Parrs Head

Upper Street (near the fire station)

Islington

London, N1

9pm til late (FREE!!!)

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Yes, it is true, we are bringing the website to musical life this Saturday spinning the kind of tunes you read about on the site, classic acts such as The Smiths and Radiohead come together with new breed artists such as Clor and Battle. With a truckload of alternative and indie classics mixed together with electroclash, britpop and punk, why would you want to be anywhere else?

This Saturday (March 11th 2006) at

Old Parrs Head

Upper Street (near the fire station)

Islington

London, N1

9pm til late (FREE!!!)

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Arriving on the coat tails of new metal 5 years too late and weirdly fused with Radiohead style crooning comes Idiotpilot with this album of mid 30-year-old sounding teenage angst by real teeagers (they’re 18) and probably big jeans, crap tattoos and make up.

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The anticipation in this legendary venue for Goldfrapp is in over-drive long before she arrives on the stage, this could put off a band as fragile as support act The Shortwave Set, instead they rise to it with excellent results. They perform a heady mix of acoustic loveliness, which clashes with abstract samples and live dj mixing over the tracks. They create a lush cross between Portishead, Nick Drake and My Bloody Valentine; this may be why the crowd seem in the majority confused, especially when the dj slows down the beats. Total originality breeds confusion so repect to The Shortwave set for that.

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