Friday 18 March 2016

BEST AND WORST NEW TRACKS OF THE WEEK 18/3/2016: Deftones, Jameszoo, Woozy and more...


What’s on the menu this week? Black gunk. Your grandmother. Also some brand new music. Bon Appetit.


THE BEST:


'Doomed User' – Deftones



Ace alt-metal artists, Deftones, have a new album out on April 4th titled Gore and have dropped this fast-paced riff-laden beast of a single. Sirius satellite radio station seem to be the only site hosting a stream. Check it out here.

'Flake' - Jameszoo



Have patience my friends. The intro may seem a little abstract and all over the place – I almost entirely dismissed the track myself – but then things start to pull together excitingly at 1:23, the meandering instrumental making way for some cutesy and bouncy synths before segueing into some beautiful jazzy pianos. Clearly, the Brainfeeder signee takes some influence from Flying Lotus. However, there’s also a charm to this Dutch electronic producer that’s uniquely his.

'Sleeping Dogs' - Lucky Punks



Think Muse minus the melodrama. Think Duran Duran devoid of datedness. That’s pretty much the sound that this Newcastle rock band have achieved with this catchy new song, ‘Sleeping Dogs’. It’s fresh and it’s mighty fun.

'Venom' - Woozy


Is the dude in the video okay? What’s that black gunk he’s putting in his mouth? Tar? Ink? Even worse, God forbid, MARMITE? Watching him eating that shit is making me woozy, although it is a fittingly mental set of visuals given how mental the song is, shifting schizophrenically from soft to loud.

'Sink' – Let’s Eat Grandma



Although not nearly as terrifying as their band name, there is something quite spooky about this Norwich electropop duo’s sound. The sparkly synths have an icy quality to them and the way in which the vocals creep up in volume at the end is a little disconcerting. 


THE WORST:


Chocolate Shake - Madeintyo



 HotNewHipHop needs to stop plugging crap new claptrap. This dude makes Rae Sremmurd sound sophisticated.