In case you hadn’t guessed, they’re The Strokes
This is an Official Difficult Third Album™. So, in an attempt to get back to the successes of Is This It and avoid the pitfalls of Room on Fire, the Strokes go back to what they know best – playing the guitar. Loudly.
Hang on… that’s what they did for Room on Fire. Oh well.
For soundtracks to be really enjoyed, I think it does help to have seen (and liked) the film first. I’ll hold up my hands and admit that I haven’t actually seen, let alone heard of Step Up (possibly because it hadn’t actually been released in England yet – yes that’s teentoday.co.uk for you, always one step ahead). From the pictures, it looks very much in the mould of teen dance-related flicks a la Save The Last Dance, Honey and, the snake-hipped godfather of them all, Dirty Dancing.
No, the camera’s here boys…
They’re about 4 foot tall, they’re dressed in cheap-looking suits and they mean business. No folks, not Westlife… it’s the Choirboys.
Good to know Belle & Sebastian are so interested in their press shots
Belle and Sebastian’s seventh album is the musical equivalent of a Magic Eye picture, for all is not quite what is seems. But instead of hiding some blurry image of a dolphin (or is that just your eyes going funny after ten minutes of cross-eyed staring…), beneath the beautiful blends of harmonies, melodies and sweet singing lie some altogether more sinister lyrics – never have a band been more nasty, more nicely.
Taking the windswept look a bit far
Formerly of Ash, Charlotte Hatherley’s solo debut Grey Will Fade was somewhat patchy, though marked by moments of pure guitar-pop brilliance that constituted at least half the album. If only I could say the same for The Deep Blue…
Infernal get caught up in a vicious round of the Alex Roots stare-out contest
Why do dance acts even bother releasing albums?! All their songs sound the same, innit? Yet with their album, Infernal prove that there is more to them than From Paris To Berlin – not much more but just about enough.
Lawson top teentoday.co.uk’s Group Bop-It League!! Here’s video…
Introducing Pop Star Bop-It - *another* amazing idea… predict Lawson’s score
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