Something Relaxing...

Something Old...

After spending the last week on holiday in Corfu, were they seem to think that musically all tourists love Lady Gaga and Rihanna *kill....me...now*. So, understandably, in the time I wasn't eating kebabs, smoking, drinking Mythos or cutting through the water like a buttered dolphin I was mostly chilling in the sun with my iPod on shuffle. This was a great opportunity to rediscover forgotten gems, with so many to chose from it made this weeks 'Something Old' tough, but, this song used to be a mild obsession of mine.... 
Jack Allsopp better known as Just Jack is thought of by many as a bit of chavvy dance/pop artist after his massively overplayed single 'Starz in their Eyes' made him a household name in 2007. There is however, a lot more to him than this, from his first album 2002's 'The Outer Marker' which features his debut single 'Snowflakes' through to his last album 2009's 'All Night Cinema' that features the brilliant 'Embers', 'The Day I Died' and 'Doctor Doctor'. However, for me track I have chosen is take from his breakthru album 'Overtones' that contains the fantastic 'Glory Days', 'Talk too much' and the awesome bassline and lyrically genius 'Writer's Block'...

Something New...

The 1st play of Kasabian's brilliant new track 'Days are Forgotten' lost its public virginity following a delivery by Serge and Tom on Zane's Radio1 show last night and its been worth the wait, the band just consistently seem to knock out great tunes. 
The track is the 2nd single taken from the Leicester lads 4th studio album 'Velociraptor' that lands on September 16th; following 'Switchblade Smiles' which was made available for free download on the official website back in June...

Something Borrowed...

As made aware to me by my mate and serial bear music contributor, @N_C_R; this month marks the 10 year anniversary of the release of the Strokes debut album 'Is This It'. In homage to probably the greatest garage rock album in history, that reinvented and spread the genre to the masses a tribute album, 'stroked' has been spawned. You can download all the tracks for free by clicking on the above link. 
To be honest with you most of the album isn't that great but in fairness all the tracks are remakes of the originals and not just covers, with my highlights being New Jersey Psychedelic surf pop Real Estate's version of 'Barely Legal' and Swedish Indie outfit Peter, Bjorn and John's (of 'Young Folks' fame) cover of 'Is this It', enjoy... 

Something Blue...

In tribute to my good mate Sadie, who embarks on her life changing trip tomorrow cycling across Canada in aid of Help for Heroes in memory of her brother Paul (click to sponsor Sade). Also my mate Gaz from work who is currently well under way on the Mongol rally in aid of a local hospice (click to sponsor Gaz); I dedicate this weeks 'Something Blue' to both of these epic adventurers. 
Taken from the soundtrack of the greatest adventure movie ever made "Into the Wild"; Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedor's epic 'Rise', you can do it guys!!! On a related note to read my Pearl jam special click here: a pearl (jam) of wisdom. Anyways, I'm off to embark on my own marathon, all 3 Lord of Rings movies sitting, alas no sponsorship will be available...