Lylo’s buy-on-sight album of the month

The hype surrounding Sheffield four-piece Arctic Monkeys is HUGE. It all reminds me of the arrival of Suede in 1992 and Oasis in 1994: gigs where everyone knew the words and the bands gracing the cover of the inkies before they’d even released a single Only this is about ten times bigger.

I know a good tune when I hear one and Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not is packed with them. Short, catchy, raw indie-pop songs with Alex Turner’s accent and lyrics (”Now then mardy bum. I see your frown and it’s like looking down the barrel of a gun“) adding extra freshness.

If The Strokes came from Yorkshire, this is how they’d sound.

Posted by Olly on January 25, 2006 at 11:46 am in buy-on-sight, music
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Lylo’s buy-on-sight album of the month

I can’t stop listening to My Morning Jacket’s superb new album, ‘Z’.

If you like dreamy indie pop (I’m thinking Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, The Polyphonic Spree) with the occasional nod (lengthy, of course) to 70’s prog-rock then buy this album now.

Posted by Olly on November 26, 2005 at 4:14 pm in buy-on-sight, music
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