ScoundrelSkinner

it's a hate filled place...i mean they even hated the Eiffel Tower. De Gaulle? They hated him too. Croissants? They hate them even more than the Eiffel Tower and De Gaulle put together.

....

...ok so the last bit might not be true...

...or even the first two bits...

hey ho.

....hm?

I'm even listening to their Pukkelpop set now (cos I was there)...and it IS an amazing set.

I was also thinking today how it would be awesome to have a DJ 'battle' between Daft Punk and Justice...I would pay good money to see that.

Anyone seen Electroma?

I love Gonzales. I wish I saw him tour his earlier stuff....but this new set sounds pretty cool.

ho hum.

Kenilworth! I didn't know they were from Kenilworth, I lived a few miles from there and it is far from the gritty working class slum that they are trying to pretend they are from. Fuck, even Coventry isn't that bad, apart from it's shitawful road network....but then i really doubt they've written a song about that. I'd love to hear a song about how shit the coventry ring road is!

i hate this band, and I hate this fake working class bullshit.

'MOR' or not. She makes good music, has an amazing voice, and I am pretty much in love with her.

i worry that this'll mean more instrumental stuff during the set, but they will no doubt play enough awesome classics to make it a sweet night.

i hate this band a lot.

so, so, so bad.

i love this song as much as I love the others, they are some truly awesome singles.

glad to see PTT finally getting a review on here too!

bring on the LP, i say.

they are awesome. Done some good Bloc Party remixes too.

Pull Tiger Tail get a mention!...and a damn fine complimentary one at that. good work 'A bunch of drunk DiS writes' (if that is your real name!?).

....i mean, you have reviewed bands that would have prefered to be 'srsly yawn' rather than what was actaully written about them, so why not review Pull Tiger Tail?

....especially as I am sure that not everyone at DiS dislikes them?

and while we're at it, what the hell does ^ mean?

seemingly no mention of Pull Tiger Tail. A band that definitely deserve a passing reference at least.

...whilst we're at it, any chance of a review for their single? (mine: it's awesome)

i don't think you've been listening that hard then. I find it pretty easy.

when I put 'all' i was just being lazy. I know they've only had two since.

The Cut Chemist album has some high points too (generally it's really good)...and only today the 2na and Roots Manuva track came on my iPod, if them all breaking up means that there'll be more stuff like that then awesome.

i have never plucked up the couyrage to get anything from Ugly Duckling other than "Eye on the Gold Chain" (there's an awesoime Cut Chemist remix that samples Can)...is it good? which album should I go for?

...I don't think they've truely 'harmonised' either musically or as a band since Quality Control. All the albums since have sounded really detached, each member not really linking so well with the guy he followed...

I am kinda glad they split up, especially after Cut Chemist left I didn't really fancy their chances of coming up with anything as good as their early stuff. If it means more solo appearances, with the likes of DJ Format then all the better.

just a little. might hit the academy with ox eagle lion man. could be a good night.

album as I am about this right now. I am so skint it hurts, but I may well just have to sell a limb to get this!

ass? surely that's English for a type of Donkey? Shakespeare used it all the time if I recall?

i can't take the permanence of it all. it's crazy.

i also have no creative talent, so i know it will look shit too.

arghle,

anyone else having this problem?

free stickers, they aren't a gift; they are a curse.

as you gave him this to review I'm not surprised you think it's for justified reasons....

I guess if everyone who reads DiS is, like John as cluseless about Missy as he is then it's a great review.

...but I just felt a little let down by it, thats all. I clicked the link hoping to read what someone who considered themselves a hip hop fan had to say about it....and i think thats what others who are complaining hoped for too.

In all fairness it's a testament to how unsure I am about the quality of this record that I was so dependent on a balanced review to give me some perspective...but with John's review it has no relevance to my musical taste at all. At the moment I have almost had this song on repeat, but I do admit that it could be consdered a slightly guilty pleasure.

...as to the complaints: i guess you can't please all the people all of the time, eh?

Though I do ask that any reasonably constructed criticism of a review is taken with good grace...as hard as it may be to stomach.

I guess this is territory that has been trodden to death many a time on DiS....but it just doesn't make much sense to me to hand someone a CD who clearly has absolutely no interest in this type of music. I am a shit reviewer, all cliches and bad imagery....but I reckon I could convey a better impression about the relative merits of this song within the genre than you have, John.

I am not calling into question you're overall ability as a reviewer, and generally neither are the other people, but surely it's not out or order to comment, or review a review, is it?

My review in short, for those that care....

"Using Apache is lazy, especially for someone that has rapped over some undoubtedly awesome beats (from Timbaland et al) in the past....but overall I like the song. If you like Missy's flow, then give this a listen. This is by now means Missy at her best, but even at 50% she can knock out a record that is more than worth a few minutes of your time."

it's 6th form stuff sure. but hey, there's a reason i'm not on the DiS books, eh?

My main issue though really is, it would be nice to see even the slightest nod towards an enthusiastic and knowledgeable hip-hop reviewer. diversification is not such a bad thing.

I saw BEck do this set just before Radiohead headlined...and nothinng (not even Radiohead) could come close to delivering the sheer entertainment levels that Beck did. So. Good!

I was amazed he played 'Clap Hands' (my favourite of his recent tracks)...and it was then that the table percussion jam kicked in. So cool. The man really is amazing.

the intermission puppet based fillers are really funny too. The Radiohead dressing room trashing one at V was really funny (see youTube).

no really, I am...
...Akira's stuff is awesome. Witty, interesting, and English.

Plus you can get alot of it for free on his myspace, check it out if you haven't already.

they thinks it shit, i guess...

what is the single called? I thought i was hip and down with the Klaxons...but i guess not.

book the trains in advance! you can't just hop on!

and from Barcelona it's a long and expensive taxi ride.

the lineup isn't quite good enough for a repeat visit, so I have gone for Pukkelpop....but i most certainly will miss the beach/sun/showers/good looking foreign girls/holiday atmosphere.

hoho

to that. I think the last two albums have been amazing. 'Run' is a fantastically gorgeous song, and 'Vagabond' is nothing short of Becktastic.

bring on the new stuff!

i do

....then he should stop making such god-awful music. as a role model he really is close to the bottom of the barrel.

...aren't you?

it doesn't happen for a fortnight! now that is keen.

and !!! - Brilliant. I am contemplating somehow going to this gig and getting back to sleepy Warwickshire in time for work the next day! Can he do it? By jove its worth it. see you there!

get in.

Rhianna is heavy on the forehead but also brilliantly curvy <read: good boobs>, amerie has great legs though, and milian a cheeky smile.

it's too tough a decision. i abstain.