Song of the Week: "Rubber Lover" by Marmaduke Duke.
"Girl, you're making me scream."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MOjL03-7ao
Until recently I wasn't aware that Marmaduke Duke are/were made up of Simon Neil (from Biffy Clyro, arguably the best band known to man) and JP Reid (from Sucioperro). I've heard this song before, but I'd never really paid much attention to it. It appeared on my radar recently and I can't for the life of me remember where I heard it, but it's now on my ipod and is currently my favourite song. It's the first tune I play when I fire my ipod up. I'm not sure why I like it so much; maybe it's because it's about a sex doll, maybe it's Simon's singing in my ears, or maybe it's because it's an upbeat and cheery song that always makes me want to have a little dance. It's probably a combination of all three; what matters is that it's a good song, and I can't see it slipping down my list of favourite tunes.
On a slightly unrelated note, I read Biffy's interview in NME last week, and I'm incredibly upset that their new album won't be released until the new year. Why would you do this to me Biffy? WHY!?
"Pack up Lady" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=IosCrAMNjuc
I've played this song a lot over the past week so I thought I'd share it with you all. Morrissey & Marshall, or Darby and Greg, hail from Dublin and although I haven't had a listen to their other stuff I am very fond of this particular song, "Pack up Lady". It makes me feel happy :) Enjoy!
Song of the week: "No Rest" by Dry The River.
"I loved you in the best way possible"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iUHfAChgBA
I cannot even begin to explain how difficult it was to pick just one Dry the River song for "Song of the Week". I chose this one because it's the song of theirs that I first heard and thus captured my attention. For anyone who's interested "Weights and Measures" is also fantastic; in fact their whole album (Shallow Bed) is fantastic. I strongly urge you give it a listen. Peter Liddie (frontman) has the most heart breaking voice I've ever heard. It's beautiful. It sounds like he's in emotional pain when he sings (in my opinion anyway) and when I saw them play Reading I felt like giving him a hug and telling him that it's all fine. As for the band live, Peter has this to say on their site: "I think people are surprised when they come to see us live. They expect us to be really calm and quiet but in some ways we're the opposite". It's true, I was expecting calm, and they were, sometimes. Lots of their songs build into crescendos and it's truly intoxicating live. And if all of this isn't a good enough reason to give them a listen, how's this; I entered that gig with two people who had never heard any Dry the River material. They both left saying that they've found a new favourite band. They're just fantastic! Beautiful, heart breaking and dramatic.
And seriously, listen to Weights and Measures: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5g-DeG0MJc
