STILL SINGLE

A space for thoughts on music and culture, as written by Doug Mosurock and a select handful of individuals. This is intended as a supplement to our regular feature Still Single, published on Dusted Magazine. Updates will run here more frequently, and may feature writing on music not covered in the column. Compact discs are still not accepted for review -- we have more than enough vinyl and the occasional cassette to worry about.

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October 27, 2010

Times Neue Roman/Kids on TV – split 7” (Art Metronome)

What should that spelling of “new” say to readers? It should say “WARNING: CONTAINS UNDERGROUND CANADIAN HIP-HOP!” Bragging of meeting a girl with a “Moleskin bulge in her back pocket” and name-dropping PJ Harvey, Jack Keuroac, plus numerous topically-cool “indie” entities is all too much. Can people still listen to this crap without convulsing with spiteful laughter? Is this a spoof of something that should have died out but clearly thrives in unfortunate pockets? Why is this 7” $10 retail? The sleeve is one fold-over job … it’s not a short novella. The lyrics are graciously absent. As for Kids on TV, this is a “high-disco” remix of some previously-released track by a band “so steeped in edgy audio anarchy” as the promo one-sheet states. The song’s name doesn’t matter. Expect shitty St. Etienne or any number of femme-led dance-pop outfits that have ambled down the pike into the world of terminal irrelevance. 300 copies with special “art” on the inside of the fold-over…and #1 in a vinyl-only series titled “Art Metronome.” Utterly unremarkable on all counts. (We now have four copies of this record at Still Single HQ, so that should tell you how things have gone. – Ed.) (http://artmetropole.com)
(Andrew Earles)

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