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New Music – 28 May 2012
Ok, who watched the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday? Come on, admit it. Sweden’s Loreen was the runaway winner, leaving the Russian grannies well behind. Engelbert managed to come second last, beating only Norway, who were probably pleased to get any points at all.
Surely that’s the end for 76 year old Humperdinck? Even the most annoying twins in the world, Ireland’s Jedward, managed to accumulate more points than him. I’ve met the pair – and they are even more irritating in real life.
Azerbaijan’s own Emin performed after the competitors and did a fine job of showing a massive television audience what he can do. His new video Never Enough premiered yesterday – and we have here in Glasswerk for you.
Some interesting new albums out today, including names like Joey Ramone, Ultravox and PIL. Irish indie stars The Coronas have a new album out too. The band is going to be big in the UK and we have a review of their release posted.
Emile Sandi takes over at the top of the charts this week, just beating out guitar hero Joe Bonamassa. With new entries taking the top two spots it seems that the volatility of recent weeks remains.
There are several good singles out this week too. We have reviews on the site of the new ones from rappers Doomtree, indie boys Tellison and rockers Bleech. If that’s not variety then I don’t know what is!
There’s more music news and reviews to come during the week, of course – much more.
Albums released today:
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Alt-J – 'An Awesome Wave'
Amore – 'Stand Together'
Architects – 'Daybreaker'
Joan Armatrading – 'Starlight'
Citizens – 'Here We Are'
Colourbox – 'Colourbox'
The Coronas – ‘Closer To You’
El-P – 'Cancer For Cure'
Exlovers – 'Moth'
Paloma Faith – 'Fall To Grace'
Grand Magus – 'The Hunt'
Kill Devil Hill – 'Kill Devil Hill
Marcus Millar – 'Renaissance'
The Murder Of My Sweet – 'Bye Bye Lullaby'
The Pond – 'The Pond'
Public Image Ltd – 'This Is PiL'
Joey Ramone – 'Ya Know'
Scissor Sisters – 'Magic Hour'
Sigur Ros – 'Valtari'
Julia Stone – 'By The Horns'
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – 'Here'
Regina Spektor – 'What We Saw From The Cheap Seats'
Ultravox – 'Brilliant'
Viking Skull – 'Cursed By The Sword'
Singles:
Avalanche City – 'Sunset'
Benga – 'Icon'
Bleech – ‘Adrenalin Junkie’
Chiddy Bang – 'Mind Your Manners'
Graham Coxon – 'Ooh Yeh Yeh'
Doomtree – ‘Bangarang’
Drake feat. Lil Wayne – 'Hyfr'
Ladyhawke – 'Sunday Drive'
Liars – 'No 1 Against The Rush'
The Maccabees – 'Went Away'
Pure Love – 'Bury My Bones'
Rihanna – 'Where Have You Been'
The Shins – 'The Rifle's Spiral'
Mike Snow – 'The Wave'
Tellison – ‘Freud Links The Teeth And The Heart’
The Ting Tings – 'Hit Me Down Sonny'
While She Sleeps – 'This Is A Six'