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Ezra Furman & The Harpoons - We Should Fight
Hey, I could totally take Ezra Furman. We Should Fight? Hell yeah, string bean, bring everything you got, you pasty-armed, scrawny little twerp. Honestly, have you seen this guy? I could totally take him. There is no guy named “Ezra” I couldn’t tussle with. Although he does have his Harpoons to back him up, which is a pretty piercing name for a posse. Intimidating, really. Especially when they can also pump out some blustery, hurtling alt-country rock to back up Ezra’s ardent, throaty, delirious vocals. It’s really too easy to get swept up into this robust, flamboyant, feverish whirlwind, without really realizing what struck you. So… I’ll just let his fight business go. For NOW.

Locksley - All Over Again
I like fresh baked goods. I like fresh baked goods quite a bit, actually. I would say that I am a fresh baked goods aficionado. Thus, I like Locksley an ample lot. What does being a fan of fresh baked goods have to do with enjoying a musical act? Well, silly, just like fresh baked goods, Locksley’s All Over Again is piping hot with a crunchy guitar exterior, crackling willingly and satisfyingly as you bite into it, revealing the lissome, yielding melody inside. The spryness hooks you completely, Theirs might even be somewhat of an international recipe, having a particular Britpop aroma to their instrumentation. Yummy.

Rainbow Arabia - Let Them Dance
The results of Rainbow Arabia’s Middle Eastern electronica fusion piece Let Them Dance wouldn’t be as remarkable as, say, one of those pseudo-enlightened Deep Forest songs, were it not for the roguish punk lip it revels in. Vocals squelch wildly amidst the song’s discordant instrumentation, invoking an acute, slicing edge which enchances the feeling of complete abandonment, slowly growing into an hedonistic, inhibition-stripping feast of dizzying withdrawal.

MP3: Ezra Furman And The Harpoons - We Should Fight
MP3: Locksley - All Over Again
MP3: Rainbow Arabia - Let Them Dance

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