This week's singles (released 5th May 2003) - Tiscali Music News

2003-05-05

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Feeder - Forget About Tomorrow

After the sad death of drummer Jon Lee Feeder really seem to have found their stride. Off the back of the brilliant 'Just The Way I'm Feeling' the lads return with a single that's widely regarded as one of the album's finest.

Another understated UK rock anthem, the wonderful original version is joined, across all three formats, by some excellent bonus tracks and, in the case of the DVD, some superb video and photo extras.

Definitely one for the fanbase as well as those not yet convertedto the Feeder sound.

Check out our fantastic feature on Feeder here!

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Alakaline Trio - From Here To Infirmary

Produced by long-time associate Matt Allison, 'From Here to Infirmary' is the record the Alkaline Trio has always promised and threatened to make.

Blending their trademark jackhammer riffs, frantic rhythms and heart-on-the-sleeve lyrics with deft production, the Alkaline Trio have created an emotion-fuelled, angst-ridden pop-punk masterpiece.

Full of strangling bass lines and walls of fuzzed-out guitar, 'From Here To Infirmary' bristles with infectious energy from start to finish. The Chicago-based band's third full-length album, their first for Vagrant, 'From Here To Infirmary' deserves to be massive. Includes the single 'Stupid Kid'.

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Cheeky Girls - Take Your Shoes Off

Having rocked the charts, and the discoteques, with their catchy Euro-tinted debut, 'Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)', the Cheeky Girls return this week with.....well, more of the same really. Another irresistible slab of catchy pop-dance from the continental duo, 'Take Your Shoes Off' might not be rocket science, but it's great fun, and it's already looking like it could be another big hit for the sisters.

Both formats also include mixes with CD one adding the video and CD two a poster.

Check out the Cheeky Girls interviewed...plus gallery

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The Andriods - Do It With Madonna

They've been number one in their native Australia, are already creating a bit of a buzz Stateside and the likes of Kerrang! are beginning to get excited about them, but who are the Androids? Well, their four lads from down-under and their tongue-in-cheek ode to the world's most iconic pop star is looking likely to launch them firmly onto the UK's musical radar. Good, hard-rocking punk-pop, 'Do It With Madonna' also comes with two similarly cool bonus tracks alongside the brilliantly hilarious video.

Watch the hilarious video here

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Bhangra Knights - Husan (Peugot 206 Ad Music)

Positiva return after the massive success of Room 5's 'Make Luv' with another potentially huge crossover tune.

Best known as the exotic Bhangra flavoured music from the current Peugot 206 ads, the head-nodding, funk-tinted 'Hussan' finally receives a full UK release alongside a clubbier, slightly tougher new version from the Bhangra Knights.

Already a smash on the dancefloor (regularly appearing in the sets of Tong, Jules and Graeme Park, amongst others), 'Husan' has summer written all over it and should be a big hit when Ibiza season gets under way.

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Good Charlotte - Girls and Boys

Having exploded onto the international rock scene with their brilliant debut single, 'Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous', US punk-poppers the Good Charlotte return with another similarly bouncy follow-up, in the shape of 'Girls & Boys'.

Managing to tread the fine line between the rock underground and overground with relative ease, GC's latest is only gonna add to the band's fanbase and further cements their rep as one of the most talented new punk outfits on the block.

Both formats also include bonus tracks.

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R Kelly - Ignition

Never very far from the spotlight over the last six months or so (but not entirely for the right reasons), R Kelly gets back to business this week and returns with 'Ignition', the first single from the new album 'Chocolate Factory'.

A definite return to good form, 'Ignition' (well, it's remixed form here) is an upbeat urban banger that's already ripping up the floors right across the r'n'b scene on both sides of the Atlantic.

Whilst the remixes add different flavours for a whole host of musical tastes.

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The Unisex - 'Take Me Higher'

Swedish six-piece The Unisex release their debut single 'Take Me Higher'. Described by the NME as 'like the young Stone Roses playing on an iceberg'. Between them they conjure up a glorius good-time racket, somwhere between the kitsch thrills of The Hives and the psychadelic fizz of Soundtrack Of Our Lives. Headlining the Scandinavian Beach Party At Notting Hills Arts Club on Monday 28th April and the Shifty Disco Records Night at Water Rats on Wednesday 30th April.

H.I.M. - Buried Alive By Love

Seven months of song writing and rehearsals followed by two months of recording led to the making of 'Love Metal', the latest album from Finnish rockers H.I.M, and subsequent first single, 'Buried Alive By Love'.

Typically powerful stuff (with a video directed by Jackass's Bam Margera and starring Juliette Lewis), 'Buried Alive By Love' could be the single to crossover, whilst for the fans, it comes laden down with some excellent bonus tracks and video footage.

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Also released this week:

Instruction - The Great EP

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Amber Shades - Clap Clap Clap

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