Stuck In Our Head: Bumper Edition

While we've been spending approximately 85% of our listening time in the company of MDNA, we've encountered the odd song here and there which has forced it's way into our crowded brains.




The amazing Trash-o-Rama played an incredible remix of Lana Del Ray's "Blue Jeans" at the last Bollox, produced by the also amazing Club Clique guys - do you feel the Manchester love? - and it's not left us alone since. We still haven't made up our minds totally on Llama but we're obsessed with her vocals on the "I will love you til the end of time" line. This morning we discovered another Clique remix, this time of Saint Etienne's glorious new track "Tonight". Ramping up the melancholy euphoria we're so obsessed with a few more notches, we can see ourselves having a 'moment' if we hear it on the floor.




Two more glorious remixes we were introduced to through Trash are the Hudson Mohawke re-fixes of our favourite ever Janet track "The Pleasure Principle" and Tweet's "Oops! (Oh My)". Darker, sexier, pulsating slices of dance floor magic. Both have been floating around for months (maybe years?), but we're were clearly in the dark for too long. Obsessed...


...which conveniently leads us into our thoughts on HudMo's own EP. We imagine his profile will explode at some point over the next twelve months, as his blend of hetero-friendly club beats with an incredibly gay musical sensibility and awareness of homo club culture seems to rock everybody's boat. "All Your Love" sparkles and shimmers, leaving the listener breathless with ecstasy.




Finally, two tracks we encountered sitting on our rooftop in the recent burst of sunshine which flooded Manchester with unnecessary skin exposure (and even more unnecessary skin damage). We've never delved into Angie Stone's discography despite being enamoured with many of her contemporaries (holla at me Jill and Erykah), but we found ourselves enraptured with her 2001 "I Wish I Didn't Miss You Anymore" as dusk fell and the positively electrifying undercurrent of the piano caused a 'moment'. A magical sample and a perfect combination of chords. Next, Frank Ocean's "Swim Good" has been floating around since August last year but it seemed to take hearing it in the sunshine for it to 'click'. We're seeing him at the Manchester Academy tonight with that douche Tyler the Creator, so we'll be sure to report back along with our reviews of Kylie's two night residency in the very same venue.

See you Tuesday.