hot tuesday, cool tunes

justice - Cross: The debut full-length matches up to the two singles, 'D.A.N.C.E.' and 'phantom', that have been getting caned all over the europe. I think I've used this comparison before, but this is album daft punk wished they made next.



happy mondays - Uncle Dysfunktional: Ummm, huh? Shawn Ryder's first post-mondays work with Black Grape had its fair share of nonsensical lyrics, but at least they had a decent instrumental groove to offset them a bit. A drunk bum has more interesting things to say than whatever Shawn is going on about on this new album, and unfortunately whatever's left of the original Monday's line-up here don't make it very easy to get down to. In fact, it kind of makes you want to get away from instead. Kids, the moral of the story here is don't do drugs.



ween - The Friends E.P.: Genius comes in many forms, as the wonder twins can surely tell you. Form of eurotrash techno! Form of tropical reggae! And there you have the recipe for an absolutely mind blowing five song EP to tide everyone over until the proper full length this fall. Even I was shocked at the brownness oozing from the speakers.



white stripes - Icky Thump: Jack & Meg return with another bare bones zep fueled blues fest. Complete with south american & celtic overtones longside a helium fueled spoken word bit. I'm slightly more excited for the next Raconteurs album, but hey this ain't too shabby.