EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Fionn Regan - Protection Racket
Don't let the solemn, sorry-for-itself black n' white photo fool you - Fionn Regan is perhaps the chirpiest man alive, "Protection Racket" skipping from one narrative tangent to the next in a bluster of giddy folk and laddish bonhomie. Find it on Fionn's forthcoming new album, the less lonely follow-up to 2007's Mercury-nominated The End Of History.
Sounds Like: Eugene McGuinness, Bob Dylan, Ryan Adams
DOWNLOAD: Bosco Delrey - Space Junky
Another tune from Klash City affiliate Bosco Delrey, who kept his JAMC-ish guitars on "Space Junky" super-flanged and dirty, like they're doing cartwheels in a platinum rotating dryer. Mad Decent points out the Alan Vega similarities, but really we just imagine dude is on some other planet in his mind, making sizzling, tropical rockabilly inside a cave where there's a huge organ and killer acoustics. He'll take you there.
Sounds like: Handsome Furs, 77Klash, Bruce Springsteen covering Suicide
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FEATURED: The Pogues and Kristy McColl
"Fairytale of New York" by the Pogues and Kristy McColl is by far one of the best Christmas songs ever, but this year its legacy was tainted by a slight controversy in England, where the song is basically ingrained in the entire holiday celebration. Mainstream radio station Radio One decided, after 20 years, to censor the word “faggot” from the second verse, sparking a huge debate between gay activists and hardcore fans of the song. The debate ended with Radio one going back on its initial decision and airing the song intact, which, when you think about it, was perhaps not the smartest course of action. Popjustice posted a really in-depth article about why they were in favor of the song being bleeped, demonstrating why they are one of the most read pop music blogs around.
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