DOWNLOAD: Jamie T - Chaka Demus (Ben Bones Remix)
When I interviewed Jamie Treays a few months back, he told me that one of the main influences on his new album Kings & Queens was the work of Nineties reggae-troubadour Finley Quaye. While Quaye's not exactly a de rigeur touchstone for modern day indie rock bands, the comparison wasn't as surprising as it perhaps should have been - Jamie's work has often exuded that easy, drunken Saturday feel tracks like "Even After All" and "Sunday Shining" revel in, while his voice is similarly skewiff; even if T is at times more Daffy Duck than Quaye's Satchmo squawk. This remix of "Chaka Demus" by Pacemaker cohort Ben Bones keeps things yoot and fresh but, in keeping with Jamie's latest fixation and the solo work of Ian Brown, it's hard to figure out if this one's designed for the mosh pit or the coffee table.
Sounds Like: Micachu, Finley Quaye, Rancid
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Jonathan Jeremiah - See
No new names in that 'Sounds Like' column: London-born Jonathan Jeremiah is debonair like the 21st Century just does not do, his sweeping, string-backed croon making "See" seem like the sort of song that'd cajole James Bond into karaoke. Probably on some Hawaiian island rather than the back room of a piss-reek London bar, though. James Bond was always going to Hawaii. That motherfucker.
Sounds Like: Nick Drake, Burt Bacharach, Scott Walker
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