It always saddens & frustrates me when a promising new band that you actually LOVE, great sound, new / different / exciting EP etc, drop their debut record it’s less than amazing.

Tigercity’s awesome Pretend Not To Love EP was brimming with touches of funky Prince, Holy Ghost style disco and Junior Boys electro pop. While their debut isn’t bad per se, it feels like they’ve been shoe-horned into a more serious pop-rock mould that lacks the edge that made them interesting in the first place.
Here’s a stellar track from their Pretend Not To Love EP from 2007 and a slightly less stellar track from their debut Ancient Lover.

MP3: Tigercity – Are You Sensation

MP3: Tigercity – Ancient Lover

I’ve been on an intense binge diet of The Artist when he was formally known as Prince. Everyone knows his hits, Kiss, Raspberry Beret, Purple Rain etc. but his early back catalogue reveals gold that far eclipses his later number ones. These tracks have literally been on constant rotation keeping me sane and dancing for past weeks.

Controversy and Dirty Mind are both funky electro pop simplicity at it’s BEST.

MP3: Prince – Controversy

MP3: Prince – Dirty Mind

From his peak period, Sign O’ The Times is a dark brooding, stripped back social commentary while Alphabet Street bounces along like a Sesame Street anthem on Amyl Nitrate.

MP3: Prince – Alphabet Street

MP3: Prince – Sign O’ The Times