So, we need a counterweight to last week's rather morose, nostalgic sausage-fest. Here are some futuristic, surreal tunes and some wonderfully venomous women.
Arctic Monkeys - Science Fiction
Been reading quite a bit of great sci-fi this summer. Ray Bradbury, Ursula Le Guin, Philip K. Dick... And then Arctic Monkeys came out with a superb science fiction album, on which you can find this meta-track, which is almost too clever for its own good, but in the end completely pulls it off. Like some science fiction does.
Lily Allen - Knock 'Em Out
Lily is a comrade, and sharp as cactus thorns.
Nicki Minaj - Barbie Dreams
Nicki, Nicki, Nicki. Finally released her rap album, and when she uses her wit in this manner, she's just irresistible. She even brings out her Monster-voice in the final 40 second victory-lap. And if that wasn't enough to make me finally adore her unreservedly, there's the extra verse for Stephen Colbert, with its wisdom-filled accompanying interview.
Squarepusher - Hello Meow
My room is full of insects, bouncing and bumping against lamps and screens. Because my window to the late summer night and to all the irreverent twists and turns of life is wide open. Boing, boing, boing...
Anna Meredith & The Scottish Ensemble - Anno / Four Seasons: Stoop - Spring
Vivaldi's seasons updated for climate change. Give yourself a treat and listen to the whole suite.
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