not albums...

Mogwai - Friend of the Night
First single from the forth-coming Mogwai album and it's a bit of a belter. Starts gently with piano's and guitars - typical Mogwai stuff really, then about half way through it shifts up a gear into something really majestic. If they can pull off this sort of trick for the whole album it will be nothing short of amazing.

MP3: Friend of the Night

Battles - EP B / C EP
A couple of old EPs from what most people seem to describe as 'post-rock' band Battles. It's intriguing stuff, on paper they have a traditional line-up, guitars, bass and drums - on record they sound more like someone like Autechre, which for a rock group is a pretty impressive trick to pull off. It's a bit dry in places and the last track on the second disc is the most pointless track I've heard for a long time, but besides that it's good stuff.

MP3: Dance

Prefuse 73 - Security Screenings
Never really quite sure why I always buy Prefuse 73 CDs, the music is good but always fails to sink in properly. This tune is one of the few collaborations, in this case with Four Tet, which makes the track stand out a bit from the rest of the CD.

MP3: Creating cynical headaches