Top 10 CDs

posted: 29 January 2007 by Jim Butler

Ready for our verdict on Just Jack, The Good, The Bad and The Queen? No? Well here it is anyway...

These are the days of the open hand. They will not be the last. Look around now. These are the days of the beggars and the choosers. This is the year of the hungry man. Whose place is in the past. Hand in hand with ignorance and legitimate excuses.

Do what? It's Monday morning for bleedin' hell's sake. What on earth is this man on about? Answers on a text to the usual address, please. In the meantime, we reckon these are the days of musical nirvana. Here's this week's booty. Yep, it's Top Ten CDs time...


Just Jack: Overtones
He's a little bit like The Streets, a little bit like Basement Jaxx and, at a push, a little bit like the Arctic Monkeys. His real name is Jack Allsopp; Just Jack would be a bit silly.

Klaxons: Myths of the Near Future
Don't be fooled by the cleverer-than-thou title, the Klaxons make infectious and dumb psychedelic indie. There, no mention of nu rave or new rave or any of that daft glowstick nonsense.

The Earlies: The Enemy Chorus
So these two dudes from Texas hooked up with these two chaps from Burnley and, lo, did they manage to concoct the most otherworldly widescreen cosmic country rock.

Norah Jones: Not Too Late
Do you want chocolate on your cappuccino?

Jamie T: Panic Prevention
What's that thing golfers hit their balls off? Tee? Don't mind if I do. Milk, no sugar please.

The Good, The Bad and The Queen: The Good...
The best new band comprised of old farts this year? You know it.

The View: Hats Off To The Buskers
Oh, what a lovely view. Oh, what a lovely view. Or is it deja-vu?

The Hold Steady: Boys and Girls in America
Boys and girls in America, what? Boys and girls in America, stop going down the mall? Boys and girls in America, please donate $1 to The Hold Steady fund? Tell all, lads.

Clipse: Hell Hath No Fury
Why does hell hath no fury? You'd have thought that such a place would be bulging with irked off folk? Combine all that mild irritation and surely you'd be able to muster a fury?

Gruff Rhys: Candylion
Is that what they call a juxtaposition?