30 day song challenge. A song you wish you heard on the radio

A productive day today, purely because I wanted to get to this post as soon as I could, and with a little reshuffling of the running order, I have.

The amount by which the sales of Janelle Monáe’s ‘The ArchAndroid (Suites II & III)’ ( a sci-fi concept album, dying to be made into a film) have increased since her incendiary performance (which put Beyonce’s Sunday headlining set in it’s place) on the West Holt Stage at Glastonbury was broadcast on BBC3 on Saturday night.

Four Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty Eight per cent.

Jesus Fucking Christ.

I’ve written about her once before, in the incredibly half arsed effort I posted prior to my sabbatical from this place, and until Saturday night I was slightly dumbfounded by the fact she is little know. Not for much longer.

‘Tightrope’, the James Brown/P-Funk inspired meat in this rather filling audio/visual sandwich, is for my money, one of the very best pop songs of the past few years, since 'Hey Ya' even. Not just a song I wish I heard on the radio then, but one I think I will do, increasing so.

 This is pop music exactly as it should be, vital, fun, about futurerobots (see album synopsis – is that a thing? – after the jump) and with a massive heart.

So, I'm not dead...

...just lazy. And slightly apathetic.

Yeh.

Since i've been away, the right honourable Sufjan Stevens has released what may prove to be my favourite album of the year 'The Age of Adz' (pronounced Odz, apparently) is nothing short of brilliant, and gets better with every listen.  Especially 'Impossible Soul' the 25 minute closing track, the word epic doesn't even begin to describe it, and of course there was the "ep" 'All Delighted People' (over an hour long, not an ep Suffy) which is well worth investing in via the man's bandcamp (where you can also stream '...Adz') page if you haven't already.  Only a couple of quid too.

Other stuff engaging my ears recently, has included Janelle Monae, whose 'ArchAndroid' (concept - see wikipedia's description after the jump) album, is eclectic to say the least, taking in Funk, Soul, RnB, Folk and Grindcore, it's an absolute blast, and in 'Tightrope' has the best James Brown song James Brown didn't record, as you can see below.

And Finally Warpaint, the LA quartet have been together around 6 years and whose début LP 'The Fool' is due out this Monday, it's all kinds of ace, and has just the right amount of scuzz and weirdness for me, you can stream it at HypeMachine until it's release, and here's a little freebie courtesy of Rough Trade Records, in the shape of lead single 'Undertow'.
Before you ask, it reminds of of 'Polly' by Nirvana

Apologies for how crap this post looks! I'm not clever enough to change the size of the video!