From time to time, we like to round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Under consideration today is the new full-length by Duffy, Rockferry, which hits stores today:
While I’m a good boy about keeping up with the pop singles chart, when it comes to classier, indie-oriented stuff I tend to focus on the familiar. Last night I hunkered down with Sun Kil Moon’s April, The Gutter Twins’ Saturnalia, and Portishead’s Third, all great albums from artists who made their biggest impression well over a decade ago. So it’s not a total surprise that I hadn’t heard any of the five nominees for the Mojo Honours’ Breakthrough Act Of 2008. But it gave me an excuse to get familiar with singles from Duffy, Foals, Bon Iver, Pete Molinari, and the Last Shadow Puppets.
At this point, living in the world of Flo-Rida, you might find yourself hoping for some sort of respite from hearing “Low” or “Elevator” every hour of every day. Be careful what you wish for, however, as the music biz powers that be have focused their efforts on two new stars-to-possibly-be that will make you wistful for the days of T-Pain.