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Compiling Cornershop's earliest EPs In the Days of Ford Cortina and Lock Stock and Double Barrel, Elvis Sex-Change offers few indications that this is the same band that would later record such genre-bending albums as Woman's Gotta Have It and When I Was Born for the 7th Time -- the music here is self-indulgent and often silly, comprised of half-baked ideas writ large. Adding Western riffs and rhythms to Eastern sitars and drones and passing off the results as full-fledged songs, the majority of material here borders on the unlistenable, but stick with it long enough for the phenomenal "England's Dreaming," the first Cornershop song that successfully combines British punk, American hip-hop, and Bollywood accents to forge something new, strange, and utterly wonderful. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
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Use Somebody Kings Of Leon |
| When Kings of Leon were announced as one of the headline acts of Glastonbury last June, it was accompanied by a cloud of doubts. Questions about the bands legitimacy for such a prestigious slot were all answered when the Followill's delivered, what was for many, one of the highlights of the festival. As well achieving this milestone the band completed a sold out world tour and, in "Only By The Night", released one of the defining albums of the year. "Use Somebody" captures the band at their most reflective, revealing a desire to turn away from philandering ways and settle down. Could it be that the band's notorious womanising days are behind them? Whether the lyrical content is autographical or not is irrelevant, the track is just another example of how the band provides mainstream rock that doesn't, fortunately, fall into Snow Patrol territory. Anthemic without ever feeling overblown, "Use Somebody" is the sound of the band fully hitting their stride. Expect a sea of lighters when this gets played live and while you may feel a bit cheesy for complying, with songs of this standard it's perfectly acceptable. ©2008 Shazam Entertainment Limited. All rights reserved. | |
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