Here are the Long Blondes

And they appear to be having a rest surrounded by Kate Jackson's shoe collection, and NOT some sort of indie rock satanic ritual (Kate: "Don't burn the Manolos etc").

The Long Blondes (none of which are blondes--IRONY ALERT!) are releasing a new album entitled Couples very soon, and the first single is "Century". Now, let us begin by saying that last year's Someone To Drive You Home pulled off the very precarious feat of disguising a Very Good Pop Album as an OK Indie Rock Album, which fooled people with good hair into buying it, but unfortunately NOT mainstream people who don't give two shits about a band from Sheffield, UK whose main influences seem to be comprised only of Jarvis Cocker, Betty Paige and Lauren Bacall. The question we are now posing into the Pop Ether is, will Couples succeed where Someone failed, and launch this deserving band into the next strata of fame, glory, lucrative recording contracts, etc etc? SUSPENSE.

The short answer is no, because while "Century" is Good, it's also a load of weird shit that nobody will understand. Shame.

The Long Blondes - "Century" [Streaming via MySpace]

Disconap: Yesterday's Kylie news, today

So here's some Kylie news.

It would seem like after all that "brouhaha", only one Calvin Harris song will be used on the new Kylie record. We suppose that's still one more than Mylo or Hot Chip, who's songs were totally scrapped. Bummer. Mylo got one over everyone and posted his Kylie track on his MySpace page, and all we can say is that if THIS track got scrapped than this album will be the "Nevermind" of pop. Listen to it by clicking on this bit of highlighted text.

Anyway, the Calvin track is called "Heart Beat Rock" and since it features both Calvin Harris and Kylie Minogue we're sure it will be quite listenable.

You can read more info on the record (named "X" because it's the tenth Kylie album etc etc) over at the Kylie.com forums.

And that is all the Kylie news for today. "Over and out", as they say.

Please join us in welcoming Tigercity into our collective wet dreams

This is Tigercity.



While we have no concrete evidence that they are homosexuals, they do look and sound like it, and as we know homosexuals make AMAZING popstars. Tigercity make soft rock songs that sound as if they were written by Hall & Oates' spermatazoa, with names like "Are You Sensation?" and "Let Her Go". We would have liked to post the MP3 of the former (because it is unequivocally fucking brilliant) but we feel like doing so may "break" some sort of law. So you should buy Tigercity's EP Pretend Not To Love from iTunes. And stream the aformentioned song below.

Tigercity - "Are you Sensation?" (streaming via MySpace)

Wonderful.

Frankmusik seems to be saying...

..."Why don't you go to my Myspace page and check out the new song I just uploaded? It's called "Questionnable Times" and perhaps if Myspace weren't the worst Web site of all time, the song would actually load and The Disconappers could listen to it."

Oh well.

PS: Yes, we have decided to report and comment on every time Frankmusik takes a shit. Deal.

and i try, and i try to be satisfied...

There's a new pop darling in town and she's from Sweden (we love the Swedes).
Meet Sally Shapiro (yes, she's a Swede).
She makes her US debut with her album, Disco Romance (Paper Bag) set for an upcoming release in October.

We think the DNs found a new track that we'll be spinning at our club nights!
Take a listen to "He Keeps You Alive" a cover of the Nixon's track of the same title.

Frankmusik has been sleeping... with his keyboard

Outrageous. But he has also remixed "Relax" by Mika, making a bad song good.

Mika - "Relax (Frankmusik Remix)" [streaming via MySpace]

You guessed it. AMAZING.

Hmm, a lovely bed of lilacs

Frank Musik writes very dancey electro-pop that we like a lot--well, that's new.

He seems a little Misshapes but frankly, when someone sounds like Mick Hucknall fronting a pop version of Crystal Castles, we tend not to "look a gift horse in the mouth", etc. Listen to "Three Little Words" and don't bother thanking us.

WARNING: Do not click if you are afraid of a mild bout of epilepsy

Frank Musik - "Three Little Words" [streaming via MySpace]

Approved.

More proof that "Umbrella" is the new "Hey Ya"/"Crazy In Love"/"My Love" etc etc

This is a man named Scott Simons.



He is one of many people to have recently covered this year's R&B/Hip Hop Crossover Hit "Umbrella" by Rihanna*. While being quite "easy on the eyes", Scott is not an Amazing Pop Artist, therefore his version of "Umbrella", while having good intentions at heart, is approximately 34 times inferior to the original. We suppose it's cool to give it a listen for curiosity's sake.

Scott Simons - "Umbrella" (Rihanna* Cover) [stream via Myspace]

PS: Someone get Keane and/or The Feeling and/or The Fray on the phone, please.

*Why did we even say that? Everyone knows it's Rihanna.

Interpol are back! Back!! Back!!!

Albeit not as urgently back! Back!! BACK!!! as some artists recently, but back nonetheless. They have a new single, "The Heinrich Maneuver" (ah, Interpol), which sounds like every other song they've ever written--i.e. BRILLIANT. Click on the link below to cold check a stream [WARNING: DO NOT CLICK IF YOU LIKE ANTELOPES]:

Interpol - The Heinrich Maneuver [streaming via Myspace]

Other news, apart from Carlos' poofy hairdo, is the "Heinrich Maneuver" video.

IT'S...



...AMAZING. Though we kind of saw the end coming. Carlos looks pretty smug about it though. Eh, Carlos?



Go trade grooming tips with Brandon Flowers, whydoncha?

It's Like U2 But Not Old And Useless! It's Like The Killers But Not Shit!

...erm, it sounds like Enrique Iglesias!

It's the brand new Dykeenies single!

And here's the sleeve!



There's a brilliant "doo doo doo doo" part at the end!

Here it is!

The Dykeenies - Clean Up Your Eyes [streaming via Myspace]

We are excited about this!

No one else cares!

The Black Ghosts Continue Their Reign On Our Hearts

Oh my. After seizing and conquering our helpless ears with their indie-disco pulp and Best Song Of The Summer™ "The Repetition Kills You", The Black Ghosts have now taken to remixing so-so Gossip single "Listen Up!" and making it AMAZING. That's right, AMAZING. Take a moment out of your Monday and cold check it:

The Gossip - Listen Up! (The Black Ghosts Remix) [streaming via Myspace]

Is there anything these guys can't do? God, we fucking love them. We can't wait until the album comes out and kills everything. EVERYTHING!!

Roisin Murphy is Back! Back!! BACK!!!

We've been ginormous fans of Roisin Murphy and her now-defunct band Moloko for some time now, and not just because her name is one letter short of being Raisin (LOL!). It's not secret that DN is all about powerful pop ladies and the songs they sing, and Roisin is no exception from our regular Ellis-Bextors, Stevens', Goldfrapps and other Dragonettes. Her new single (entitled, brilliantly, "Overpowered") has been making "waves" around the greater Internet area for the last couple of months, and we must say, it is quite an infectious slice of laid-back femme-pop. It's interesting to see Roisin move away from the more pure disco vibe of Moloko on her solo efforts and embrace a more complex sound--blah blah whatever, it's fantastic and deserves your utter attention. It's streaming right now on her MySpace profile--apparently some site where you can listen to an artist's songs and look at some pictures of them. Ah technology, etc.

Roisin Murphy - Overpowered [streaming via MySpace]

Lovely.

Now, let us take a journey through space and time and view our favorite Moloko video, for "The Time Is Now":



So, so good. Dare we give this new, chilled-out Roisin Murphy the moniker of California Roisin? We think we shall.

STOP PRESS!
x 10000000
There is a MySpace page for remixes of "Overpowered", and not one put together by a fan but by a real record label. AMAZING.

OK Dutch Rock Band Suddenly Transform Into Amazing Pop Band

This is Krezip.



They're Dutch, and apparently Felix and Jesper from The Sounds wrote songs on their new album, Plug It In. None of those songs were "Plug It In And Turn Me On" though, which is a perfect pop song in that it starts out like it might be not that great but then by the first chorus you are totally convinced that it is GENIUS.

Krezip - Plug It In And Turn Me On [streaming via MySpace]

It looks like Krezip have been around for a while, but as far as we can tell nothing they've done is half as good as "Plug It In...", so this may be on of those instances where we pretend this is their first album, and all that.

BONUS!

The Plug It In cover looks suspiciously like the cover of one of our favorite electro-punk albums of all time, Mommy and Daddy's Fighting Style Killer Panda:



Spooky.