the magnificent miss murphy

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I went to see Róisín Murphy last night (review in Grau tomorrow). She was WONDERFUL and her hats were FABULOUS. I know she's a long-time poptimist favourite but I don't think we've actually talked about her much, so shall we? Her album is one of the best of the year - my favourite is 'Tell Everybody', omg that was so good last night, she did it as the encore. And there are so many parallels with Gwen Stefani: platinum blonde MILF ex-frontwomen of 'alternative' acts who hit big late in their career, now embracing pop and offbeat couture for their solo careers.

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[chezghost.livejournal.com]

On my computer I divide albums up so that the best tracks are in one folder under the artist name (so it includes their previous good album tracks etc.) and the ones I don't rate as much go into an archive folder that I will rarely play stuff from.

Anyway, I think I put all of 'Overpowered' in the premier folder as it's all sounding good enough although there's nothing on it I would class as truly outstanding (similar to 'Tangled Up') and nothing quite as good as the highlights on the last album. but the singles are good, 'Footprints' and 'Scarlet Ribbons' are lovely. i think i like the banging Seamus Hadji mix of 'Overpowered' more than the original now tho - it's in my 07 mix...not sure i've heard the Kris Menace mix but how much different can it be from the Haji one??