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Comment: Make This Work - Magistrates
It's only electronic in the sense that some of the intruments are plugged in, but fuck it, absolutely nothing is pleasing BlackPlastic as much right now as a four piece from Essex known as The Magistrates. 'Make This Work' is like Al Green's 'Let's Stay Together' but made in 2008 by a bunch of skinny white british kids and it makes BlackPlastic want to tear off his clothes and go skinny dipping in a lake on a beautiful summer's day.
What's more these fucking crazy kids give you all this FREE... Just sign up for some spam at http://www.magistratesband.com/ and you'll get the track plus an acapella for nada. If you're prescious about you email address and don't take BP's word on the value here head over to the band's MySpace to preview the goodness.
BP x
Album Review: Mega Breakfast - The Chap
1. Take the most culturally aware sophisticate you know. BlackPlastic will refer to this gentleman as 'Ian'.
2. Force said gentleman to form band and make album in one week with no food, but plenty of cigarettes.
3. Threaten to cut off a finger whenever 'Ian' uses familiar song structures or dares to make sounds that could induce chin stroking in the listener.
4. In order to induce a further sense of urgency steal the masters on day six at 6pm, forcing 'Ian' to start again.
The resulting album would sound something like Mega Breakfast. It's diverse and chaotic. It's reminiscent of Clor and Data Rock but with added smarts and, by George, if you know what genre it should be in let BlackPlastic know.
But most importantly it has enough pop hooks to drag you in and enough ideas to make sure you don't leave.
It sounds like sarcastic commentary on what it is like to be in an up-and-coming band, It's unmistably London, 2008, but don't hold that against it as 'Proper Rock' will soundtrack BlackPlastic's election campaign when we run, if only for the "Proper songs about girls and clubbing" refrain, and 'Uss Wus' is an electronic gospal track for those moments when you feel defeated by your own ambition.
BP x
New site live
In case you weren't sure the new site is live! It has a nicer look! It's black, like our name! It's... still the same under the covers!
But seriously, it's been due to happen for a long time and now here it is. There will be more changes forthcoming (finally a contact form for submission information for one) but the hard bit is now done.
The design is anything but nailed down so comments and suggestions are welcome.
EDIT: Contact form up and running - click on Contact in the navigation pane on the right. If you are subscribed to the old RSS feed please re-subscribe. You can also now subscribe to comments.
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New site design coming at ya live...
in news
BlackPlastic will finally be getting a bit of an overhaul, hopefully within the next few days...
...One downside is that existing RSS subscribers may find their feed dries up - there will be a new one but BlackPlastic isn't sure if it'll just start feeding through the old address.
Please check back in a day or two to resubscribe.
Thanks,
BP x