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Dead or Alive? I personally would have sazd . . .. . . .. . ‘dead'. so it's a surprise. and 2n no way a ‘. 2-4' z ' : -- 2' 2" 2 ' 2 Avant gardists Mouse on Mars still squeak your language pleasant one. that Pete Burns is still alive. ~- 22. 2 2- . ' Sporting a lip (Oi) that makes Leslie Ash's :§.'~',' -"_ .0. .. . . . . . . _ .. . , appear understated. Bums now looks like a hill 2: ' .,«. , gr] .. : v --1 1' ; ‘33:. .2-_ .... ; I The Last Sound I ' fish, which is uncanny because the gay house 1 2‘ ', " ' ' " - r " -' v '2 2' -' 2 ' v 2" 2' .

revamp of 'You Spin me Round (le0 a " Recordl' (Sony 0 (Spurids likei was [w 2»: 2 2 2:» 'f :'2' f 2 ;' 2'- recorded underwater. But not deep enough. " '2 Futureshock 2 '." '2 :u z ~', r. '0 Elsewhere in the ever diminishing world ot ~ ' 2 . -, :t' ‘2 '. " a 2' :2. house music. Futureshock are laying the w -2 2 m1 » i-‘-».--~ 2».-' ix : Ellis Dee-- : ' 2* 2: :

grOundwork for when robots go shopping for .00 2' 2 T" 2-2 :' 2 : .2. r- -- 2 ~- :’~ - 2' 2 2. ' : soul muSic With 'On my Mind' (Junior 0.. l :xi'f .' ' '2 2. 2'~ 2 ti .2 ' 2w»: n '2 2 ':s--- i -' 23$ '2'\" - w 2 ' ~. 2 ' 2

while the latest offering from fellow Bugged Smith? Out! ‘Iive act‘ Dirty Vegas »- ‘Simple things 13-::"“.:" 2. Mouse on Mars :2. : a i ' (Parlophone O l- is scary eVidence of J’s»: ' i) 00.0 2-- ". 'r-w 2' ~~'. 22: .' .; . 2 '~ 33' .' .w 2' r what WOuICl happen it David Gray ever picked cf 2:" -¢- 1" ' --' -' 2- '2 - .- . fa v. - UDGSEIIHDIGF. If'.“ ‘1" '::.Sonique Chef..:«.2f; 1. QS'VI'W' [xi-3 w' ‘1.: '- :'."" " ~"" Marginally less dull than this flaccid house wear-:e- 2 ..'.2' v f 2 w '2 -' 0.. " -4 " -‘ . : .:' «tr/2w 2 2 ' :u 2' " mus‘ic isthe slick R88 grind of 82K andP .zf'-: -_: '. 2 2'. '1 " 2.7.22: .2' Diddy's 'Bump. Bump. Bump' (Epic O. l. :xi‘Ts-“w- 2 2 -' "f ~13" SJ ..-": r- -’ .2 ~~ 2. '_ " . " .‘ ,32" i3" 2", but only because it's about tucking. Like 'Hot Ell Here'. it's an iricitement to dry hump on the < \ _ . _ dancelloor and while the more conservative Out ~ there might balk at such a suggestion, they'd RAFF- HELL Is FOR -: ' ~ \ ~ Hypnotized HEROES Sure as hell want to watch. Less epriCitly (15,2 .VK ... The Neon Handshake sexual is the debut single from 16-year-old g .... x: 2:41' ‘02. ii

Mario. 'Just A Friend' (J ReCOrds 00. i. an \ 2 .ES/ , 2 I 2 2“ v i 22' x . update of Biz Markie's 1989 comedy original ' i r 1m" . t. (3 and another slice of smooth-as-y0u-like-R&B m;- «‘i 2 2 , pie. If you like it tougher, rougher and 2 '2' 2 2 ,2

altogether more hip hop however, rich white » girls in da house are currently screaming ‘Ya. '. we; 2 2 gr :, ~:;.-..; » 2

Ya. Ya' W New York bad boySOCent and the (i"135‘2"‘t".i\.?1_ii”) by: y:":2"‘<>-":2g 2;..~:.-. dirty booty of 'In da Club' (Shady Records Liwg; Han-L29 'C at,- '~ '.‘ 2225:; ~ ‘5‘ C... ). at ‘-:2t:"‘<3' “r. '2: 2; «I. :?"‘i,i,"." .r; us: '."i‘2°.

So with all that thial dance muSic duly dealt "Regs! s;~n.-.ea;2 2 '2te~avx2:; in 2:5. 22.42": With. it's time to trawl through the Singles from 222:22'.“ t" ::1~, w 1'22, A. Mann '3; em. 27' ~92:

the latest batch of Strokes and Slipknot ("m Yow‘x.’ : .mp- sciindalikes. Canadian combo Hot Hot Heat lam/2.21.2: cw: v~'.»:' :: '~ saw-we. Win this week‘s Single of the Fortnight Most ~::°. Auk, 22221:: ':..:~

Like the Strokes and indeed Single of the Srrgsrjquvr "2 st 2 22.22:, tr, 2 Fortnight for their brainless ‘Bandages‘ (Sub g: z 2 22:2 «:gi ~;'.. «on Pop .0000). but also good is the catchy-as- s,2.:: rm;- E%..'. C) 2 . ~:' dammit Supercharged power pop of OK Go's Strum-4:; 2 : g: '2. 2 ' 22222-251

‘Get over It (Capitol 0000 land the Clash- wry: 2' 2 :s 22" : tastic Lomax with the white-riot antics of their 2* ;;;;~ T" «2:; (in ~42: .. : 2 'Brought to Rights' (93 Records .00 l. 2;"222- ‘E 2: :riick . ~

Kerrang! girls go Slipknot meanwhile on the a 2.: : «2:7 ‘._."‘f; v , debut from Harpies. ‘Deep' (0.. i. an 2 '," . ,222 ". .-_,«. . up: 2‘ '~ :2 {,2'7 impressively angry reCOrd but only when ’i «w :3: A?“ f" a 2'7! 2.: 2- '.E:'.-’.- f" '2 'r compared t0 the brain-melting b0redom oi r; :2 2 2:;~::é2"". t;~:,-'. “" i_ a ' 23-"- :r: at": .e'zl' ’1 CFISDian Mills' new band The Jeevas and their as" "g; 'T Li unease 221-: MA. a”: -’:"‘:,'a" r"; t, : r :' ’3 82!. Bruce Springsteen SOLinding ‘Once upon a '2‘ ‘2; 1‘. 5: rant:- t'ie: :" ::' TT;:;2-::- f, '."a’. “I »' 'I, '2 H :1 21,121,. Time in America (Cowboy Music 0. land mass tin: . " '22.:22". ti :2? :,_.'. T‘; meta ' ' " .2' ' the soft COLintry rock of Jennifer Love '."e."-x t2 2'»- :: sic-xv "‘i:;‘:":i 2: ~;;.._2. -’.- 22-2-1222 ear/2s; w r l 2 .' I” r Hewitt's ‘Can I Go Now? (Jive 00 t. Yes to . 2 t '2 . ‘5': 'S:'_';-’: ;; f;"§;s '2r; b'."-’:' '2 c'i; . T" r

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