BRAD WHEELER
Globe and Mail Update Published on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008 2:03PM EDT Last updated on Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2009 8:32PM EDT
LAY IT ON THE LINE by Divine Brown, from The Love Chronicles (Warner)
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Toronto's wonderful R&B lady, who was raised on seventies AM radio - we too remember the Manhattans - updates retro vocal soul with a modern beat. When a male chum is having gal trouble, singer Brown councils him to set that woman straight. Sounds like Divine advice to us.
THE SHOCK OF THE LIGHTNING by Oasis, first single from the forthcoming Dig Out Your Soul (Warner)
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Noel Gallagher says he wanted music that was "more hypnotic and driving." What he didn't say was that he wanted "sort of a Foo Fighters thing." Whatever - both accomplished.
WAKE THE DEAD by Alice Cooper, from Along Came a Spider (SPV)
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"Give me a redhead, give me a brunette, send a blonde to me." Only women bleed when Son of Sam meets a groovy Beck on a shockingly modern tune from the School's Out singer's dark new conceptual disc about a serial killer.
MOODY MOTORCYCLE by Human Highway, from Moody Motorcycle (Secret City)
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Is this an answer to Daniel Johnston's Speeding Motorcycle? A smooth-gliding scooter makes its escape on a sombre piece of indie rock from Vancouver Island's Nick Thorburn and Toronto's Jim Guthrie.
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