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Nekromantix, “Life Is A Grave & I Dig It”
Equally influenced by the Cramps and the Stray Cats, the great Danish trio Nekromantix follow up their hell-raising psychobilly disc “Dead Girls Don’t Cry” with “Life Is a Grave and I Dig It,” featuring the album’s title track, a raucous live-for-today (and die) rave anthem.
Until June, “Sleepless”
Brothers Josh and Dan Ballard (vocals/piano and guitar, respectively) and drummer Daniel Dempsey put a time limit on how long they’d wait to get a record deal – thus their name, Until June. Their bright, catchy pop song “Sleepless,” about how a girl can make a guy toss and turn in bed, explains why Sony/BMG stopped the clock.
Jarvis Cocker, “Don’t Let Him Waste Your Time”
The geek frontman from Pulp once stole the spotlight from Michael Jackson at a 1996 British awards show. A mainstay from the golden age of ’90s Britpop, Cocker puts himself back in focus with his self-titled debut, which features this retro-’60s track. He sold out two nights at Webster Hall on Sunday and Monday.
Art Brut, “Nag Nag Nag Nag”
South London’s Art Brut shook up the art-punk world with its compelling “Bang Bang Rock & Roll” in 2005, as ridiculously droll frontman Eddie Argos threw the verbal punches. The quintet’s mini-tour to preview its due-in-June sophomore disc, “It’s a Bit Complicated,” stops at the Bowery Ballroom tonight and Studio B in Brooklyn on Wednesday. What we call “Nag Times Four” is the first single.
The Star Spangles, “Make Yourself Useful, Babe”
These Manhattan alt-rock darlings tell their better halves to stop lording stupid things over them in their rollicking song “Make Yourself Useful, Babe” – already a hit at their live shows – off their long-awaited sophomore album, “Dirty Bomb,” out May 1.
