Singleversity #31

Audiversity’s weekly column, slightly modified, on random music in a predetermined number of words between 1 & 150. This week's randomly generated number: 101.

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"So yeah, in classic Internet service provider fashion.. Comcast never showed up yesterday. Maybe we'll have it by Monday. Bitches."



That coupled with me seeing Tortoise score “Nosferatu” live last night meant Singleversity was doomed to be delayed. Hopefully you’ll find this week’s worth it: Smith & Mighty are the Bristol-based trio that produced Massive Attack’s first album and have been christened by some as “the original dubsteppers” (ahead even of the Wild Bunch). This video from 1986 by Vision Factory leader Steve Haley is for “Brain Scan,” a 7” single that predates their 1988 debut, Bass is Maternal.

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Sex, drugs, politics. This is the essence of a lad named Jay aka Beans on Toast who is slowly gaining a reputation in England for his irreverent folk-punk. I first saw this guy two years ago when he was still refusing to record his songs, but "Acid Rain in Africa" is just one of a litany of tunes he's made available recently. This song was especially timely when I saw him, following not just the 7/7 bombings but a Hertfordshire oil explosion a few days before the gig, and it has stuck with me almost as much as "Coke." Highly recommended.