Brighton The Corners

Apropos of nothing at all, this shall be my first themed week on Fluxblog. Each day this week I shall be posting at least one song by an artist from Brighton, England, which is an emerging hot spot for indie-pop culture. I don’t have any special reason for doing this, other than that I have a stockpile of songs by mostly unknown and/or unsigned acts from that city, and I thought that it might be fun to give them all exposure at once.

Fujiya & Miyagi “Electro Karaoke” – Fujiya & Miyagi is a somewhat misleading name for this duo of white British guys playing electro krautrock. This is taken from their debut LP Electro Karaoke In The Negative Style, which was released on Massive Advance in 2002. The song is a bit of a grower – it’s a pretty subtle groove, and it doesn’t fully kick in until after about two and a half minutes have passed.

Shrag “Punk Grammar” – This is a rerun for those of you who were reading this blog back in February, but I couldn’t start off a week about Brighton without bringing up Shrag, who are one of the most promising (and cute) bands from that city. This song, which has not yet been officially released, is a catchy electropunk grammar lesson with cute, shouty vocals about verbs, adjectives, and infinitives.

Elsewhere: Bang & Burn is a new MP3 blog which is launching today with a tribute to Abba, Bananarama, and the Eurovision Song Contest – all in one song!

Also: Livejournal users should note that they have the option of syndicating this site to their friends page.

And: Those of you who have not yet heard The Fiery Furnaces’ brilliant Blueberry Boat should head on over to TTIKTDA, where two songs from the album (including my personal favorite, “Inspector Blancheflower”) have been posted for a limited time.