I Heard You Tell Him She Was Evil

VV & Hotel “Restaurant Blouse” – Okay, okay. I get it now. The Kills really really really really really love Royal Trux. At first it seemed as though they just shared a similar aesthetic, but now that I’ve heard “Restaurant Blouse,” it’s pretty clear that there is some intense fan worship going on here. I remember reading some article in which Bob Pollard explained that he started writing his own Beatles songs when he was a kid, and that’s kinda what this song is like. It’s as though the two of them realized that Royal Trux weren’t going to make another album ever again, so they had better start making their own Trux tunes. They did a pretty good job with it – this would’ve fit it pretty well on Accelerator or Pound For Pound. Still, I hope that they have some luck figuring out their own identity – they’ve recorded some good material (especially the ballad “Wait,” which is an incredibly beautiful song) and they show a lot of potential. (Click here to buy it from Kill Rock Stars.)

Shystie “One Wish” – Shystie is best known for her answer record to Dizzee Rascal’s “I Luv U” and various guest appearances on UK hip hop/grime records from the past year, but this new single shows that she can carry a track on her own. I don’t rate Shystie nearly as highly as Ms Dynamite or the brilliant Lady Stush (Where are you Lady Stush? Put out another single, please!), but she’s still an impressive MC with great presence and style. (Click here to buy it from Juno.)

ALSO: MP3 blogs continue to proliferate! The Number One Songs In Heaven, Rusty Spell’s Online Mix Tape, and Six Eyes have all popped up in the last two weeks, and Douglas Wolk debuted his long awaited audioblog on his Lacunae site this weekend.

ELSEWHERE: Jockohomo has posted two vintage synth pop tunes by China Crisis and Blancmange as companion pieces to the Stephen ‘Tin Tin’ Duffy song from Friday’s entry. Check it out.