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Sigur Rós Back to Rock You in an Inscrutable Fashion
1. Sigur Rós, “Gobbledigookâ€
Sigur Rós return after a bit of an absence with the best Animal Collective song we’ve heard in years. [
2. Tricky, “Council Estate†(live on Later … With Jools Holland)
Council estates are more or less the English version of the projects, but Tricky’s new anthem is more punk rock than hip-hop. [Culture Bully]
3. Rick Ross feat. Pharrell, “Get Downâ€
Rick Ross gets in on the comic-book-hero racket this summer with this engaging track about Superhead. [Attorney Street]
4. Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris and Chrome, “Dance Wiv Meâ€
Dizzee, ever the romantic, approaches a girl on the dance floor by commenting that he “can’t see no room for improvement†and suggests that there might be something more “than a hotel-room thing†between them. [First Up]
5. Numero 6 feat. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, “Da Piccolissimi Pezziâ€
Oldham goes from singing in someone else’s voice (see the video for Kanye’s “Can’t Tell Me Nothin’â€) to singing in someone else’s language, as he wraps his rough twang around the more mellifluous Italian he sports on this track. [Pitchfork]
—Ehren Gresehover