It's the first of the month

we havin' a wonderful day, and I won't front with ya. Why? 'Cause it's the first of the month. And now I be smokin', chokin', rollin' blunts, and sippin' on forty ounces, thuggin', come, come, we got the blunts and rum

-Bone Thugs and Harmony 1997


Possibly one of the best lineups of the year for a downstairs show blew up the downstairs at the middle east for Apollo Sunshine's EP release party.
The Lot Six, Mittens and the Beatings...Only caught the last song of The Lot Six then Apollo Sunshine went through a torrent of new material via rapid fire instrumentation changes. A multimedia presentation came midset with the boys demonstrating the"Phoney Maroney" dance on Fox25 Midday news. Dudes have gone beyond musicianship as I formally know it and can basically do whatever the hell they want with songwriting. Bluegrass, ragtime, to classic prog rock complete with heavily retarted guitar freakouts. Apollo Sunshine was in the hizzy.
A couple of Grime Sites:

• Lady Sovereign-check the track "shhh" in the VIP section. M.I.A. comparisons abound.
  


• Kano of roll deep crew.
  


• Shystie. Damn! Europe got celly personalization down to science. I wonder if Nokia 3360's can handle Shystie's text messaging service.
  

All this grime hoopla hearkens back to previous overhyped British music trenda that have failed to reach the levels of Beatles invasion success. Like 2step or mid 90s electronica, will grime peak far below the levels of saturation needed for global takeover? At Grime's best, the sound is still imitative of jump up dancehall and the more ferocious strains of crunk. Can cockney slang and stripped down garage beats programmed on playstations win over the teeming masses?

Do yourself a solid and listen to the whole BLOC PARTY ALBUM HERE.