Over/Under Rated Music

Under Rated: Arctic Monkeys

No matter how much this band is in the press, they can never be hyped enough. This week they celebrate their second #1 UK single with "When The Sun Goes Down". The video is great and a worthy follow up to "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor".

This is the greatest band to come out of the UK since Oasis, and I love their fresh sound and raw lyrics. Check them out here:

http://www.dominorecordco.com/site/index.php?page=multimedia&artistID=209&view=videos

Under Rated: The Darkness

Poor lads just can't do enough to please the British press, following their massive 1st album and award sucess - they rose to the dizzy heights of heaven! But a long gap between albums meant "One Way Ticket to Hell" has sent them down knocking on hells door itself. I love their style and fun attitude.

Check out their videos etc on their website:

http://www.thedarknessrock.com/media/



Over Rated: Eminem

In 2004 etc I loved Eminem and couldn't get enough of his cheeky attitude and white rapper tunes but 2006 brings a different story. I've had enough of Eminem and wished those curtains would close quickly and finally, once and for all.
I would have posted the link to his official website but it caused my PC to freeze and so I had to type all this out again - so i'm sorry Eminem - you can kiss my ass!





Over Rated: Hard-Fi

Adverts, reduced CD's everywhere, tacky "rock" wannabe video's - yet these lads are the most over rated band of 2006. Don't get me wrong - I "like" songs such as "Cash Machine" but they didn't deserve the #1 album this week. January is indeed a quiet month but oh lord, the record company has seriously plugged Hard - Fi until I'm blue in the face. STOP IT!

Listen to snippets here:

http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=-1;1;-1;-1&sku=377235

Under Rated: Simon Webbe

Ex Blue boy band member, Simon Webbe seems to have gone almost unnoticed by the mass media but his album has spent the past 10 weeks doing quite nicely in the charts (rising from #38 to #20 this week). His singles "Lay Your Hands", "No Worries" and "After All This Time" are just 3 great tracks on the album. He's got the tunes and he's also got the looks so it's about time he was hyped up more during 2006.

http://www.simonwebbe.net/













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