Good Weather For Airstrikes

So to wrap up the whole UK Invasion theme - I’m not going to stop writing about UK artists completely, I still love the UK scene right now, I’m just going to stop getting myself pigeonholed into only writing about the UK scene - here is the latest (and greatest) from Arctic Monkeys, whose buzz has basically reached critical mass. Fuck, Arctic Monkeys are cool. Even Pitchfork has jumped on the bandwagon, saying: “The Sheffield, England-based baby band Arctic Monkeys have somehow harnessed the power of the video iPod, Asian bird flu, the Arcade Fire, and Samuel Alito into one big blazing ball of buzz” and going onto lament about Arctic Monkeys’ lack of a Chicago stop on their upcoming brief US tour. So yeah, if Pitchfork is giving you madd props like that, then you know you’re going places.

So after the whole sold out UK tour thing and all the buzz surrounding the then-pending release of their first formal single, “I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor”, Arctic Monkeys finally released it and it shot to number one on the UK charts as predicted. This really was no surprise though, what with their hype, and as Drowned In Sound so astutely pointed out, the Arctics could have basically released anything and it would have gone to number one. However, it was unseated by Madonna’s new single the next week, but it still remains firmly entrenched in the number two spot. In a pleasant turn of events, Domino has actually released the single here on iTunes already (despite the fact that the single is technically slated for a November 29th release), so you can grab it there, or you could just pick up the essential tracks (secondary b-side “Chun Li’s Spinning Bird Kick” is a fairly repetitive and somewhat grating instrumental track), as well as the music video, below.

MP3s:
A-Side
“I Bet That You Look Good…” (Single Version) - Arctic Monkeys [highly recommended]
“I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor” (Video) - Arctic Monkeys
Watch with: WMV or Quicktime

B-Side
“Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts” (Studio Version) - Arctic Monkeys
“Chun Li’s Spinning Bird Kick” - Arctic Monkeys

This entry was posted on Monday, October 31st, 2005 at 10:08 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.