Pop music enterd the sphere of hipster credibility sometime in the past couple years, and I for one thank god. Its not time to get carried away and start reppin for bullshit trad-rock like Nickleback, but we can all agree at this point that shiny, happy harmonies can still sweat out the liquid irony that fills the core of every postmodern conception of cool. Lilly Allen, The Bird and The Bee, Cold War Kids and others like them have ushered in the current era of "Sophisti-pop" thats brought glossy out of the shadows and onto the most descerning of tastemaker IPods. Don't be ashamed of liking Justin Timberlake. Simply reclaim his MJ apping style as yours all along cool kids. Is that Kelly Clarkson I hear you listening too? I surely hope so.
Enter 21 year old Jamie T out of Wimbledon South London. NME has named him their next big thing but according to these guys that magazine is worthless and I shouldn't be reading it any way. Its a sacrafic I'm willing to make. Doesn't matter what the critics say about this guy any way. I'm onboard right or wrong, in shallowness and in depth. Jamie makes a rocky, rapish, jangle pop fuss all over his tracks and best of all he makes them in the catchiest way possible. He sorta splits the difference between the Artic Monkeys and The Streets, and he's got drunk, everyman wail-speak down pat. The cockney accent keeps the top button of his very blue collar undone and you can hear him thinking about another pint as he's singing.
The song to download, "If you Got The Money" nearly made its way up into the top 10 on the UK charts and rides the little ragga swing its built on all the way to the bank. The video is for his song "Sheila" and stars everyone's favorite rabbit sidekick, Bob Hoskins. Jamie fishes the waters of human interaction for a lot of his themes and Bob plays the father of the song's title character while mouthing the song's words at the camera. Its strangly affecting and I'll bet you watch it twice if you watch it at all. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to mine Radio Disney for my next pop-perfect discovery.
Jamie T - "If You Got the Money"
Jamie T - "Sheila"
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