Downloadable: Art Brut

More free mp3 worth having, this time from RCRDLBL: Art Brut, Just Desserts, from the Frank Black-produced sessions which will form themselves into a new album on May 12th. That collection, Art Brut vs Satan, won't have this on it, so it might be the only chance you ever get to own it.

Obviously, if nobody switches off the internet you'll have other chances. But it might not happen.

Argos giveaway

Eddie Argos' amusing-ish side-project Glam Chops has marked the start of Advent, not with a crown made of coathangers, but with a free download single, Countdown To Christmas and Baby Jesus Was The First Glam Rocker.

Meanwhile, back at the slightly less arch end of the business, Art Brut are off recording with Frank Black doing producery bits. For the next album.

Black Francis off the streets

Much as we love him, we raise a curious eyebrow that the Metropolitan Police were so scared by the prospects of Black Francis playing a gig in the streets that they feared he might bring London to a standstill.

Citing the twentyfirst century boogerman of Health & Safety, Frank was made to play his "pre-core" gig inside instead.

That's as opposed to an encore, in case you're wondering.