Single of the week

Midnight Juggernauts - 'Road To Recovery' (Institubes)

Already a hit back in their native home of Melbourne, Australia, indie-electro outfit the Midnight Juggernauts are about to take the UK with equal bags of va va voom.

Touring with Digitalism across the UK next month, it's prime time to unleash this 80-inspired stormer of a track. Head straight to the D.I.M remix for a crunchy acidic meltdown. Va va boooooom!

DOVE CHOICE

Best of the rest:

LCD Sound-system - Someone Great (DFA) - New Yorkers show off their skills once again.

Justus Kohncke - Feuerland (Kompakt) - German techno from the genre's finest.

Matthew Dear - 'Don And Sherri' (Ghostly International) - With a name like that how can you not succeed?

Will Saul - 'Simple Sounds EP' (Simple) - More bumpy action than a
hooker on a fairground ride.

David E Sugar - 'Chelsea Girls' (Brick A Brac) - Electro-funk from
dance music's latest pin-up.


Album of the week

Giles Smith & James Priestley - Secretsundaze Volume 1 (Secretsundaze)

Not content with already having bagged 'Club of the Year' in Mixmag and Time Out, the blokes behind sort-of-secret-but-not really East End shindig Secretsundaze have decided to release an album.

Giles Smith and James Priestley have become a bit of an institution in club-land. Alongside being sociable, genuine music-loving fellows you can
have a pint with, this pair of ravers (with Ready Brek strength) were the first promoters to book acts such as Steve Bug, Luciano, Guido Schneider, Matthias Tanzmann and Dan Ghenacia, as well as hosting
more established artists including Carl Craig and Ricardo Villalobos.

Their parties were, and still are, vibrant, slickly produced, and full of sweating Italians - no better place to spend a Sunday afternoon, eh?

This album is bursting over with treats. From classics such as Ian Pooley's 'Don't Be Afraid' and Yello's 'Lost Again' through to new grooves like Kissogram's 'My Friend Is A Seahorse' and James Priestley & Dan Berkson's 'Chariots'. We're already putting in our orders for Volume 2.

STAG CHOICE

Best of the rest:

Fatboy Slim - Late Night Tales (Azuli) - This Brighton institution digs deep in his crates.

Various - 'New Orleans Funk' (Soul Jazz) - London's finest label shows how it's done.

Spektrum - 'Death At The Gymkhana Club' (Stop/Start) - East London dance floor heroes get the remix treatment.

George Demure - 'Boomtown Medallion' (August Day) - This adorable electronic crooner releases his debut album.

Dragonette - 'Galore' (Mercury Records) - Look out! Peaches meets
Gwen Stefani!

Gigs for your diary:

Digitalism/Midnight Juggernauts
The hottest band out of Australia since AC/DC hits UK turf supporting the superb Digitalism.

November 12th-21st across the UK
www.myspace.com/digitalism

Info: 0870 771 2000

Tickets: 0870 400 0688

Das Pop, Autokratz, Gramme and Snax

Night People present some of Europe's most cutting edge acts for your pleasure.

November 16th. 229 Club, Great
Portland Street, London W1. £10/6. Information Line – 020 7575 3285.

www.myspace.com/nightpeoplemusic.

MUSIC TO MAKE THE DJ PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL

New singer/songwriter Fryars is one of those annoying talented people who plays all his own instruments and has a killer voice to boot. His
new EP 'The Ides' has wowed discerning music lovers from the Guardian through to the NME. And us here at staganddove are jumping on the
bandwagon.

Here he talks us through the songs he would want the DJ to play at his funeral.

1. FrYars - 'happY' (None)

Whilst you might be dead, you can still earn royalties right? Well, I can, which my family could then enjoy.

This is an incredible journey of a piece, epic and meaningful - will surely lift the mood of the partygoers at your wake. They'll be having so much fun they'll actually forget the fact that you are no longer physically in the room with them.

2.The Velvet Underground - 'Sunday Morning' (Verve)

This song is both sombre and uplifting - just like what a funeral should be. It's a celebration of life, after all. 'Sunday Morning' is a beautiful, simple song that everyone knows and can sing along to. I reckon Lou Reed is trying to sound a bit like me with his vocals, don't you?

3.Nancy Sinatra 'You Only Live Twice' (Soundtrack)

Nancy is something else - my grandma just gave me this record recently and I love it. This song is epic but contained, and lyrically could easily give hope of a second coming. Goodness knows, Jesus should have had this played at his funeral.

4. Serge Gainsbourg - 'Balade de Melodie Nelson' (Polygram)

Serge Gainsbourg was a clever man. I feel so satisfied after listening to this, but - ahem - I won't go into too much detail. It's a good song for closure after losing a loved one. The tone of the recording is incredibly soothing and brims with a passion that brings a tear to one's eye. Well, mine anyway...

5. Tay Zonday - 'Chocolate Rain' (None)

I only heard this for the first time last week doing a radio session.
Apparently it's been a massive hit on Youtube. After getting half-way through the record you realise you would be much better off being dead so you wouldn't have to listen to it.

www.myspace.com/fryars