Apes & Androids ‘Nights Of The Week’

I sometimes find myself Romo-niscing – thinking wistfully of the most OTT, ridiculous Melody Maker days.

The Maker’s risk-taking verve pandered to my teenage years – unlike NME trainspotters, it was very much in touch with its feminine side.

It loved Liam for his eyes and Kurt for his lips. It was quicker to passionately embrace the glamorous, the pop, the effete… the different. And often with tongues. Shameless.

It allowed the likes of Daniel Booth to write within its pages. And it invented Romo. I daydream what it would have made of Emo? Heck, Julian Casablancas? Robyn? Klaxons? Scissor Sisters? X Factor? Buy me a pint sometime, there’s bigger discussion here about…
a) was Romo when Melody Maker “jumped the shark” and…
b) does any of this matter post-web? Did it matter pre-web?

The world’s oldest music weekly probably found its niche during those death throe years (there is yet another pint to be had as to when that actually began). Looking at what’s going on with music today (the internet and all that), it’s a shame the sages at IPC didn’t think it was worth throwing a lifeline to, keep it ticking over.

And you do still double take in the newsagents when you see bands like The Wombats on the cover of the NME. And the point of closing The Maker was..?

Anyway. Apes & Androids. Prince. Gary Numan. Queen. David Bowie. Scissor Sisters. Spandex. Glitter make-up. In an illicit club in New York’s Meat Packing District. But way gayer. What would the Maker have made of them? They are either humiliatingly The Darkness of electro pop, and should be shunned as the new Electric Six.

Or… they are the sexomatic future of pop. As ‘Nights Of The Week’ suggests. Hm.

More hear…
- Total band myspace takeover.
- An album, ‘Blood Moon’, in handy real-life version is available from here, or get the download from iTunes
- And how about a bonus track? Oh go on then…
Apes & Androids ‘Golden Prize’