http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3412&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rssSo they used to rip off Blondie and Wire at the same time. Elastica don't sound the same anymore; they're a different band now. You wouldn't call Jamie Summers the same woman after Oscar Goldman made her a bionic fighting machine, would you? The band was first introduced to America in a seemingly contrived U.K. media package touting them as leaders of a scene called the New Wave of New Wave. When they lost bass player Annie Holland and then guitar-nymph Donna Matthews, singer (and founder) Justine Frischmann added friend Paul Jones on the guitar and two new keyboard players named Dave Bush and Mew. Holland recently returned, and now their sound is much less predictable. The music morphs from cold, synthesized orchestras closing in on a heartbeat to wiry, stuttered pop car crashes, then moves on to the mechanical rhythms of well-bastardized beats. The singing at first seems distant, but is actually just standoffish in a can't-be-bothered-in-my-drug-haze way. Some of the most innovative stuff to come out of the U.K. since Primal Scream's <i>Vanishing Point</i>. - Eric SheaBrit Pop/Brit Rocken720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:26:23 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3412&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss So they used to rip off Blondie and Wire at the same time. Elastica don't sound the same anymore; they're a different band now. You wouldn't call Jamie Summers the same woman after Oscar Goldman made her a bionic fighting machine, would you? The band was first introduced to America in a seemingly contrived U.K. media package touting them as leaders of a scene called the New Wave of New Wave. When they lost bass player Annie Holland and then guitar-nymph Donna Matthews, singer (and founder) Justine Frischmann added friend Paul Jones on the guitar and two new keyboard players named Dave Bush and Mew. Holland recently returned, and now their sound is much less predictable. The music morphs from cold, synthesized orchestras closing in on a heartbeat to wiry, stuttered pop car crashes, then moves on to the mechanical rhythms of well-bastardized beats. The singing at first seems distant, but is actually just standoffish in a can't-be-bothered-in-my-drug-haze way. Some of the most innovative stuff to come out of the U.K. since Primal Scream's <i>Vanishing Point</i>. - Eric Shea http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915208&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 14 Mar 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 2915208 tra.2915208 Elastica art.3412 0.99 Elastica alb.177848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/2/3/9/1109327_170x170.jpg 2007-03-06 00:00:00.0 1995-03-14 00:00:00.0 true Connection tra.2915208 140000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915208&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915208&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915219&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 14 Mar 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 2915219 tra.2915219 Elastica art.3412 0.99 Elastica alb.177848 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915209&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915218&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 14 Mar 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 2915218 tra.2915218 Elastica art.3412 0.99 Elastica alb.177848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/2/3/9/1109327_170x170.jpg 2007-03-06 00:00:00.0 1995-03-14 00:00:00.0 true See That Animal tra.2915218 141000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915218&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915218&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915220&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 14 Mar 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 2915220 tra.2915220 Elastica art.3412 0.99 Elastica alb.177848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/2/3/9/1109327_170x170.jpg 2007-03-06 00:00:00.0 1995-03-14 00:00:00.0 true Never Here tra.2915220 266000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915220&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915220&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.566191&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 22 Aug 2000 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 566191 tra.566191 Elastica art.3412 0.99 The Menace alb.166265 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/9/8/9/1269898_170x170.jpg 2002-11-25 00:00:00.0 2000-08-22 00:00:00.0 true Mad Dog tra.566191 196000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.566191&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.566191&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915221&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 14 Mar 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 2915221 tra.2915221 Elastica art.3412 0.99 Elastica alb.177848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/2/3/9/1109327_170x170.jpg 2007-03-06 00:00:00.0 1995-03-14 00:00:00.0 true Vaseline tra.2915221 85000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915221&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915221&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915207&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 14 Mar 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 2915207 tra.2915207 Elastica art.3412 0.99 Elastica alb.177848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/2/3/9/1109327_170x170.jpg 2007-03-06 00:00:00.0 1995-03-14 00:00:00.0 true Annie tra.2915207 73000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915207&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915207&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915215&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 14 Mar 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 2915215 tra.2915215 Elastica art.3412 0.99 Elastica alb.177848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/2/3/9/1109327_170x170.jpg 2007-03-06 00:00:00.0 1995-03-14 00:00:00.0 true All-Nighter tra.2915215 93000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915215&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915215&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915210&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 14 Mar 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 2915210 tra.2915210 Elastica art.3412 0.99 Elastica alb.177848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/2/3/9/1109327_170x170.jpg 2007-03-06 00:00:00.0 1995-03-14 00:00:00.0 true Smile tra.2915210 100000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915210&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915210&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915214&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 14 Mar 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 2915214 tra.2915214 Elastica art.3412 0.99 Elastica alb.177848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/2/3/9/1109327_170x170.jpg 2007-03-06 00:00:00.0 1995-03-14 00:00:00.0 true Blue tra.2915214 141000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915214&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915214&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915216&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 14 Mar 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 2915216 tra.2915216 Elastica art.3412 0.99 Elastica alb.177848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/2/3/9/1109327_170x170.jpg 2007-03-06 00:00:00.0 1995-03-14 00:00:00.0 true Waking Up tra.2915216 195000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915216&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915216&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915211&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 14 Mar 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 2915211 tra.2915211 Elastica art.3412 0.99 Elastica alb.177848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/2/3/9/1109327_170x170.jpg 2007-03-06 00:00:00.0 1995-03-14 00:00:00.0 true Hold Me Now tra.2915211 152000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915211&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915211&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930927&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 22 Aug 2000 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 1930927 tra.1930927 Elastica art.3412 0.99 The Menace alb.166265 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/9/8/9/1269898_170x170.jpg 2002-11-25 00:00:00.0 2000-08-22 00:00:00.0 true Human tra.1930927 209000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930927&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930927&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915213&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 14 Mar 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 2915213 tra.2915213 Elastica art.3412 0.99 Elastica alb.177848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/2/3/9/1109327_170x170.jpg 2007-03-06 00:00:00.0 1995-03-14 00:00:00.0 true Indian Song tra.2915213 166000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915213&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915213&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915212&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 14 Mar 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 2915212 tra.2915212 Elastica art.3412 0.99 Elastica alb.177848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/2/3/9/1109327_170x170.jpg 2007-03-06 00:00:00.0 1995-03-14 00:00:00.0 true S.O.F.T. tra.2915212 237000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915212&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2915212&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930926&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 22 Aug 2000 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 1930926 tra.1930926 Elastica art.3412 0.99 The Menace alb.166265 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/9/8/9/1269898_170x170.jpg 2002-11-25 00:00:00.0 2000-08-22 00:00:00.0 true Your Arse My Place tra.1930926 136000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930926&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930926&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930925&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 22 Aug 2000 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 1930925 tra.1930925 Elastica art.3412 0.99 The Menace alb.166265 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/9/8/9/1269898_170x170.jpg 2002-11-25 00:00:00.0 2000-08-22 00:00:00.0 true Image Change tra.1930925 207000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930925&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930925&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930932&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 22 Aug 2000 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 1930932 tra.1930932 Elastica art.3412 0.99 The Menace alb.166265 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/9/8/9/1269898_170x170.jpg 2002-11-25 00:00:00.0 2000-08-22 00:00:00.0 true Da Da Da tra.1930932 232000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930932&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930932&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3613441&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Thu, 1 Nov 2001 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 3613441 tra.3613441 Elastica art.3412 0.99 The Radio One Sessions alb.273405 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/5/4/1/561455_170x170.jpg 2003-05-06 00:00:00.0 2001-11-01 00:00:00.0 true Da Da Da tra.3613441 222000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3613441&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3613441&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930930&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 22 Aug 2000 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 1930930 tra.1930930 Elastica art.3412 0.99 The Menace alb.166265 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/9/8/9/1269898_170x170.jpg 2002-11-25 00:00:00.0 2000-08-22 00:00:00.0 true My Sex tra.1930930 250000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930930&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1930930&variant=data&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.363297&variant=play&rws=%2Felastica%2Ftop-tracks.rss Brit Pop/Brit Rock Tue, 22 Aug 2000 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Elastica on Rhapsody Online 363297 tra.363297 Elastica art.3412 0.99 The Menace alb.166265 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/9/8/9/1269898_170x170.jpg 2002-11-25 00:00:00.0 2000-08-22 00:00:00.0 true KB tra.363297 192000 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