Okay, given that people are quite happy to bitch about Paul McCartney 
threads but can't be arsed to proffer anything new or interesting to 
talk about instead, here's my soon-to-be-published review of one of 
the most enjoyable albums I've heard in the last few months, 
GRANDDANCE by Dappled Cities.  I think it'd appeal to some.  Songs 
here:

http://www.myspace.com/dappledcitiesfly

Dappled Cities -- GRANDDANCE (Dangerbird)

Australian art-pop rockers Dappled Cities (formerly Dappled Cities 
Fly) come across like some sort of gleefully cracked mash-up of 
Pavement, 10cc and Flaming Lips on their US debut Granddance. 
Normally, a band as fond of bizarre falsetto vocals (opening track 
"Holy Chord," the driving and otherwise oddly Radiohead-like "Vision 
Bell"), willfully obscurantist lyrics (pretty much everything) and 
oddball arrangement and production tricks (ditto) would find their 
albums too insular to appeal to anyone beyond a small hipster cult, 
but the secret weapon of Dappled Cities is an undeniable pop sense 
that makes Granddance sound like someone slipped the Shins a massive 
dose of acid and a whole bunch of early Todd Rundgren and Split Enz 
LPs, then sent them into the studio. The songs are richly melodic to 
begin with, and then the elaborate production layers on a couple dozen 
ear-grabbing hooks per song on top of that, resulting in gloriously 
odd confections like "The Eve, the Girl" and "Watercourse" and 
completely over the top extravaganzas like the pseudo-martial album 
closer "Battlewon." The sort of album that takes a couple listens to 
truly sink in, once Granddance reveals its pure-pop underpinnings, it 
becomes difficult to stop listening to.