The Go! Team - Bottle Rocket (Live) \ Ladyflash

No other album this year, and I mean it, as made me feel as good as this one. I put it on and at just over 30 minutes long it feels like the shortest album in the world (and that's a good thing!). This album sounds like they got wired on Red Bull, grabbed every instrument they could find and then watched a marathon of 1970's television shows. But that doesn't mean their sound is dated! It is as fresh as you need it to be. The album will keep your head and feet moving until it is over and you wish there was more. Luckily we can look forward to a new album in this next year. I usually only put one video up, but this band is too cool! So I have put not only a live video of "Bottle Rocket" up, I also have included their video for "LadyFlash". Trust me you will not be disapointed!

The Go! Team are a British, Brighton-based six piece band (with two drummers) whose songs are a mixture of action theme songs, cheerleader chants, guitars and early hip-hop, with a hint of '70s funk. Their songs are a mix of live instrumentation and samples from various sources.

The Go! Team is split 50/50 by gender, with a female frontwoman (Ninja), drummer (Taylor), and multi-instrumentalist (Kaori Tsuchida, who replaced Steidinger in Autumn 2005). Initially The Go! Team was ostensibly a solo project for documentary film director Parton, whose debut release was the Get It Together EP, released in 2000 by Leicester-based Pickled Egg Records. This received airplay from legendary DJ John Peel, but, following signing to indie label Memphis Industries, it would be another three years before their next release, the Junior Kickstart EP in 2003.