The latest single from David Holmes’ hip hop/funk collective sees them cover Sixto Rodriguez's classic account of the allure of herbal and chemical confectionary. The resurrection of this iconic but largely under-appreciated 70s folk singer is now long overdue. This Dylanesque song about waiting to score gets the hip hop treatment from the Association’s band, with their singer Petra Jean Philipson more than doing justice to the original’s plaintive vocal. The Original Mix on the A side preserves Rodriguez’s memorable guitar lick and reproduces some of his eerie psychedelic effects, which suggest the edgy uncertainty of waiting for your man. In an age obsessed with popping pills, pharmaceutical and otherwise, this version of Sugarman sounds better than ever.