Hmm, I’m not sure if you could call Orange Juice and Edwyn Collins poptastic in the strictest sense of the term. These three songs aren’t knock-your-socks off cheesy. You know, the kind either so poptastic you can’t help but smile or so cringe-worthy they deserve a place in the Poptastic Pantheon. On the other hand, [...]
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No fair!! The world is teeming with new bands that leave me absolutely cold and of course they’re planning to stick around FOREVER. Glasgow based The Royal We are amazing, they make beautiful melodic pop music with an edge, they’re unique and they’re supposedly only planning on making one CD. Just the ONE! I was [...]
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Joey Ramone once said that fun disappeared from music in 1974, so The Ramones reacted against the trend of big heavy self-indulgent prog rock bands that all tried to outdo each other in most complex licks and longest dramatic solos. Since 100b would literally not be if it weren’t for the Ramones, all things that [...]
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Back in the day, grunge was the shiznit. Ah, to think of those times again. When it was acceptable to look like a bum. When plaid flannel was de rigour. Good times. Good times, indeed. Actually, good grunge and much about that scene is still the shiznit. Most probably think of Nirvana and Pearl Jam [...]
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It’s easy to think of The Cure as completely depressing, but they have made some really wonderful, heartwarming songs. “Just Like Heaven” isn’t really one of them. It fools you into thinking it is, until you hear the last verse. But even with its incredibly sad ending, play it loud so it fills the room [...]
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