100bookshelf: Robert Hilburn, Corn Flakes with John Lennon

Once upon a long, long time ago, I was sent out this book to have a read and review. Then there was all this real life stuff and 100b was pretty much abandoned, book reviewing and all. Many apologies to all involved and I’d almost call it too late to bother, but a deal is [...]

Bean’s Picks For 2007

  15. Bloc Party, A Weekend In The City         essential tracks: “The Prayer”, “I Still Remember”   14. Kings Of Leon, Because Of The Times         “Ragoo”, “Fans”   13. Architecture In Helsinki, Places Like This         “Heart It Races”, “Like It Or Not”   [...]

Backtrack: B-sides

I’m a bit of a sucker for b-sides. Sometimes there’s a reason songs were left to be b-sides, but sometimes they’re a great opportunity to hear a band you love do something they might never do otherwise. Maybe a nifty cover, occasionally a bit of a different style, perhaps a remix that’s actually worth bothering [...]

Soundtrack Day: Found During Music Week

(I originally tried to post this over at Blogger, but it wouldn’t let me publish it. So I’m sticking in and changing the timestamp to when it was meant to be posted, so it doesn’t mess with the order of things too much.) Like I said the other day, this week has been Music Week [...]

2005′s Best (by Bean)

  15. Beck, Guero   14. Maximo Park, A Certain Trigger   13. Franz Ferdinand, You Could Have It So Much Better   12. Ryan Adams, 29   11. Black Wire, Black Wire   10. Brakes, Give Blood   9. The Magic Numbers, The Magic Numbers   8. Bright Eyes, I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning [...]

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