Thanks to the crispy, crispy, credit crunch, I’ve had to drastically change the way I buy music. I – and I think it’s no different for my fellow 100b chums – pick and choose and whittle down, and I mean waaay down, the list of albums. So the ones I select for the Merry Month [...]
Filed under: In The Merry Merry Month, Music | Tagged: Forest Fire, Girls, Hearts!Attack, Indie, Must Hear, Patrick Wolf, Rock, The Boy Least Likely To, The Dead Weather, Voluntary Butler Scheme | Leave a Comment »
If you just woke up out of one of them soap-opera comas and missed a whole week, look no further! This is the post for you to get back on top of what’s going on in the music world. Well, as long as it was compelling enough for me to bother mentioning it. In case [...]
Filed under: Music, News-ish Roundup | Tagged: Animal Collective, Beyonce, Patrick Wolf, Rick Rubin, The Beatles, The Black Keys, The Hives, The Jackson 5 | Leave a Comment »
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” [...]
Filed under: 100best, Music | Tagged: Arcade Fire, Architecture In Helsinki, Bloc Party, Bonde Do Role, Charts, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Elvis Perkins, Feist, Jamie T, Kate Nash, Kings Of Leon, Modest Mouse, Patrick Wolf, Pop Levi, The Shins, The White Stripes | Leave a Comment »
Where the hell is Patrick Wolf?!?! I know the shortlist was announced almost two weeks ago but, yup, I’m still angry about this. Is the Mercury panel or whoever they are really trying to say that the Arctic Monkeys’ Favourite Worst Nightmare is more of an accomplishment than The Magic Position?! Oh, dear. I’ve said [...]
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When We Were Dead … was first released, I read a few iffy reviews of it by people who seem to like one type of Modest Mouse sound but not another. I don’t get that. It seems to me that the variety – maybe even contradictions – in Modest Mouse is exactly what makes them [...]
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