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Within a week, two of the biggest bands of my teenage years announce new singles and albums. The Verve return from their extended hiatus with Forth, to be realised August 18th. Lead single Love Is Noise is currently doing the rounds on the web, and you can find a link below.
Oasis, or to be [...]
Filed under: Releases | Tagged: Dig Out Your Soul, Forth, Oasis, The Shock Of Lightning, The Verve | 5 Comments »
There’s little under ten hours to go until the gates open at Glastonbury. For the first time in over fifteen years the festival hasn’t sold out in advance. Michael Eavis claims it is due to the dreadful weather of the last couple of years, but most would put it down to a lacklustre headline and [...]
Filed under: Festivals | Tagged: 2008, Black Mountain, Edwyn Collins, Elle S'Appelle, Glastonbury Festival, Hercules & Love Affair, Holy Fuck, Line-Up, Lykke Li, Martha Wainwright, Massive Attack, My Morning Jacket, Six By Seven | 1 Comment »
“Ive seen Mogwai 32 times” starts a conversation pre-set in The Roundhouse. The chap who said it then proudly displayed to me his Mogwai tattoo and we discussed the potential for this coming October’s ATP gig to be great. There is some sort of kudos that goes along with seeing Mogwai live, a renown for [...]
Filed under: London Live, Review | Tagged: June 20, Live Review, London, My Bloody Valentine, The Roundhouse | 1 Comment »
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MP3: Habibe
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MP3: Gobbledigook
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There is an amazing record getting a physical release this week in the form of the Big Blue Ball projects’ self-titled LP. The album brings together almost 18 years of open-studio recordings at Peter Gabriel’s Real World studios [...]
Filed under: Releases | Tagged: Big Blue Ball, Cage The Elephant, Infadels, Semifinalists, Sigur Rós, The Beep Seals, The Presets, The Rascals, They Came From The Stars I Saw Them, White Denim, Wolf Parade, Yeti | 3 Comments »
A recent Arts Council poll claims that Liverpool is England’s most musical city. The current European Capital of Culture took the win with 49% of votes cast, ahead of Sheffield in second and Manchester in third. What a load of utter tripe. In my opinion, there are several things wrong with this.
Mainly, I have a problem with Liverpool’s [...]
Filed under: Aural Geography, Rant | Tagged: City Of Culture 2008, Liverpool | 1 Comment »
