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- He was drunk and exhausted but he was critically acclaimed and respected
The best rock ‘n’ roll bar band ever to be fronted by a rambling Spielberg lookalike have their new album in its entirety streaming from their MySpace. It’s missing a bit on my MacBook speakers, but so far sounds a worthy successor to ‘Boys & Girls…’
- Amen
Amen
- Matador records free sampler download
For the first time, Matador Records are making their annual ‘Intended Play’ label sampler available digitally. Features Cat Power, Mission Of Burma (ooo!), The New Pornographers, Stephen Malkmus, amongst others…
- That time of year again
Rather scarily, it is nearly the end of the year. It really doesn’t seem like a year since I was in Brazil, 9 months since I moved house, or 6 months since I met K, but the calendar doesn’t lie. And the end of the year can mean only one thing - lists of good [...]
- V Festival - queuing for a square pie
Highlights of yesterday - Foo fighters, the coral, martha wainwright, happy mondays and the ting tings. Highlights so far today - lena rez (pj harveyesque, shades of elysian fields) and passenger. Nearly at front of queue.