April 2012
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“Leave me out with the waste
This is not what I do
It’s the wrong kind of...”
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March 2012
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Mandatory reading if you support independent music →
With a cupboard full of records, and vinyl overspilling from every storage space in the house, I am both an avid collector and big supporter of several of these record companies. Help spread the word, they are so important to the future of music. The next Depeche Mode, the next Primal Scream may never be released otherwise.
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...passenger
I am the passenger and I ride and I ride I ride through the city’s backsides I see the stars come out of the sky Yeah, the bright and hollow sky You know it looks so good tonight
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Feel Good
Tonight is going to be all about songs that pick me up, songs that make me want to dance until my feet hurt, songs that make me want to belt along all night. Watch this space.
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Temptation
Up, down, turn around Please don’t let me hit the ground Tonight I think I’ll walk alone I’ll find my soul as I go home
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Whoa →
Stop press, Orbital and PiL in the same place??? Be still my heart!
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Conatus, Zola Jesus
Finally had a chance to listen to the new Zola Jesus album. Yes, I know it’s been out for months, but I just got around to giving it a listen end to end.
The gothic vibes are still there, deeply rooted in her opera training and her strong industrial influences. The latter is exactly what I love about Nika in the first place, the way the grit and darkness of her industrial idols has evolved into...
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Celebrating Salford Lads Club →
And while others still reminisce of The Smiths, Morrissey supports the Falkland islands affiliation to Argentina…
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This week in Music →
Might post this more frequently. The singing grandmothers look cute, but Morrissey just baffles me at this stage. Lol.
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Yes we do want to dance. →
I have been listening to Orbital for more than 14 years, ever since I came across In Sides by accident. Ready for more, always ready for more!
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Covers again.
Continuing the covers theme for tonight because I found a few more goodies.
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Good for a laugh. →
Some of this made me laugh, some of it made me shake my fist at the screen in dismay. Good for a bit of fun though.
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Covers night. Let’s pick some favourites, shall we? Recommendations, suggestions, comments welcome.
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“We’ve put in more hours and driven to further-away places than anyone else...”
– Dan Auerbach, The Black Keys
(And may I just say, Dan, I’m so fucking glad you did.)
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Possibly the best little known festival of the... →
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“I’d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.”
– Kurt Cobain
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Why music?
“Music is storming, driving, relentless, devotional, slinky, subtle, heartbreakingly-beautiful sounds that, lyrically, switch from the cynical to the sanguine, the defeated to the defiant, dealing in love, war, beauty, children, romance, rejection, Pethedine, poetry, panties, God, Auden, Johnny Cash, cold potatoes, too-much-money, not enough money, writer’s block, flowers, animals and more...
