50-Pence

and Roxy Music were the shit

but this is a poor review, sounds like something you'd read in a student paper or something. Why not discuss him in a historical context (NYC, disco, philip glass, talking head, allen ginsberg) instead of pointlessly referencing new artists...

Great for introducing people to AR for sure, but yeah, um, read the pitchfork review I would yes siree bob

sorry to be a cock

for Undergound Railroad they're great

I mean, the most BRASS-heavy indie band of recent times...

Stay off the BRASS mark, there are other musical instruments you know?

trout mask replica though

there's saxophone all over that album

what a HYPOCRITE

I've booked me some tickets yes siree bob

that list is bad

some ok albums on there, but best british album of the year? hmmm

radiohead for me, best album on the list by far

no portishead?

good on the portico quartet, they always used to busk on the southbank with their strange hang drums

FAIL

ALWAYS a good thing. In my world.

It was the shittest game ever. They really raised the bar when Robocod came out

I want it to sell out so I can feel better about going online at 10:01 like a big loser and getting four tickets thinking they'd go like gold dust

wish I hadn't ticked that stupid fast ticket thing though... should have just got them posted

and they sure suck balls

they must have a good manager

I actually think DP are the BEST band i've ever seen live!

but fair enough I'm not going to be all "you're wrong you philistine bastard" as is the norm on the internet :)

I personally thought their harmonies and musicianship was not only "decent" it was nothing short of amazing. the harmonies on the last album were PERFECTLY created note for note. I couldn't believe my ears...

The drummer for me was undoubtedly the worst thing about them, in that he was too RAWK and perhaps not as subtle as i'd like. He also hits the drums far louder than is necessary

And also, I thought Battles were great but after so many listens to their recordings I found the drummer to actually be the weakest link in the band, after seeing them live

The "superb playing precision" I found to be lacking

Dunno if anyone out there has seen a band called The Bays, similarly a "supergroup" who play all instrumental music. Their drummer is a total session muso which is NOT cool, but his tightness and precision really is necessary for the music they play.

I, very much to my surprise found the drummer to be slightly not good enough for the band to realise their musical ideas to their fullest potential.

but, of course, they're only humans after all

ooh, controversssssial

apollo 440...

Fuck Buttons=no musical merit whatsoever
DPs=genius
Battles=couldn't pay enough attention 'cause still thinking about how genius DPs were

that's hipster music that has little resonance beyond fashion-savvy kiddies.

They're taking the music of marginalised people and putting beats under them, they ain't giving a voice to them!

For the record, I think MIA is great though :)

"He's taking popular music in a new, exciting and fresh direction"

IS HE ON CRACK????????

big fee

as soon as their southbank show was announced...

if he didn't write actual lyrics or come up with chords or melody, then sting won't owe him a penny!?

byrne is like the coolest man alive

really...

annoying...

like an embarassing uncle playing in a wedding band

chancer

There's a fine line between wacky and wack. But he crosses it

I love "Last Splash"

Great essay about albini on recording. I've read the one about getting shafted by record deals, of course

"Why did the producer cross the road?"
"Because that's the way the beatles did it, man"

LOL

But I don't...

I love all their musical references... I love prog, think Switch is a genius, love Nelly's Loose, timbaland etc

One of their songs is even called something mentioning Agnes, which must be a reference to Stackridge's (one of my favourite bands EVER) "Alas Agnes" surely?

But to me mystery jets sound crap. Crap songs that don't add up to what you read about them

Am I mad?

Do they have any killer songs that i've missed out on?

Danger Mouse is overrated

is currently being questioned by police

respect

freaked me out just then

I think MJ is a genius the likes of which popular music will probably never see again

I know that sounds like a joke, but I genuinely mean it. He's the best performer, like, ever, even when he was 6

but I can't see how they're going to crossover into the "more commercial sector of the music world" really...

Feels so unnatural, peter gabriel too

'gash'

I like the idea of a 3D concert.

I will await the release of "Yes- 3D" before parting with my hard-earned cash though

Peter Gabriel

that puts me squarely in the "uncool" camp

It makes me think of posh boys on the bus wearing fluorescent t-shirts and talking "street", like they've just walked off the set of a larry clark film

I hear this band are really good but the involvement of said magazine will put me off any band, I don't care who they are

I am sorry for this

vice

you
all

cue vomiting sound

too true

calm about the idea of this collaboration

by patrick wolf?

What a bunch of fuckers, they can all fuck off with their cod-bohemian load of balls

cos it mentioned beth orton in the article

innit

guess it's alright if you're 15 and getting into music and don't know about diddly-squat hehehe

beth orton>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>this

muzak funk on it's way

hurrah

good to see some mundane emails included erroneously

there's a new bit of news about some band i've never heard of splitting up

does anyone care?