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that it's being released too late to get a possible Mercury nomination.

they haven't just banged out a load of great songs but they've also really thought about their SOUND for this album.

and it's fucking hilarious. And After Murder Park is one the best albums ever made......

purposely sounds cash-in...and why shouldn't he? Auteurs were never as big as they should have been and Haines has bills to pay like any of us. People I know who have read says it great.

a classic. Followed by Cowboy, then New Wave. I think they started to lose it a little with Bootboys.

how the mighty have fallen......hohoho.
And beaten by Wild Beasts too.....good call.

because I live several years behind everyone else. But here are three.
1) Wild Beasts - Limbo Panto
2) One More Grain - Isle Of Grain
3) Cass McCombs - Dropping The Writ

A disgrace. Well, I love Robert Wyatt (in a purely platonic way mind) and think that he should takeover DiS for a week.

Is it because the majority of DiS readers are fans? I doubt it...I'm sure most people come here for an alternative to such mainstream tripe.
Is it because they need the exposure? Nope
Is it because DiS really need those hits? Could be. Are things really that bad?

though I'd like to hear from a musician with an opposite view for a bit of balance.

should be all knighted and Peter Hammill should be made head of a newly constructed round table and lead us into battle against the forces of evil, singing victorious songs as he does so........yes.

what utter bollocks.

so many fifteen year olds read DiS.....

NOT you. Damn this thread system

making such sweeping generalisations must feel nice

but in my defence, I don't call Pitchfork "P4k", so I can't be all bad.

Pitchfork stubbornly refuse to mention DiS in their news item on this tour despite creaming themselves over the bill. Ahhh, nowt like a bit of professional rivalry.

that's prolonged their career for at least another album.

next to me were these two girls just chatting throughtout the set. Very annoying. And I saw others chatting away. There were lots of people into it as well. Disappointing that it didn't seem to be full. By rights this band should be on front of NME but we know thats not going to happen.

but why so many posing fucks talking through it. Not that I could hear it but when you stand right near the front where the band can see you and talk, it's just disrespectful. If I was in the band I would have told them to fuck off.

disagree with you

you bet

I don't think I've seen such a quick and vicious backlash for quite some time as the one against Black Kids. I'm not particularly a fan. Not heard the album. Didn't mind the singles. But it seems like just a few weeks ago that they were the apparent bees knees.

I'm going to enjoy watching them fail to be nominated for a Mercury tomorrow. But thats ok. It saves them having to be interviewed by Jo Whiley.

though to be more accurate, I should have said £75-95

a quick bite at The Ivy, the Opera and then early to bed for me its seems.

if you were to base it on record sales, which you shouldn't, they're probably not. And it wouldn't hurt to take into account how much people actually earn. A litle reality wouldn't hurt. What people are paying for, in Tom Waits case, is the fact that he doesn't play very much. But that's his problem, not ours. In Leonard Cohen's case its because he doesn't play much but also because he got fleeced out of money. Again, not our problem. Of course they can charge what they want because they know people, despite perhaps not being happy, will still go because of their adoration.

and go. I wanted to see Leonard Cohen but couldn't afford it. But I still think that its taking advantage of a situation in a very cold, business-like way. You expect guys in suits to try and take you for everything they can get but not people like Tom Waits. There's nothing wrong with people wanting to make money but it's a little sad when it goes this far.

but it does show total disregard for your fans, the people who put you where you are in the first place. Charging so much just because you now you will still sell tickets is a bit cold. I'm not saying they shouldn't make money but £70-90 is obscene. I can see definite tension ahead. Gig tickets are only going to get more expensive, not only because artists don't get the money from record sales they once did but because these artists see their tickets being sold for several times the face value on Ebay. Thus, expectedly, they figure they want in on some of this money. But this is going to clash with the world economic downturn we're currently in I think. Be interesting to see what happens.

that I've never even heard of Chris T-T?

Drag City

I think Emmy the Great is impressive live but on record sounds quite ordinary.

but not Johnny Foreigner. My faith in DiS is restored.

That name realy sticks out on that list.

but just make me want to watch old Reeves and Mortimer series.

fuck this tedious pastiche. Watching it on Jools Holland now....like sub-standard Bond themes. Nothing like Scott Walker.

to buy a ticket, wait till said gig sells out, then flog it on Ebay for a profit. My gran could do it. Vince Power is obviously a fuckwit.

if he's not lying and/or hallucinating. You'd be lucky to find any red squirrels to cull in the first place.

or are there about 10 times more festivals than, say, 5 years ago? I know this isn't a new or orignal observation, but when I see news on the line-up for ANOTHER festival it gets quite bewildering trying to keep up with them all. There's as many festivals now as there used to be mortgage options and we know what happened there don't we........

for some reason. Just is. Charlie Brooker is fantastic and should run to the hills so that Love doesn't suck all the goodness out of him, literally and metaphorically.

isn't the only guy from Lancashire you know. He doesn't have rights over northern accents.

Such a great talent, great promise but he seems to just be pissing it all away. I heard at one point he was due to make a Neuromancer film, which could have been great. Now he hardly ever even does music vids. Such a shame. I can't help but see him producing as being another step in the wrong direction. Who knows, maybe he'll be the next Martin Hannett. But this guy should have made several amazing feature films by now. Tis a shame.

but the album fails to be more than the sum of it's many blatant influences. Each song just sounds too much like someone else. They need a bit more of their own identity.

but all very self-conscious and contrived sounding. And sacrilege to suggest it even comes close to Brel.

is the Muzak pioneer of his generation. Sometimes producers should just be happy being producers.

what ages are the people here bigging this album up?

I'm 27 now and this leaves me very cold indeed. Funny how you become more selective the older you get. It's not a patch on Belle and Sebastian either.

so they might not be all bad.

are shite. ANOTHER Winehouse knock-off, but this time there's two of them. Try and play an Ella Fitzgerald or Motown record to the 'kids' a couple years ago, they wouldn't be remotely interested. Now can't get enough of anything that sounds like them. Yes, I'm a miserable old sod.

.............I'll get my coat.