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directly ripped from "All My Friends" by LCD Soundsystem? That first line is almost identical!

is fantastic.

Sad video as well but it's lovely at the same time, they look liked a happy family!

This lot are ace!

SOund like avalanches mixed with arcade fire.

band both live and on record. Hopefully more to come in the future! good luck with other projects.

ATQM is probably one of my most loved albums of the last few years. I've given this new one a few listens and it hasn't got me yet.

I will pesevere.

On first impressions there doesn't seem to be those really outstandingly passionate melodies that hooked me onto their earlier stuff.

I'll see if time will unravel the greatness of this one.

Well tied together and fun to read...

came across well. Not a huge fan of their music but they're good at what they do.

The interviewing style comes across as agressive, snide, pompous and chidlish.

Nothing wrong with asking people tough questions, but trying to humiliate them is pretty pathetic, especially when he's the one who tours succesfully with his band and records with Butch Vig when you(i presume) just write about music!

track on the video up there is lovely.

These are all great, hopefully a couple will do very well this year:

Friday's Ghost:

www.myspace.com/fridaysghost

The Sporting Life:

www.myspace.com/thesportinglifeband

Married to the Sea:

www.myspace.com/marriedtothesealion

Revenge Tragedies:

www.myspace.com/revengetragedies

GoFaster:

www.myspace.com/gofasterband

Elle S'Apelle:

www.myspace.com/ellesappelleband

written review...

chanty bit from:

'The grand old duke of york
he had ten thousand men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
and marched them back again"

Cheeky.

mhmmm

And i think the vocals are great. Pretty unique really, and i don't get the editors comparison at all.It sounds pretty euphoric to me, especially when you see it live.

Babyshambles 'writing a song' is a bit different to arcade fire 'writing a song'

In relation to finishing ideas and arranging things properly i mean.

very melodic tune and full of energy.

Give 'em a chance they're a new band.

that to everything he says?

singer:
"i'm going for a piss"

shouty man
" i-m go-in for a pi-ss!!!"

I like this band muchly, excellent live, pretty amazing voice. As someone said the b-sides are brilliant as well which is always a good sign.

I like the title "smokers outside the hospital doors"

This album could either see them become move upwards into weirder territory and move away from the post-punk sound of the first album , or sound like coldpay-lite crap designed to shift millions of units.

Lets hope its the former.

Yeah they sound a lot like interpol, who gives a fuck, i like interpol as well, my life can handle both bands....

I like this review...its skillfully written and an enjoyable read, very honest too.

I thought they were average, then saw them live and saw the level of devotion they inspire(about 1000 people singing every word louder than the singer) and thought they must have something special.

Having given the album more time i now really like them.

Indian Pale Ale

yep....

Thanks for a diverse and interesting selection of tunes, some stuff i knew, some stuff i didn't but now like a lot such as NMS,
Jeniferver and Forward Russia. DIS consistently gets me into great new bands and deserve a lot of credit. You're obviously as passionate about the songs as a lot of people who read and contribute to the site.

one criticism: i think its colin who does the australian inflection thing at the end of a sentance. Make confident statements, no need to ask questions to your audience.

Thats bollocks, the strokes write great songs, simple as that. "Arty music for people who don't like art" - i don't think thats fair, they're a band not a fucking paiting.