Jordan_229_2
Comments
did you take that photo outside the venue?
the ones i took are pretty bad too. but have fairy lights
hmm...anything over $100 is getting a bit weird
i've offered to put bands up before to save them accomodation expenses, some take it, but most prefer to just use hotels.
also, i'm a good cook, i'd make the band a meal. shall i email them and offer £1000 for the privlige?
this kinda stuff flies in professional wrestling and i've always found it a bit weird.
great review Dom
havent got into it as much as the predecessor (or Skywave), but its still pretty good.
if they werent "friends o' atp"
i dont think people would be able to hold their laughter back.
a bad idea
captured...badly
all agreed here
a great band but just a very good album.
all storm and no eye too
:(
i thought this was going to be a new set of dates, with one closer to me. dammit.
hmm, shit band with no new ideas suddenly getting mainstream press recognition
what a strange Twist Of Fate.
geddit?
is it as good as their earlier stuff?
only time will tell.
actually, no, i will too;
http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/albumreview/mew-no-more-storiesx13x08x09
wheres Codeine?
dammit
Agent MFing Fresco
ah, there are so many good icelandic bands
i think
he sounds more like Mica than Jonsi...Jonsi's falsetto is much more controlled, less squeaky.
i'd be both highly surprised and highly disappointed if they did actually play some debut album stuff.
i really didn't enjoy this
i guess inside i keep hoping out for a return to his sparse country material. this working mans blues thing doesn't really do much for me, as much as i want to love everything he has done.
did they really say all this?
my interview with them was mostly made up because when i listened back i couldnt understand a word they were saying.
i'd agree with 7/10
some great tracks but not many.
Ceasefire is my favourite by far
were you at FOTL?
i cant remember who i was with. it was fantastic though.
probably
i dont have a lot of trust in people.
Black, any DJ sets going for it? I've always thought it would be fun to spin the decks there.
its gotten a lot lot better
since the initial line-up
Múm?
Holy shit!
Good additions.
yes, Journal
bear in mind i havent heard it though
13) pretty much sums up a Nottingham/Bodega Social crowd
the cities most dancy/exciting band and everyone is stood motionless looking glum.
wrong
its shit
those new additions are quite good.
not the DiS ones (well, My Latest Novel are ace) but bands like Monotonix and Airbourne Toxic Event raise the line-up a bit
im sure kap have been going for about five years?
thats more ludicrous than when Diver slated Anathallo for "copying 'Chicago'"
as bad as this album is, and it is horrific
i kinda feel sorry for Tom. he's just a major label puppet, handpicked to appeal to this bullshit 'working class rock' market.
i can remember interviewing him when he (and i think i) were about 18, and the press buzz was just beginning. he seemed to just enjoy playing shows around the midlands, and was happy to admit he ripped off the Jam and similar bands.
then the major label bright lights shine in and he's forced to write two albums is just over two years, and no doubt the band will be tossed off by their label in the coming months.
the thing is, it could happen to any lad around his/my age and end up fucked around, probably with hardly any money and then left without a job/career.
I'm not sure exactly where I'm going. I think my point is; I blame Warner Bros and the NME for this album more than I blame the band.
fantastic choice from Matt
i never thought of LTE.
mine was a touch choice between velocity girl and Curve's 'Horrorhead'
wut?
The Great Destroyer was fantastic.
Drums and Guns not so much but the live versions of several tracks are fantastic
I'd pick 'Buddy' off the Iran album over any TVOTR track
shame thats such a step above the rest of the album though.
like it
i'd give it 9/10, but thats partly to cause an arguement
*adopts voice of black american man*
"we want Splendour"
cool
i shall check them out.
anyone
made any nice new discoveries because of this article?
they were one of the bands
we wanted a writer for..
i wouldnt class them as slowcore really
more in a sort of Band Of Horses style vein, but less epic.
lovely band though.
^this :(
(if this shows in the right place)
sorry
i presumed..
:)
i wouldnt say they are slowcore at all
but its good to relate the term outside a strict confine.
and who knows, maybe it opens up an article on bands like stars of the lid..
then maybe you should have written about them?
i'd put your description as 'balding french teacher' but it was removed..
sounds lovely
havent heard of her until now.
i wrote a topic on the music board asking for contributors for this article, shame you didnt get in touch..
dang
i meant to get in touch with you to write something for the article..
neither do i
its right up your alley
plus Codeine have an emotional element to their music.
check out Empress..
cheers man
it is a long piece, but hopefully worth reading.

In Photos: Monotonix @ Hector's House, Brighton
In Photos: The Specials @ Hammersmith Apollo, London
In Photos: Camden Crawl Launch Event @ The Blues Kitchen, London
In Photos: La Roux @ Shepherds Bush Empire, London
damn, you stole my xmassy question
and Grant got creditted with my Milf comment..
top, top band