Reckoning

I doubt Murmur will ever sop my fave REM albums list, but it's always up there. This probably has more to do with the fact that i wasn't aware of them in 1983, being just 3 years old. New Adventures will always be their finest work to me, but nevertheless Murmu is a stunner of a record.

Shame though as they wrote some cracking tunes back in the day. Much of their debut is very good and 'Winning Days' of the album of the same name is a quite brilliant tune.

It used to be. We were always instructed to write 'DON'T FORGET SPAG' at the top of our exam papers to remind us not to forget it, obvs.

say, Scouting for Girls, when ultimately they've built their successes on repeating bland lyrics/melody which test only the musical boundaries of your average Heart FM listener? Seriously, how have Kaiser Chiefs got away with including oooooooowwwwwwwwwwwws; naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh; aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh in every one of their songs, yet still are deemed as exciting by some folk. It's a good job DiS had nothing to do with their initial success or i'd cry 'favouritism!', or 'agenda!', or something similarly scathing...

is the greatest, currently drumming, drummer. Am quite looking forward to this...

he's gone way too country and appears to have neglected melody on much of the tracks here.

Must try harder.

That has some of my fave Bright Eyes moments on it...especially 'Soon You Will Be Leaving Your Man' (i think).

the Wild Beasts' moustache action has to be the most depressing thing i've seen this year...he looks fucking ridiculous. Wwhen did this kind of plumage become acceptable?

after the Reading Festival a few years back - he saw me readin a review and asked what i thought of their performance. I had no idea who he, or indeed Minus, were. He was a nice guy though.

The end.

This is certainly a very good REM album, whilst the not-so-good numbers you point out prevent it from being a classic...

...the summer's live shows are even more tempting now...

what a set!

West of the fields is a real treat...

AND Judge Jules.

No Scottish solo date?

really disappointed by this as it's been around for ages now (3 years?) and isn't that great anyways...

to a certain extent by the mighty 2thumbs label (former View, the Law peeps) from Dundee.

I'm Gonna DJ on it as this has been around for a few years now and is fairly gash.

How wrong thou art!

...there's a song there somewhere...

!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111

Nice chaps.

this.

Yes! You read right. I said 'ghastly'.

Have you no eyes, boy?!

actually starting at Carling Academy, Glasgow on the 26th...

I've noticed DiS are fairly good at missing off Scottish dates from tour listings. Stop being lazy you mothers.

Period.

That album they released in 2000/1/2 was really good. Hooray!

perhaps the nicest 'rock n roll' type i've met...

and they sounded dire...Also, Didz is a real bloater now.

I'll let 'em off.

it's a hole. The Bluetones played there recently.

I can't believe they're not playing Edinburgh, the bastards.

Have a crisp.

they're pretty easy to like...

phat.

this album's gonna be whack.

they are ruddy superb live...

awesome live. Nice chaps.

You dirty little racist...

cheers for no Scotland dates like, EVER! (TITP does not count btw).

For a minute I thought it was the award for worst band/album ever! Utter balls.

Klaxons please, although Monkeys would be amusing.

And for all those suggesting TCTC, you're just being silly. Their final album was very poor, especially in comparison to its predecessors. Thank you.

I say YES!

Hooray.

Domino

Fair play - he's made shit people sound not shit and that requires some talent i'd have thought.

I do love him, but he wears stupid tracksuits.

Along with Bonham's son. How sweet.

They should get Josh Garza in on on drums - he's the nearest (living) thing to Bonham and he's probably fairly free at the moment.

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he looked like a right porker on Saturday...

This is the greatest quote ever.