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hmmm
Am I really the only person who thinks that they are a completely unsatisfying combination of Frightened Rabbit and the Twilight Sad - but with weaker songs than the former and less interesting arrangements/"sonics" than the latter? Saw them live recently, really tried to get into it but they just left me cold. Ach well!
ha ha
"Apart from the service at the bar, which was worse than the standing order on a busy day."
Things I don't miss about living in Edinburgh: trying to get served in the Standing Order.
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First full UK release for the album. I think One Little Indian are meant to be putting out both albums in the UK.
Sophomore?
It's actually their 4th album.
The National - Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers - Alligator - Boxer.
There's also the Cherry Tree mini album between the 2nd and 3rd.
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Sad sad news, he wrote some beautiful songs.
Homegame
Adem was fantastic at both his Homegame sets this weekend. I probably prefer "Homesongs" but that's cos i've heard it so many times. The new album is a grower but worth the patience.
Aye
Fair enough if Test Icicles just don't want to do it any more, but at least be honest! "Pressures of touring" is lame. Just admit you don't enjoy it anymore.
As for everyone getting their knickers in a twist, get over it. It's an opinion. People in bands can have them. At least Mogwai bother to make their website worth reading.
Cretaion, Sony and Oasis
Creation were part owned by Sony, then bought over, but Oasis were always signed to Sony - just that the records came out on Creation in the UK for "cred" and because McGee wanted to have them but Creation couldn't afford it.
John Peel Day - Our gig picks & add yours
The 55's
Copy Haho
The A Forest
Stroszek
Little Kicks
The Forum, Aberdeen
£3
8:30 start - i think!
Copy Haho
The A Forest
Stroszek
Little Kicks
The Forum, Aberdeen
£3
8:30 start - i think!
Re: New Order - Singles
Because this is the only one to contain all their singles to date, some of which were never on any album (especially the early ones).
Of the previously released compilations, Substance only covers the first dozen or so, and the Best Of from 1994, and International (i think!) only contain fairly random selections.
Why they hadn't bothered to do this before, i'm not sure.
Of the previously released compilations, Substance only covers the first dozen or so, and the Best Of from 1994, and International (i think!) only contain fairly random selections.
Why they hadn't bothered to do this before, i'm not sure.
Re: Distophia get Hard-Fi on yo' ass
I'm pretty sure their label (Necessary) was distributed through Universal (probably via AMD or Genepool) before Hard Fi had signed to Atlantic. All the same, nice of them to take Distophia out on tour.
Devendra Banhart launches label
Jana Hunter is very good. The CD of demos i have is excellent, so i'm looking forward to the album.
Re: Joy Zipper - 1
The album is very good. A bit more straightforward and Breeders-y than previous stuff, but better than i expected all the same.
Sadly, Mercury have dropped them this week.
Sadly, Mercury have dropped them this week.
Re: Cutt Off... slacks and a rather fetching blouse
That one cracked me up! Never noticed it was Mark Beaumont that was responsible. Makes sense now. Campag Velocet were obviously well ahead of their time.
The Cribs - Mirror Kisses
"Franz kicked seven shades out of their imitators with split singles"
If you mean the split with the Fire Engines, i think you'll find that the Fire Engines predated Franz Ferdinand by a good 20-odd years.
The time i saw Cribs they had two kinds of song - good ones that were a bit like Pavement, and awful ones that were a bit like the Libertines.
If you mean the split with the Fire Engines, i think you'll find that the Fire Engines predated Franz Ferdinand by a good 20-odd years.
The time i saw Cribs they had two kinds of song - good ones that were a bit like Pavement, and awful ones that were a bit like the Libertines.
Re: Young Offenders Institute - We're The Young Offend
I saw that program - Extreme Celebrity Detox, or something like that. Yes, it was amusingly surreal seeing Jo Guest & the girl from Goodness Gracious Me/Thin Blue Line off their faces on halucinogenic potions, with Tony taking it all in his stride and pissing off to bed.
Re: goNORTH next weekend: quality band names guaranteed
We could swap them - Glasgow can have Killer Angels and Northern Remedy (or Magdelene Green if they insist on changing to an even worse name!) if we get Alamos back ;)
Re: goNORTH next weekend: quality band names guara
'mon Fritz and Alamos!
Dundee massiiiiif!
(and all that...)
Dundee massiiiiif!
(and all that...)
The Tenderfoot - Cowbell Blues
I got hold of a promo of the album (Save The Year), and it's ace.
Re: New bands tent announced for Reading/Leeds
I seriously doubt that. I've given TitP a miss every year since 2002, and haven't regretted it.
Re: Motormark
Hi Marc!
Re: New Order - Jetstream
I honestly don't think there are any Blue Monday/Temptation proceeds to retire on!
I get the feeling that New Order keep making records/touring because they need to - both as guys who've never really done anything else, and for financial reasons.
Not really a fan of Jetstream. The album's not great, but it works better as a whole record than if you just hear odd songs off it. Sounds like the Lightning Seeds, though! I was kind of hoping for some stuff along the lines of Here To Stay, that seemed like a better direction to be going in than this, especially as they claimed it would be less "guitar-y" than Get Ready. (If i remeber rightly!)
I get the feeling that New Order keep making records/touring because they need to - both as guys who've never really done anything else, and for financial reasons.
Not really a fan of Jetstream. The album's not great, but it works better as a whole record than if you just hear odd songs off it. Sounds like the Lightning Seeds, though! I was kind of hoping for some stuff along the lines of Here To Stay, that seemed like a better direction to be going in than this, especially as they claimed it would be less "guitar-y" than Get Ready. (If i remeber rightly!)
Decibully: new-to-us indie talent touring the UK
Good band, but ridiculous guarantee considering their lack of profile.
Motormark
My band played with Motormark last year, they were fantastic! Good, messy fun.
Marco has a small hand made theremin. I keep forgetting to email him and find out where he got it.
Marco has a small hand made theremin. I keep forgetting to email him and find out where he got it.
Re: No Party in the Park 05: Sir Bob takes over
Ha ha! I was about to say the same!
They should hold Live 8 on the North Inch in Perth. :)
They should hold Live 8 on the North Inch in Perth. :)
Re: SFA announce May tour and new LP
Get a train. It takes you straight to Dundee.
The bus takes you via Perth.
The bus takes you via Perth.
This May, vote for Misty's Big Adventure party
Catch Misty's Big Adventure in Dundee on Thursday (April 7th) with the Starlets and The A Forest at the Rep Theatre, 9PM, £3 entry.
Misty's are excellent!
PS It's 50ft Wave, not The 50ft Waves ;)
Misty's are excellent!
PS It's 50ft Wave, not The 50ft Waves ;)
Cranebuilders - Sometimes You Hear Through Someone Else
I love Cranebuilders.
That is all.
That is all.
Re: Take Me Out... for some fizzy pop
By "read the story", i meant when i read it elsewhere.
Take Me Out... for some fizzy pop
The way i read the story was that they were making four bottles, one for each band member, and that was it.
Did anyone email Barrs to check?
I drank far too much Irn-Bru in first year at uni. In fact even now there's a corner of my flat dedicated to the empties i've never taken back to the 24 hour garage. Oh, good call on Irn-Bru bars too!
Did anyone email Barrs to check?
I drank far too much Irn-Bru in first year at uni. In fact even now there's a corner of my flat dedicated to the empties i've never taken back to the 24 hour garage. Oh, good call on Irn-Bru bars too!
Re: Wilco: Martha Wainwright supports on UK dates
The Bloc Party price hike might be down to Cargo/Dim Mak upping the dealer price, perhaps? It's came back into my work a little overpriced too.
The Fiery Furnaces - EP
Works really well as an album imho.
I like "Gallowsbirds Bark", but i've never got around to getting "Blueberry Boat" as it seemed like it might just be too quirky for my liking.
I like "Gallowsbirds Bark", but i've never got around to getting "Blueberry Boat" as it seemed like it might just be too quirky for my liking.
Arcade Fire: release early on iTunes
Just as well i got my lady to pick it up for me when she was in New York then!
It is indeed a very good album with very nice packaging indeed.
It is indeed a very good album with very nice packaging indeed.
Love don't live here anymore - Shack burns down
For a second i thought this was about everyones favourite scally junkie brothers Shack. That made me feel sad.
Eitzel's 11: A full UK tour for American Music Clu
This has made me excited.
Oh yes!
Shame i'll have to go to Glasgow on my own for it though.
Oh yes!
Shame i'll have to go to Glasgow on my own for it though.
M83
I've not heard the new album yet, or seen them live much as i'd love to, but "Dead Cities..." is indeed fantastic. "Run Into Flowers" is amazing, probably one of my favourite tunes of the last year or so.
Desert Hearts - Gravitas/Hammer & Frogs
According to Sean from Gargleblast, the second album is coming out on the label next year.
Thats what he said a couple of months ago anyone.
This single is indeed class.
Thats what he said a couple of months ago anyone.
This single is indeed class.
Re: The Go! Team - Ladyflash
Forgot to say...
TUUUUUUUUUUUUUNE!!!!
TUUUUUUUUUUUUUNE!!!!
Re: The Go! Team - Ladyflash
...other than on their album.
Or last years's Memphis Industries sampler CD?
*cough*street team*cough*
Or last years's Memphis Industries sampler CD?
*cough*street team*cough*
Misty's Big Adventure - The Solar Hi-Fi System
Misty's are fantastic live. I think it all makes more sense live. If that makes sense.
A friend of mine had to leave during their set when we played with them because the guy in the red suit freaked her out.
I think the vocal intro to that last Zutons single sounds like Misty's Big Adventure.
A friend of mine had to leave during their set when we played with them because the guy in the red suit freaked her out.
I think the vocal intro to that last Zutons single sounds like Misty's Big Adventure.
The Others - Stan Bowles
I thought it was good until he started "singing".
Oh dear.
Is the version of "This Is For The Poor" on the NME/XFM CD anything like the single version? I thought it was faster? Or at least listenable in some perverse way...
Oh dear.
Is the version of "This Is For The Poor" on the NME/XFM CD anything like the single version? I thought it was faster? Or at least listenable in some perverse way...
Mercury Tilt Switch - Get Ready For The Trench Run
Thank you for the review. You're right, it is an odd pairing, but we thought that would be quite fun. xx
ThisGIRL Hit the Highlands and, er, Cornwall
I see Tenessee Kait are supporting in Dundee.
So this is now the most uncool gig of the year.
Oh well.
xx
So this is now the most uncool gig of the year.
Oh well.
xx
The Mercury? Predictable? Surely not...
Nice to se the Ty album in there. Very keen on that.
Re: The Streets - Dry Your Eyes
"It's Too Late" is gorgeous.
Is it wrong of me to prefer the more reflective stuff?
Is it wrong of me to prefer the more reflective stuff?
The Concretes - You Can't Hurry Love
It's a new song. The album as a whole is really rather lovely too.
Re: The Ordinary Boys - Over The Counter Culture
"3.Hall Or Nothing are a PRESS company - they have no involvment with TV or Radio"
They are a press company who are being paid a handsome some by Warners to ensure that their priority act get into all the magazines and get hyped by the likes of the NME. There is nothing altruistic on anyone's part.
Who the NME cover is more about advertising money and the clout of those backing the act than about how good the music is. To think otherwise is naive. The NME need the advertising money that major label priority acts bring. It's therefore in their interests to cover these bands. Has anyone else noticed that the NME has been rather more gushing in the last couple of years about bands than it had been for a long time? It almost reads more like a collection of press releases these days than a magazine.
They are a press company who are being paid a handsome some by Warners to ensure that their priority act get into all the magazines and get hyped by the likes of the NME. There is nothing altruistic on anyone's part.
Who the NME cover is more about advertising money and the clout of those backing the act than about how good the music is. To think otherwise is naive. The NME need the advertising money that major label priority acts bring. It's therefore in their interests to cover these bands. Has anyone else noticed that the NME has been rather more gushing in the last couple of years about bands than it had been for a long time? It almost reads more like a collection of press releases these days than a magazine.
Re: The Ordinary Boys - Over The Counter Culture
Adam is in Mountain Men Anonymous.
having seen both MMA and the Ordinary Boys in the last few months i can assure you that MMA crushed the Ordinary boys like a giant standing on ants. The Ordinary Boys bored the crap out of my friends and i, though i really tried to find something redeeming about them i just thought they were dull and stodgy and tuneless. MMA were ace and everybody loved them. The End.
Adam's review encapsulates everything that i feel, and everyone i have talked to feels, about the Ordinary Boys.
having seen both MMA and the Ordinary Boys in the last few months i can assure you that MMA crushed the Ordinary boys like a giant standing on ants. The Ordinary Boys bored the crap out of my friends and i, though i really tried to find something redeeming about them i just thought they were dull and stodgy and tuneless. MMA were ace and everybody loved them. The End.
Adam's review encapsulates everything that i feel, and everyone i have talked to feels, about the Ordinary Boys.
Re: TITP Gets Better: BSP! Shins! Killers!
It's between Perth and Edinburgh, but closer to Perth, though the nearest town is Kinross.
Though you feel like you're in Glasgow all weekend cos they've all decamped to the east coast to piss me off. ;)
Though you feel like you're in Glasgow all weekend cos they've all decamped to the east coast to piss me off. ;)
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hmmm
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Am I the only person that's completely underwhelmed by WWPJ? To me they sound like a really unsatisfactory combination of Frightened Rabbit (but without the songs) and the Twilight Sad (without the arrangements/soundscapes, etc). Saw them live recently, and as much as I wanted to like them they just did nothing for me. The album isn't much better.
Ach well!