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I'm quite excited about this

...and am hopefully seeing them in Brighton next month.

you may be rambling

but you're also tempting me to get hold of Hidden World

Did this lot support the Noisettes in the Carling Academy Islington in 2005?

Or would that have been a totally different Plugs..?

Top article this

*scans listings for who was playing in London the day after Mogwai*

Thanks for that

I've removed an 'of'.

It's Glastonbury.

That's Glastonbury.

'skew eyed and toothles'

awesome

you're joking, surely?

OLTA bums all over Antics.

It's a grower

When I first heard it I though 'oh dear' but now I love it.

It kind of makes me sad

The album is pretty strong - for my money it's way superior to the second Franz album, for instance - but from the way the press has turned you'd think they'd recorded themselves throwing cats into pools of flaming petrol.

I disagree

The mother album is rather good. And certainly can't be accused of being without wit and guile.

I thought Sweet Brother Malcolm

was alright. I was completely shocked.

meanwhile

Borrell was cackling in his gothic mansion muttering "now NOBODY will know I didn't write America...HAHHHAHAHAHAHA!"

anyone else

hear the rumour that McClelland was ousted when he started questioning the terms of their management deal?

Seen em twice now

and a more boring time I've never spent.

With all the hype...

...it would have been really easy to slag this record. So I'm glad you didn't, good review.

It's just a great album. Best lyricist since Jarvis, innit?

thirded

Saw him playing to a half empty room at Cross Central this year and he was fantastic. 'Shut up and listen you c*nts!' About time someone said that to a bunch of chattering Londoners at a gig.

But who are they?

Are they any good?

I like this

But it sounds like My Sharona by the Knack.

I love this song

That is all.

oh

I quite like it.

Bloc Party will never be like Oasis though

By which I mean in a decade's time Bloc Party won't be playing workmanlike sets of 10 year old songs to remind their audience of a time when they weren't going bald.

I hate that

for three weeks it's been impossible to turn on ANY channel on a Saturday morning and not find this lot playing their teethgrindingly irritating single. It makes me want to EAT my own HEAD. And post about it IN CAPS.

We Are Scientists - With Love And Squalor

Don't rile Marcofella right now, he's probably forgotten what sleep is.

Okereke concerned by non-essential press questioning

But like it or not the whole purpose of an interview, from the publication's point of view, is to entertain. Plus it is possible to lead an interview into areas that interest you, even if you're the interviewee - it's a conversation, after all.

I like Bloc Party (and I like Kele) but if it means that much to him he should limit himself to Socialist Worker and Pravda. The big moanbag.

Bright Eyes - Spend an Evening with Saddle Creek

Hmmmm.

*kicks dvd player*

The Rakes

'somewhere between a librarian and a policeman...'

Brilliant.

The Dandy Warhols - Odditorium or Warlords of Mars

I love the Warhols...but afer a couple of spins am really not sure about this record. I guess I'll give it a bit longer. The vocals seem really low in the mix though, seems like the single version of Smoke It had them brought more to the fore (which is a shame for the album version as they're good lyrics).

King Creosote - KC Rules OK

Fair enough E_E_S_T, you got me. I've corrected the Fife gaffe and the Not One Bit Ashamed lyric. I suck at geography.

I stand by the McCartney thing though - which isn't to say that KC does not have an excellent voice and he uses it well. And as for scaled back, sure all those instruments are on the album but for my money he uses them in a pleasingly spartan manner and good on him for it.

The Dandy Warhols - Smoke It

Fair enough point but I was reviewing the UK single release, and the film only came out here this summer (I'd been waiting for it for ages).

I wouldn't expect (or want) them to wait to release material - I like them after all. It was just a gentle dig. Ahem.

Re: Garbage cancel European dates

Hit, even. Gah.

Garbage cancel European dates

Yeah they were a surprise his at Glasto. £30 is a bit steep though. They aren't U2 are they?

The Dandy Warhols - Smoke It

Yeah they are definitely taking it back to their more usual sound. Anyone know how well Monkeyhouse sold? The reviews were good as I remember. Glad they've reverted though, I've heard that the album's dang good.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl

Am I the only person who liked Take them on...?

Hmmm. If I'd read the review before lunch I may just have bought this. Got to admit that when I heard about their new direction I though 'oh dear.' Now I'm all tempted.

New mag alert: Amped turns up the volume

I imagine Mojo being read by the kind of old folks who wear tie-die headbands to disguise their baldness.

Poor old Select, I used to love it. It all started going wrong when the logo changed from red to black if you ask me...

Sing along with Alan McGee at new club night

Shame about the Boxers, that was a good record.

New mag alert: Amped turns up the volume

Bang was great when it started but it did seem to lose something after the first few issues. Did they have a launch team which was replaced?

Where's me fanbase? Sultans Of Ping return!

Hooray!

Out in the ocean at the bottom of the sea
There's a tiny little Turnip fish having his tea...

Send More Paramedics

Best.

Comment.

Ever.

The Rakes - Capture/Release

I do love this record and have played it far more than is good for me.

As for Ausland, every band needs a lost classic B-side. Means people will buy the b-sides album in four years time.

Re: Joy Zipper - 1

Really? That's a bit gutting. I'm sure they'll find a new home though.

The Rakes - Work Work Work (Pub, Club, Sleep)

It's a great album. They were never going to do a straight live recording, not with all their book-learning and such.

I thought the production on this was a pretty light touch actually. It's different from the others in that the focus is pretty much on the vocal but then again it's a lyric-heavy song. And the lyrics are ace.

The Decemberists - Picaresque

Can't wait for this next week...you and your advance copeis. Grr...

And enough of the NMH dissing. They were awesome.

Popworld's Amstell to join Xfm

He is fantastic.

And started on the Saturday just gone, unless I was having some sort of acid flashback x

Clor - Outlines

Playing the Social in London at the start of Aug as well...must...get...tickets...

Queen Marys Revenge - Queen Marys Revenge

Ah the Fan Club.

*weeps real tears of nostalgia*

Queen Marys Revenge - Queen Marys Revenge

Leicester's always had a smattering of great venues, so about time some good bands started coming though. Not to mention a couple of classic indie nightspots.

DiS @ TMF: Late Stage Addition

Looks good.

Oh, the TMF link up there is broken...

The Tears - Here Come The Tears

It's a great record...pretty much how you'd expect a record from this pair to sound, but that's why I like it.