Good grief.... *checks his diary*... has it really been that long since I blogged on here? What the heck happened with all that time? Not so much a Green Day, but a few Green Years! Even Take That have got back together since I was last here - THAT'S how long it's been!So what have we been all up to? Fallen in love? Fallen out of love? Fallen in love with someone you shouldn't have fallen in
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Well this year, I've seen (discounting festivals), such bands asChemical Brothers, Editors, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Richard Hawley, VNV Nation, Miles Hunt, Seasick Steve and InterpolI've seen them each a few times each this year - a bit repetitive but was really struggling to get fired up about some of the new acts out there.So... my final review.Was an early start, the tunes were pretty stan
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Ah ChristmasFor those that believe in Christ.And Xmas for those that don't but fancy a day off with pressies and food.Either way, you can't escape the Christmas Song ('CS', from hereon in).Whether you are from Victorian times with Hymns sung at Winter time (Christmas Carols... no matter how you look at 'em, they're Hymns) through to the Sixties and Seventies on to the modern day manipulative dire
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VNV Nation is an electronic music group originally from Ireland and London, now based in Hamburg, that combines elements of trance, synthpop and electronic body music (EBM), into what they call futurepop. Earlier works also include some electro-industrial influences - so if you like Depeche Mode, you'd probably like these. Similarly, if you were into the rave scenes of the 90's... you'd enjoy the
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Oh the fucking trauma of it all.My brother has offered to get me an IoW ticket for my 'ahem'th birthday but, as he is in Sri Lanka for the cricket, he has tasked me with getting them.Easy enough. If he'd transferred over the £400 required. But, OK, I can kinda take that hit till he returns.So I go to a website doing pre-sale tickets (approved by the festival). Guess what? They cost TWELVE Q...
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I remember watching The Rock N Roll Swindle and the shot of Johnny Rotten sat at the end of their last gig saying 'ha ha, ever feel like you've been had?'And here we are... 2007.I've just downloaded the Richard Hawley tracks from the iTunes session and happened to browse the iTunes store along the way.The Chemical Brothers: B.Sides Vol 1Gorrilaz: D-SidesKillers: SawdustBad enough that we have 'bes
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Like Editors? Joy Division? The Chameleons? A bit of The Cure?I've never been to Alexandra Palace before, so wasn't sure what to expect of Ally Pally. I'd seen Interpol tour their second Album (Antics) at Bristol Carling Academy supported by Secret Machines... so I knew what to expect of them.When you consider another New York band (The Strokes) had a dire second and third album and, from p...
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So... you like Jesus & Mary Chain? Velvet Underground? Led Zeppelin? Ride?Nick Jago, Robert Been (who's father is Michael Been from The Call) and Peter Hayes formed BRMC in 1998 - Peter being originally in The Brian Jonestown Massacre (a band I saw support BRMC a few years back when they were promoting the 3rd Album, Howl).- BJM is well worth a blog in their own right as they are barmy!The fir...
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Now I love many things in life... good company, good luvvin, good music, good times...I got an email on Wednesday telling me I'd won a pair of tickets to see Richard Hawley the next day in London - a 200-mile roundtrip.Which, as you would expect, I took.The set was played in the Apple Store, for iTunes (due out in about 7-10 days).Richard was recovering from illness but was definitely on form!'Jus
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Now then...Some bands / artists get misrepresented for so many reasons: the NME decides they are 'hot' or 'not... record labels make bad decisions on what singles to release... commerciality over art winning out.I always felt that The Wonder Stuff and Miles Hunt had a bad deal: let's face it: I said The Wonder Stuff and you thought 'Dizzy' or 'Size of a Cow' - two tracks that are NOT representativ
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