Why Rage Against The Machine Can’t Save Christmas
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As Simon Cowell jets back home to L.A before the new year, Joe McElderry just a vague memory of the past, he will be 8 million pounds richer and counting. The only thing on his mind will not be how to forge a career out of this year’s X Factor winner, but how to make [...]
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Portishead – Chase The Tear
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top photo: Anders Linden‘Chase the Tear’ is being released exclusively with Amnesty International. Every penny sold on 7 digital goes directly towards Amnesty’s efforts towards improving human rights across the world.—–Portishead’s first work since ‘Third‘ is just as engaging and although it initially isn’t quite as haunting as the likes of ‘Silence’ and ‘Hunter‘, the [..
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Gigwise’s Top 40 Albums of 2009
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Album:First Days of Spring
Those over at gigwise.com have just unleashed their very own “albums of the year” list, featuring many an artist in common with our list. That might have something to do with “our Jamie” having his say in the list, and contributing a few words to it too:———————————— Noah and The Whale: ‘First Days Of Spring’ [...]
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Live: Snow Patrol – T.F. Royal Theatre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo – 06/12/09
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words // gareth o’malleyI actually gasped when I got into the T.F., you know. Such was the sight that met my eyes, of the stage setup for the Reworked Tour. It was then and there that I realised just how different things were going to be. A multi-million-selling act were going to try some intimacy. [...]
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Liars – Scissor
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top photo: Michael Zavroswords: Jamie MiltonThinking back to Liars circa-’Drum’s Not Dead’, that was when they were at their best. Peaking with conceptual ideas and haunting atmospheres, never disappearing from the record for one second, just bombarding away at your skull with malicious intent.‘Scissor’ is just as mindblowing.It’s the opening track off ‘Sisterworld‘ and it’s [...
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Eluvium – The Motion Makes Me Last
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words: Jamie MiltonIf you find something you like; say, you paint something beautiful, it can be tempting to keep adding to it with the risk of ruining it all. One dab of the wrong colour, one mis-guided step and everything falls to pieces.Matthew Cooper created something beautiful when he began life under the moniker of [...]
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Initial Thoughts: Delphic – Acolyte
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words: Gareth O’MalleySeeing a band crushed under the weight of their own hype… There are few things more depressing to the music fan. For instance, Glasvegas had a good thing going for them – granted, their debut was far from the masterpiece many thought it to be – but it now seems they have faded, [...]
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Jónsi – Boy Lilikoi
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Track:Boy Lilikoi
top photo: I.Anton“Say no more, use your eyes, the world goes and flutters by”Jónsi Birgisson has arguably — and it’s hard to put this any other way but lightly — written his most beautiful song since ‘Hoppipolla’. Never likely to be understated, ‘Boy Lilikoi’ contains everything your averagely jaw-dropping Sigur Ros song would, only it’s [...]
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MFM Playlist:Best Songs Of 2009 Special
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We’re deciding to take this one nice and simple: the best songs of 2009 in two nifty spotify playlists. The first one of which we did way back in July to commemorate the passing of half a year.Spotify has dominated everything musically for me personally, from finally listening to Portishead’s new album to finding some [...]
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Visuals: These New Puritans – We Want War
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Track:We Want War
Looks like These New Puritans have truly arrived.A force to be reckoned with in 2010. Coincidentally, Daniel Askill also appears to have hit his creative peak so far by directing this stunning visual piece. Glorious for the whole seven minutes. 2 people like this post.
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Incoming: Frightened Rabbit – The Winter Of Mixed Drinks
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Album:The Winter of Mixed Drinks
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Fin Fang Foom – Monomyth
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Words: Gareth O’MalleyThe term “monomyth” refers to a pattern that underlies mythical narratives from various cultures: the hero ventures out into the world, contests with forces beyond his ken, and emerges victorious– but also transformed. It may seem that North Carolina-based Fin Fang Foom have chosen quite the lofty (some would say, pretentious) moniker for [...]
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Husky Rescue – We Shall Burn Bright
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Words: Gareth O’MalleyThe Finnish band Husky Rescue are a five-piece, yet somehow manage to create a sound that’s bigger than the sum of its parts. Even when the quintet rope in a few extra musicians (as they have made a habit of doing), they pull off something that seems much more powerful than their line-up [...]
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Tips for 2009 – A Look Back…
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As word of mouth begins to seep in a whole host of new names that force us to press the play button out of sheer intrigue, it’s time to reflect back and throw away (I’m kidding) and piss on (still kidding) the acts we said deserved or could expect a good amount of success from [...]
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Visuals: Jamie T – Chaka Demus
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Track:Chucka Demus
Jamie T – Chaka DemusAll in all, Jamie T has had a successful year. No, he’s not maintained the heights he managed to reach with beer-swigging anthem ‘Stella’ but he’s achieved more critical acclaim than before and the fanbase is gradually becoming more loyal by the day.The video for ‘Chaka Demus’ has mimes driving pretty [...]
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Incoming: Lightspeed Champion – Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You
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Album:Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You
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O.Children – Dead Disco Dancer (Golden Filter Remix)
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Track:Dead Disco Dancer (Golden Filter Remix)
words: Jamie MiltonO. Children remain, to me, the band today most capable of releasing a debut album that’s not just spectacular and bold but also very mature. They’ve been working for some time on it. I heard a demo version of ‘Ruins’ which I think might have been the working title of the album. It [...]
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Incoming: Los Campesinos! – Romance Is Boring
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