Blur win "Best Headline Performance" at the UK Festival Awards.
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Blur's headlining Glasto performance (which left nary a dry eye in the world) has won them the Best Headline Performance award at this years' UK Festival Awards. More importantly, Damon Albarn has won the award for Festival Fitty. For all of you not familiar with the term "fitty", it's a slangier version of "fit", which in the UK can be used to mean someone is attractive. Ahem, for example: "Da...
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A fancy update to the Blur website, but what does it all mean?
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Why is Blur's website being updated? Is there more Blurness on the way? I guess, yeah, they had to update it from the Hyde Park/ Midlife frenzy, but it's just getting my hopes up.It's probably going to stay this way for years and years (like that boring grey website they had). Anyway, there are links to buy stuff (take my word for it, you only need one of the Hyde Park live cd's), there's also ...
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Alla Nazimova: The Original Lady Gaga
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Oh alright, I know that the statute of limitations for ripping off 1920's cultural references has probably passed, but I actually think it's kind of cool that Lady Gaga is influenced by Nazimova. At least I hope she is. Nazimova was sort of the original Gaga, I mean, she was absolutely bonkers. Her career started in Russia, but she soon found herself in America, and by 1918 was able to produce ...
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Graphic novel God Alan Moore is writing the lyrics for Damon and Jamie's follow up to "Monkey: Journey To The West"
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Artist:Jamie Hewlett
Huh? What? Yeah, I know. Crazy news from the Guardian this morning. The legendary author of such venerable novels as Watchmen and V For Vendetta is going to write the libretto for Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's next opera. I'll start breathing now.There's a wee interview with Moore in the Guardian, he also reveals that Gorillaz are to appear in an upcoming issue of Dodgem Logic, Moore's bi-mo...
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Wild Beasts: All The King's Men
Wild Beast's Two Dancers is one of my favorite albums of 2009. All The King's Men is the second single off the album, and the best track on there. I just checked Youtube to see if there's a video and lo and behold, one's been up since September.I'm a bit disappointed. In my head I had pictured the band prancing about dressed as dandys and being all Byronic with the ladies. They chose to go with...
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Wired's UK December issue: Featuring Gorillaz!
They're baaaack! Ohnotheydidnt has the full scan of the article. Murdoc contributes to their 25 big ideas for 2010. The best idea? Read below"Reform the greatest group on the planet.Murdoc: Kick-start the future by reassembling the world’s greatest band. Gorillaz are the pinnacle of evolution, and create wonderful new technologies, revolutionary concepts and mind-numbing innovations – then chu
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Dave Rowntree talks to the BBC about running for Parliament, wears various Fred Perrys.
Dave's getting some good use out of those left over Fred Perry polos from the Blur tour. Modeling two twin tipped tees, he speaks with the BBC about his upcoming Parliament run. Hopefully the laurel will see him better than it did Andy Murray. As always, VOTE DAVE.[BBC]
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Dizzee Rascal at the BBC Electric Proms "Brand New Day"
I just watched Dizzee's Electric Proms set and I'm totally awestruck. Just brilliant. Here's a video of Brand New Day. EPIC.You can get the mp3 of Brand New Day at the Electric Proms from truetosound.
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Dead Man's Bones, Schuba's, 10/21/09
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So I've figured out why the Dead Man's Bones album was such a disappointment; they basically put out a school play as a record. The fact that Dead Man's Bones are a school play gone awry is also why their live show is so brilliant.Adorable kids in costumes? Check. Dorky teacher types over-enthusiastically joining in? Check. Ryan Gosling? Erm...check.The music was pretty shambolic (in true schoo...
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Beach House in January?
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Yippee. There's a new Beach House album coming out in January. The newly minted Sub-Poppers are working with Grizzly Bear producer Chris Coady (of course). The title of their follow up to Devotion? Teen Dream (of course).In other Beach House news, I just listened to the Grizzly Bear track from the Twilight soundtrack. It features Beach House's Victoria LeGrand...and is actually lovely (gulp). ...
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Miike Snow, "Black And Blue" video
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Swedish bands are so happy. Beards and Swedes. What's not to love?
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The Horrors' "Whole New Way" Video
The Horrors' new single is the bonus track from the Japanese release of Primary Colours. It's a very pretty (in pink) one. Lots of Farris' face, and boy does he have a face.
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Arctic Monkeys' "Cornerstone" Video
I kept waiting for the twist, you know, the pan out to show he's on the back of a truck, or on a boat in a lake, or on a Hollywood soundstage. There's nothing. Yep, it's just Alex being all retro with his wee tape recorder. The song's a gem regardless.
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Things I don't understand: Lego Rock Band Blur
Here it is, proof that I. am. an. old. Get off my lawn! O.K, so WTF is Lego Rock Band? Why does it exist? It seems totally random. Take a popular children's toy and cross it with a popular video game? What about My Little Pony Halo? Or Grand Theft Thomas The Tank Engine (okay, that one actually might be all kinds of awesome.)The best thing about this is that they captured Alex' innocent uber-sm...
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The Horrors, Double Door, 10/11/09
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What an amazing night. It was freezing cold outside, they didn't go on until 10:15PM on a Sunday night, but it was totally worth it. They've become my favorite thing of 2009. Why are The Horrors so effing fantastic?A) They're so damn serious. Not in a cringey earnest way like White Lies, but in the way that means they're all business. No, they're not going to break that fourth wall, they're here t
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Banjo Or Freakout- "Left It Alone", my favorite new song
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Artist:Halfmachine
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Track:Left it Alone
It's getting gloomy out there kids. Darkness is descending at six 'o clock, leaves are turning brown and cardigan shortages are being noticed (in my closet). It's my favorite time of year...self indulgent moping is my most beloved pastime, er, well that and Pumpkin Spice latte drinking, so bring on the greyness that is October. It's at this time of year that I seek out the atmospheric, moody, m...
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