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The Fray: Billy Joel Meets Dave Matthews

June 24th 2009 04:04
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The Fray was put together in 2002; and played locally in Denver, Colorado for a few years before really taking off big. Many of you may be familiar with their debut album that came out in 2005: How To Save A Life. Several TV show soundtracks used the title track from the album as well as Over My Head (Cable Car) during 2005-6; and subsequently both songs made it into the top ten on the Billboard charts. The band isn't exactly a "hard rockin" combo, but more of a mellow piano-rock band.....think Billy Joel meets The Dave Matthews Band. If you would like to check out the band's official website, click HERE.



The lead singer of The Fray, Isaac Slade, is also the bands piano player. His piano-bar style is reminiscent of early Billy Joel......but Slade's mellow vocals often times reminded me of The Dave Matthews Band. Not a bad combination, really. The music is soulful, in a "ballad" sort of way. Like I said, it's not music to bang your head or pump iron to.....but more for chillin' out, or even getting frisky on the sofa.....
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The bands self-titled second album, The Fray, was released on February 3, 2009. It was an immediate hit, making it to the Billboard Top 100 charts within a week. The first two singles off the album have gotten alot of airplay: You Found Me and Never Say Never. Both songs also found their way into movie and TV soundtracks...and consequently the Billboard charts too. (these guys must have a helluva promoter, or either Slade must have a relative at one of the studios!)



You Found Me is almost a Christian song, and has actually been promoted on alot of Christian music sites. In it, Slade asks God what took Him so long to find him in his time of need. Personally, I find the lyrics kind of "whiny"......but the song does have a catchy tune and chorus. Never Say Never is sort of a love song/ballad. I liked this song the very first time I heard it; and it now currently resides on my iPod in the "Music to F**k to" folder. Heehee!!! Below are the YouTube videos of the songs; first is You Found Me, then below it is Never Say Never. Enjoy!!!!!....




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Fergie and The Black Eyed Peas: The END.....we can only hope.

June 22nd 2009 01:49
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The END (short for Energy Never Dies), is the fifth studio album by The Black Eyed Peas; and was released on June 9th. I'm not a big fan of The Black Eyed Peas....they're a little too "hip-hop-ish" for my taste. Personally, I think the best thing they've got going for them is Stacy Ferguson; also known as the hot n' sexy Fergie. She definately falls into our Sexy Ladies of the Music World category!!! But since the first single off their latest album has topped the charts for weeks, I decided to see what all the fuss was about


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Music Technology Review: Apple iPhone 3g S

June 21st 2009 15:41
Music Technology Review Apple iPhone 3gS Cellphone MP3


This is the first post in our new category called Music Technology: MP3 Players, Cellphones, and More! We created this category because along with the music we listen to, we’re interested in the devices we put it on. This first entry coincides perfectly with the release of the new Apple iPhone 3g S. Those of you that are familiar with the iPhone know that this device is far more than just a cell phone. It also searches the internet, and more importantly for us, is a full-on iPod Touch music player. We are not going to do a comprehensive review of the iPhone 3g S here. Rather, we are going to focus on the music related aspects of the device. If you are interested in reading a complete review of the newly released Apple iPhone 3g S, click HERE.
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Music for Strippers: Lollipop by Framing Hanley

June 14th 2009 01:02
PopMusicology Sex Sells: Music for Strippers

This is the first review in our new category called "Sex Sells: Music for Strippers". The title kind of speaks for itself, but just for clarification.....this category is going to spotlight songs that strippers love to dance to!!!! That's right, thousands of sexy ladies swinging on a stripper pole CAN'T be wrong!!!! Every now and then a song comes out that has just the right beat, bass line, and that special grinding rhythm that makes it perfect for... well, Stripping!!! Our goal in this category, Sex Sells, is to prove that a band can make the charts simply by finding that magic combination that strippers love. First in our series.....
Sex Sells: Music for Strippers, Framing Hanley

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The French versions of homemade 'Thriller'' videos

November 17th 2008 22:00
Michael Jackson Thriller dance zombie

Despite the advancing age of Michael Jackson and his albums, there's never any shortage of people willing to make their own homage. With the rise of YouTube, it's gotten even more widespread, with the 'Thriller' homemades spreading to other countries.

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Sam Sparro

October 9th 2008 00:55
Sam Sparro


Earlier this year, Mr Sparro ruffled a few feathers when he slagged Madonna by telling a UK interviewer he thought she was "wretched", "vulgar" and "not young and sexy anymore". Controversial statement or not, it certainly got this Australian singer-songwriter noticed but his self-titled debut album is anything but controversial and certainly not boring


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Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman

October 1st 2008 01:00
Ne-Yo


Popular US singer-songwriter-producer Ne-Yo's third studio album, Year Of The Gentleman, was released in Australia on September 20, 2008 and is named in honour of Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra


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Pussycat Dolls - Doll Domination

September 24th 2008 01:15
Pussycat Dolls


US all-girl pop band, the Pussycat Dolls, have just released their hotly anticipated sophomore album, Doll Domination, in Australia on September 20


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Nelly - Brass Knuckles

September 18th 2008 06:45
Nelly


After several delays, Rap star Nelly has released his latest studio album, Brass Knuckles, on Sept. 13 in Australia and Sept. 16 in the US


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Jessica Simpson - Do You Know

September 16th 2008 06:45
Jessica Simpson


Jessica Simpson has returned to her 'roots' for her latest album, "Do You Know", a country album inspired by the country music she was brought up listening to. Simpson's sixth overall studio album and the first since the disastrous "A Public Affair" album of 2006, Do You Know was recorded in Nashville and features collaborations with legendary country music artist Dolly Parton and songwriter Hillary Lindsey of Carrie Underwood fame


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Michael Jackson - King of Pop: 50th Anniversary Edition

September 5th 2008 08:32
Michael Jackson King of Pop 50th Anniversary Edition


The King of Pop: Limited Edition Australian 50th Anniversary Edition is a compilation album featuring all of MJ's greatest hits as voted by you


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Ash Grunwald - Fish Out Of Water

September 3rd 2008 23:59
Ash Grunwald


Aussie singer Ash Grunwald first came into the limelight in 2002 when his first solo album, Introducing Ash Grunwald, was released to critical acclaim


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Sneaky Sound System - 2 (Two)

August 22nd 2008 07:20
Sneaky Sound System


Sydney-based Sneaky Sound System is a three-piece Australian pop band made up of Miss Connie (Connie Mitchell), Black Angus (Angus McDonald), and MC Double D (Daimon Downey


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Katy Perry - One Of The Boys

July 21st 2008 23:21
Katy Perry


US songstress Katy Perry has taken the music charts by storm with her worldwide no.1 smash hit single "I Kissed A Girl", a seriously infectious and catchy number that deals with sexual orientation and to a certain extent, promiscuity as well


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Swallowing a microphone

July 15th 2008 02:06
The wedding singer angry and drunk
While it might seem like a good idea to have the microphone on a stand, there are all kinds of microphone-related accidents that can happen. This is a bizarre, hilarious video of a wedding singer getting a big surprise.


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Coldplay - Viva La Vida

June 24th 2008 06:15
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Following the success of their no.1 album X&Y (2005), English alternative rock band Coldplay have released their fourth album Viva La Vida this month


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Vanessa Amorosi - Somewhere in the Real World

May 29th 2008 23:15
Vanessa Amorosi Somewhere in the Real World
Vanessa Amorosi - Somewhere in the Real World


Melbourne born singer Vanessa Amorosi finally released her much-awaited second studio album, Somewhere in the Real World, this week - an album six years in the making


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Gangstagrass album for download

May 16th 2008 06:58
Gangstagrass album cover
Found on BoingBoing, Gangstagrass, a hybrid mashup of hip hop and bluegrass music.

"Mashup artist Rench has released a free album of "gangstagrass" music -- hiphop mashed with bluegrass. The mixes are really good, in that, "Hey, who knew those two really different flavors worked so well together?" way that makes mashups so much fun to listen to


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Jean Leloup - I lost my baby

May 7th 2008 01:33
Jean Leloup is one of Quebec's most loved musicians, a wild and unusual character. Singing in French and English, he plays to packed, hysterical crowds at the Montreal venues.

One of the songs I heard most often was "I lost my baby", a Quebec classic that is played by everyone with a guitar on hot summer nights


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Angus & Julia Stone

April 24th 2008 23:00
Angus and Julia Stone


Angus and Julia stone are brothers and sisters raised in a musical family in the northern beaches of Sydney, Australia. The siblings are inextricably intertwined by their love of music and their musical talents have brought them together to form a musical act whose words and music reveal a genuine love of music, and a talent for telling beautiful and beguiling stories


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Cut Copy

April 16th 2008 22:53
Cut Copy


Currently touring internationally in Europe and then North America before returning to Australia in June for the last leg of the tour, Cut Copy is a Melbourne based three-piece electro-pop band formed in 2001as the project of member Dan Whitford


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Michael Jackson's Billie Jean Live

March 10th 2008 10:39
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With all this talk of Michael Jackson having to sell the Ranch and being so scarred from plastic surgery that he's had to stay out of the public eye, it's a good time to remember why Jackson was a household name.

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Architecture in Helsinki

February 26th 2008 22:00
Architecture in Helsinki


Architecture in Helsinki is an Aussie melodramatic, ghetto-tech and jungle music collective based in Melbourne and was formed in 2000 by original members and longtime mates Cameron Bird, Jamie Mildren and Sam Perry of a teen funk-grunge band called The Pixel Mittens


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French singer Alizée Jacotey

January 16th 2008 22:13
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Sexy French singer, Alizée, began her music career in 2000 at the age of just 16 after winning the French talent show, Graines de Star, in 1999


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The Veronicas

January 8th 2008 09:00
The Veronicas


Australian rock-pop duo, The Veronicas, were formed in 2004 by twin sisters Lisa Marie and Jessica Louise Origliasso from Brisbane. The inspiration for their name comes from Veronica Lodge of the Archie Comics


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Powderfinger

December 4th 2007 20:00
Powderfinger


Hailing from the sunshine city of Brisbane is one of Australia's most popular bands - Powderfinger
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Rock Band reviewed by a rock guitarist

November 29th 2007 01:45
Carrie Brownstein
In all the 'Me too!' hype around Rock Band and how it's changing the way we enjoy music, someone forgot to ask the rockers.

Well, Slate did, and Carrie Brownstein, guitarist of Sleater-Kinney, wrote a fascinating piece about her interaction with the Rock Band kit


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Oasis

November 11th 2007 20:15
Oasis


Manchester rock band Oasis are one of the world's most popular bands and were one of the pioneers of the Britpop movement alongside Blur and Suede
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Blur

November 6th 2007 20:30
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Alongside the likes of Oasis and Suede, one of the biggest bands during the Britpop movement of the mid-90s was Blur
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Imitation Electric Piano Live

April 17th 2007 12:29
Imitation Electric Piano, Simon Johns from Stereolab's other band, played a most triumphant free show at East London's swanky and full-of-pre-curried-city-boys Vibe Bar on Brick Lane last Tuesday, and it was wicked. You should get their second record, it's called something funny like 'Burn it down, kick it till it bleeds' or something like that. Get it though, it's ace.

Here's what they looked like live:
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The Butterflies Of Love Live at The Buffalo Bar

April 10th 2007 17:50
Two weeks ago (yup... we like to keep it current round here...) PM saw The Butterflies of Love at the infeasibly small Buffalo Bar in London. They were fucking great. Here's what they looked like:

The Butterflies Of Love at the Buffalo Bar

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Anthems For Odyssey - Come Blister The Sea EP

March 30th 2007 16:58
Anthems For Odyssey – Come Blister The Sea EP

Though their aesthetic may be somewhat overwrought, the aptly-monikered Anthems For Odyssey create the kind of thrilling, pulsing soundscapes that My Bloody Valentine would have done had they hung out with their more up-tempo contemporaries. The multi-faceted clatter of 'Song For Sveta' is the equal of anything on Silversun Pickups' record from last year that was so heralded, but with a more considered, less bombastic bent to it. This is clearly a thoughtful approach to a sound that can so often become slapdash.
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Mittens - Fools On A Holiday

March 19th 2007 09:00
Mittens – Fools On A Holiday (Bodies Of Water Arts And Crafts Records)

Sometimes, you need to sit down. Don't you think? You can't always push forward and edge ever-closer to sitting on a rocking chair while you survey all you've conquered from the top of the hill. Sometimes you can sit on that rocking chair and not have to bother about walking forwards. And when you sit in that chair, Mittens will softly assemble themselves in your living room and play pop music for you. For that is what they write, and they write it like some people who know how to write it really goodly.
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Butcher Boy – Profit In Your Poetry

March 18th 2007 11:27
Butcher Boy – Profit In Your Poetry (How Does It Feel To Be Loved? Records)

It's important that the first line on Butcher Boy's debut LP is "I'm screaming in my sleep". While that could usually could be located in any pan-Scandinavian mongers of death metal's oeuvre, it is here employed to begin and set the emotional balance of a record of sweet, scornful and sometimes utterly scathing songs about the opposite sex and the frustrations they reap from one man – John Blain Hunt (soon to be appearing on Stars In Their Eyes as Ian Curtis and Edwyn Collins and Morrissey at the same time).
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Electric Assembly - Eyes On The Wall EP

March 4th 2007 14:23
Electric Assembly - Eyes On The Wall EP (Dream Driven Recordings)

This is a release custom-built for those idealistic moments you tell yourself you've had loads of. When you've stumbled home at a rather ridiculous hour from a ridiculous place and you need something akin to Mogwai playing the Beach Boys back catalogue to soothe your seethes away. These times are rare, though, aren't they? You probably only had them when you were a student.
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Explosions in the Sky - Live at Camden Koko

March 2nd 2007 13:40
This time, PM resolutely avoids financial despair by not buying any drinks whatsoever. It helps me not drink too much, and if it brings the Koko down a little bit in terms of the acts it can afford, then that's no bad thing either. Tonight is an excellent example of that.

Let's get the beef of the issue out of the way. The Koko is far too big a venue for this band. That is not to say they don't deserve the enhanced levels of attention they've been given overf the least few months. No no. But this venue and, more pertinently, its clientele, are all out of goose. This is music to be listened to, not talked over, not over-indulged in to impress your mates and certainly, certainly not to throw cups of beer around to. Yet all of these things happen.
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The Loves - Technicolour

February 27th 2007 17:32
The Loves – Technicolour (Fortuna POP!)

The Loves at F-POP! Fest

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...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Live at Camden Koko

February 23rd 2007 14:37
The price of a bottle of San Miguel nearly makes me vomit it back in the barman's face. He would've deserved it, too...

But we're not here for beer. Around five years ago, ...Trail of Dead and At The Drive-In were being equally heralded as saviours of modern alternative rock. ATD-I had the hardcore end sewn up, and ...Trail of Dead were the arty fellows. There were a couple of classic records ('Relationship of Command' and 'Madonna') and then one of them split up and went prog. ...Trail of Dead were left to carry the new rock torch in the face of the New York/Detroit greaseballs for the ensuing years. They were brutally energetic, non-hackneyed, pissed off, stoned and very fucking good.
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Finlay and Mittens at the Buffalo Bar

February 20th 2007 08:51
And then the next day, by jingoism, Finlay and their dear friends Mittens played at Highbury's intensely crimson Buffalo Bar. Frig, it were good it were. Mittens were clean as crisps and tastier, popping and fizzing and swapping guitars and breaking equipment ("ooh, something happened!") until they couldn't woo us any more with their sunny/spiky weirdness.

Then Finlay came on and my face went all open and I could barely stand still and stuff fell off the stage and into the audience and Adam played guitar standing on the bar and they flung flowers at the people and there were scissor kicks and there were really short and loud songs all played like they'd been brewed by Satan's PA and the snare broke and they made a joke about the Manic Street Preachers.
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Low Live at the Spitz

February 19th 2007 12:44
Low played in London's wonderfully tiny and café-like Spitz venue on Thursday night, to one of those sold-out-in-eleven-seconds enthusiasm crowds. They were, for the most part, utterly mesmerising, completely honed and honestly involved in their delicate and unique craft. Beginning by showcasing a large portion of their new record 'Drums and Guns', they are intriguing and beautifully restrained. Their forte has always been the admirable power they can conjure up in comparison to the deathly quiet that usually befits them, and they used this gift to its maximum potential this evening.

Highlights were, obviously, 'Sunflower' from their 'Things We Lost In The Fire' LP, followed by similar-status classics 'In The Drugs' and 'In Metal'. Yeah, they were good… here are a few pictures. PM was genuinely uneasy about taking pictures, the mood couldn't be disturbed, so we snaffled a few in the encore when it was a little less tense. Boom!
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Fanfarlo Live at The Old Queen's Head

February 14th 2007 10:24
Now this is a venue. Downstairs takes the comforting shape of an oaky, teaky psychiatrist's drawing room sort of area, with ornate carvings plastered on the fireplace and antlers for chandeliers. Upstairs, where Fanfarlo are tonight releasing their new single, is similarly clad in French film posters and a giant mirror at the back of the stage. There are also free cakes. This is a tremendous bonus.

Fanfarlo's new single, 'You Are One Of The Few Outsiders Who Truly Understands Us', is the reason everyone has made the trip today, and we are expectant. Thankfully, Fanfarlo prove to be a strikingly muscular prospect live. Their records don't quite have the pulse and intensity of their performance, so we can be truly thankful for attending. Previous single 'Talking Backwards' is utterly brutal form such a shiny pop song, squirming through its deceptively varied dynamics and timbres.
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Butcher Boy Live, but mostly Stars Of Aviation

February 12th 2007 16:23
Told you we'd be back!

Friday night we went to Brixton to catch Butcher Boy, who were... y'know, good. Not as good as their excellent 'Girls Make Me Sick' single, but still good. The real highlight, truth be told, were folky poppy soppy sparkly spunky well-dressed teacher types Stars of Aviation. So here's some pictures of them. Check Drowned in Sound later on in the week for a slightly more in-depth review...
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Future Of The Left - Live Pics!

February 1st 2007 00:09
On Tuesday night PM saw Future Of The Left play the 100 Club in London. It were ace, it were. Andy Falkous has yet to mellow, thankfully, only his subjects seem less confrontational. His former band Mclusky's forte was taking the piss out of other bands and singing about complete dicks. Future Of The Left is much the same, but with songs about Falco's cat instead. Apparently it took a shit near his face once. Ah well. Ending with an encore that involves sweaty bass players flailing around in the audience on the floor and a drum solo wherein the kit is dismantled around Jack Eggleston, this is as visceral a live experience as you might hope to see.

Kong were ace in support as well. They were insanely well-rehearsed mathy punky thrashy vaudeville entertainment, resplendent in disturbing masks and near-nude bass antics. Nice khaki pants, I'm sure you'll agree.
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Dananananaykroyd Finally Play London

January 31st 2007 12:23
Sunday night was a special night for PM. Not only did Dananananaykroyd play a show in the East End, but I was lucky enough to say hello to them all! And they are nice, nice, nice. After taking about seven thousand hours to get to London's93 Ft. East venue (tube links closed at Waterloo, mass evacuation, Shoreditch underground station closed for months, had to walk from Whitechapel, very unsure of where I was, asking thugs for directions...), I immediately started trying to look cool and prop up the bar. A couple of drinks later, I'm beckoned to the Dana dressing room and given more beer. We chat, they field questions using phrases like 'upside-down pocket', and general merriment ensues. I head back out to front of house to see if I can catch the end of Shady Bard's set, after seeing them in sweetly luminescent form at St Giles Church supporting Sodastream the other week. And lovely they are, if a little perplexed by the fire alarm going off mid-song.

Untitled Musical Project are pretty dull. They look just like standard tight jeans people who are into thrash and noise just to be a little different from their mates' bands, probably so they're at least guaranteed gigs. And there's not a lot wrong with that, there are just many better examples of it knocking around in London. (Try Kong. They're great).
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Airport Girl - Slow Light

January 28th 2007 11:41
Airport Girl – Slow Light (Fortuna POP!)

Airport Girl at F-POP! Fest

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Butcher Boy - Girls Make Me Sick

January 19th 2007 14:54
Butcher Boy – Girls Make Me Sick (Single on How Does It Feel To Be Loved? Records)

Do they? Well that’s fantastic news, because men who hate girls (men like Butcher Boy's head honcho John Blain Hunt) generally make the greatest pop music. Immediately business-like in its Orange Juice-lite pop bounciness, Butcher Boy's debut single reeks of impeccable heritage and finely-chosen influences. They say 'The Smiths if they'd been signed to Motown', I say Camera Obscura fronted by a cheerful Ian Curtis and a guarantee of maximum sexual frustration. What Butcher Boy excel in here is joyous simplicity veiling a heart of twisted juxtaposition and crippling sweetness. In other words, a classic Scot pop archetype.
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Sodastream at Kilburn Luminaire

January 15th 2007 12:59
For the second time in a week, PM was floored by Sodastream. True, last week's show was in a different league (as well as a church), but Saturday night's Luminaire show contained all the same hallmarks. Quiet intensity, quirky and abrasively violent narratives, and complete involvement in one's craft. The only thing wrong with the show was the crowd, truth be told. Some old bastard and his Greek missus (clearly not a relationship based on his personality) kept on dancing violently to the very quiet music, eventually resulting in him falling on his arse. Which was a minor consolation.

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The Noisettes - What's The Time Mr Wolf?

January 10th 2007 21:00
The Noisettes - What's The Time Mr Wolf? (Mercury Records)

The Noisettes - What's The Time Mr Wolf?

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New Dark Captain Light Captain Songs, Yeah!

December 15th 2006 06:28
PM has posted about DCLC a couple of times now, and with each time it happens I find myself falling for a different part of their music. Today, they have uploaded 4 new songs to their MySpace, so you can imagine what difficulty I'm having getting anything done.

Dark Captain Light Captain

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Flaming Lips Live Pics And Vids

November 14th 2006 22:19
Ready for something special? Good! Go here and here for some proper demented stuff. The first one is (obviously) Wayne Coyne rolling about in a ball on people's heads. The second one is a snippet of 'Race For The Prize' which, now, is officially the best dancing song on earth. Look at the carnage!!

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