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12 minutes at the Superbowl half time apparently deserves yet another Who compilation....
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Various Artists - Bustin' Out: - New Wave to New Beat: the post punk era 1979-1981
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The Who - Greatest Hits / Greatest Hits Live
12 minutes at the Superbowl half time apparently deserves yet another Who compilation....
New compilation provides fitting and varied selection of tracks from the post-punk era
Bristolian legends return with an album which ultimately rewards your patience..hey, you've waited seven years, you can give it a few listens..
Clip of the day
We've just read that Black Grape are reforming to play London's Coronet in April..in honour of it, here's a clip from the truly classic Grape Tapes
Singles
A mixed bag this week that actually bodes pretty well for some interesting releases...
We're beginning to grind back into gear..if only the same could be said for the rest of the industry..
Features
Ralfe Band - Bunny and the Bull OST
Oliver W J Rock has a listen to the suitably odd soundtrack to The Mighty Boosh director's new movie..
Taking a look at some of the things that got him excited in 2009
Live
Hype-justifying set from Brooklyn's current finest (indie) band..
A 32 piece band may have joined him, but tonight's performance as part of Don't Look Back was about one man..
A bizarre line up for a jazz club's 50th anniversary? Not in the slightest..
Latest News
Music News - 2nd February 2010
The Who, The Charlatans, Massive Attack and Morrissey..it's an old people fest!
Liam Gallagher: "Alex Ferguson looks like a dustbin man"
That he does Liam, that he does..
Music News - 27th January
Today we have ace free hip hop mixtapes for you to download, plus a lot of riffs, drugs and whingeing..
Musicians join forces for Haiti appeal
The great and the good donate items for special Oxfam eBay auction
Latest Comments
Jan 25, 2010 - 12:32 PM
DJAlbertFreeman wrote:
Tracks - 25th January
I didn't Know Gil Scott-Heron had something new out. You're right, that is ace. Seems that those nice people at EMI have pulled the Gorillas video due to a copyright claim, so I can't tell whether it really is as average as you claim. But at least Wilful Missing have received an above average review, so that's something to be happy about! :-)
Jan 20, 2010 - 01:08 PM
jp wrote:
Jam bandmates reunited
I'm rather partial to the Weller - he's a bit like Neil Young in that he's always changing (though less so in the 90's) and often makes patchy or crap albums...but follows his muse regardless. The first side of the penultimate Style Council LP 'Confessions of a Pop Group' was the last thing I liked by him for a long-time (there's a great piece on The Style Council in Ian Svenonius' book The Psychic Soviet btw). I'm sure there are some good songs in the dad-rock era - I shall go back and investigate. 'From the Floorboards Up' was fantastic and reminded me of Sound Affects by The Jam (which was influenced by Joy Division and Wire). Apparently the new material with Foxton recalls that. The LP before (Heliocentric) has some interesting attempts at r'n'b and some material with Rob Kirby (Nick Drake, Vashtin Bunyan et al). I bought Heavy Soul for 50p as Robert Wyatt rated it - so will attempt to see if it's a lost classic (the title 'Peacock Suit' rankle
Jan 6, 2010 - 03:29 PM
dereksmalls wrote:
Music News - 5th January 2010
I remember going to see Nebula with that one reader a few years back, and he was all like "This rocks" and I was like "oh yeah, don't stop the rock". It rocked...
Dec 31, 2009 - 08:44 AM
Paul wrote:
Jason A Parkes' Albums of 2009 (part 2)
David Sylvian, eh? Mrs Paul will be intrigued - she's an 80s obsessive. I'm deffo going to check out that Madness record. It had completely passed me by until I read this review and it sounds ace. I obviously agree with you on the Mos and Rae records, too - both sound like proper albums to me - in itself a dying art, never mind hip hop itself (although I agree again - is it fuck dying with records like these around).
Feb 2, 2010 - 12:53 AM
jp27 wrote:
Various Artists - Bustin' Out: - New Wa...
Note - Many reissues etc...- E.g. Mutant Disco Vol. 1, Vol 2., & Vol 3. ; Ze Xmas Record Reloaded 2004; Disco Not Disco: Post Punk, Electro & Leftfield Classics 1974 – 1986; No New York; In the Beginning There Was Rhythm; Death Disco: Songs from Under the Dance Floor 1978- 1984; Funky Nassau – The Compass Point Story 1980 – 1986; NY No Wave; Dreams Come True; Going Places – the August Darnell Years 1974 – 1983; Ze 30 – ZE Records Story 1979 – 2009; Rough Trade Shops – Post Punk Vol 1. ; Zevolution – ZE Records Re-Edited; Perfect Unpop ; B9 Bis New York Noise Vol. 1, 2, & 3; 9 O’Clock Drop; Rip It Up & Start Again; From Brussels with Love etc , as well as many reissues/compilations/box sets for acts such as 4AD, 23 Skidoo, Adam & the Ants, Associates, The Au-Pairs, The Auteur Labels series, Cabaret Voltaire, DAF, Dead Can Dance, The Durutti Column, ESG, Factory, The Fall, Fire Engines, Flipper, John Foxx, Gang of Four, Josef-K, Kid Creole & the Coconuts, Killing