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Tunng - And Then We Saw The Land
At it's best? Like Syd Barrett jamming with the Beta Band. At it's worst? The aural equivalent of decaffeinated coffee..
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Albums
Tunng - And Then We Saw The Land
At it's best? Like Syd Barrett jamming with the Beta Band. At it's worst? The aural equivalent of decaffeinated coffee..
Promising debut from ambitious Kent popsters
Yet another gem brought to you by the seemingly infallible Jagjaguwar label
So nearly a genius slice of modern hip hop, a bloated second half leaves classic status out of reach..
12 minutes at the Superbowl half time apparently deserves yet another Who compilation....
Clip of the day
Get well soon Guru..
Singles
From returning legends to hyped up whippersnappers, we've got 'em both. And a couple of bits in between.
Features
The death of 6 Music
6 Music may not be perfect, but according to Jason A Parkes we'll miss it once it's gone..
Oliver W J Rock has a listen to the suitably odd soundtrack to The Mighty Boosh director's new movie..
Live
Influential Germans play a set which confounds as much as thrills Mr Parkes..
Jason A Parkes sees a contender for band/album/whatever of 2010 produce a typically obtuse performance
Hype-justifying set from Brooklyn's current finest (indie) band..
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Beastie Boys LP to be released in September?
Adam Yauch appears to be winning his battle with cancer..
Gang Starr's Guru in coma
Influential MC suffered heart attack
Primal Scream to perform seminal album
Here's a clue..it's none of the ones they've made in the last nine years. Actually, the picture may provide a bigger clue
Jack White probably not joining the air-force reserve...
They've only gone and nicked his bloody song...
The Who, The Charlatans, Massive Attack and Morrissey..it's an old people fest!
Latest Comments
Feb 23, 2010 - 11:05 PM
sh#t waffle wrote:
2009: A review by Oliver W J Rock
Ah, so it turns out that the Meth V Chef track is from Rae, Ghostface and Meth's new album. Cannot. Bloody. Wait.
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
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
Feb 28, 2010 - 12:26 PM
jasonp wrote:
Primal Scream to perform seminal album
Sounds a shocker - middle aged folks having a flashback in Olympia. Weird. It admits that Primal Scream aren't a forward-thinking proposition...Then again, Screamadelica is probably the Sgt Pepper of the 90's...The last time I listened to it I recalled a mass of filler and kack. Then again, if they played the Dixie-Narco e.p., the song version of Come Together, and I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have it would be quite impressive... I am of the opinion that Primal Scream albums flip between crap and patchy - their most consistent albums were probably Vanishing Point and Xtrmntr (those ruined by rubbish Chemical Brothers remixes and a bad, bad cover of 'Motorhead' by Motorhead... Sounds almost as bad as the Charlatans playing their 1st album...which remains their worst long-player! Where will this all end - David Bowie playing 'Tin Machine II'? Depeche Mode playing 'Exciter'? New Order playing 'Republic'? Weird...