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I have always wanted to be Madonna!
‘This Fire’ A ‘Dutch history’ of Franz Ferdinand
““Christ, that’s a bit Spinal Tap, Bob…how many albums have you sold now, it must be going on for a million””
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The Back Catalogue of Edwyn Collins & Orange Juice
There’s a case to be made that the whole ‘indie’ movement (for good or bad) was born with these recordings.
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Jape Squad – Breakfast With…..
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Loose and comfy like the pants you doss around in late at night.
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Jape Squad – Breakfast With…
The Julie Mittens speak to Incendiary
Of course there’s great music and less great music but we as humans seem unable to talk about it without the aid of moral lingo, which is totally unmusical…
The Beautiful South – Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs
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An album that is, possibly, greater than the sum of its parts.
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The Skatalites – Paard van Troje, Den Haag – 17/11/2004
"This is not just another Ska band, this is The Skatalites."
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Franz Ferdinand – Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam – 15/11/2004
“The sort of stuff that a young XTC alluded to but never got thanked for and a potential that could only have been reached if Pulp and The Stranglers had hit it off and had children. ”
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Prodigy live at “I Love Techno” – Flanders Expo, Ghent, Belgium – 13/11/2004
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I spent most of my time in the Green Room.
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Crossing Border Festival – Sophia – Royal Room, Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag
I think that everyone has a particular musical note or maybe it’s a combination of notes or a certain chord, which can bring them close to tears. I don’t know what mine is, but Sophia evidently do and keep on hammering away at it.
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