Jesus what a month (indeed what a month this is for Jesus I suppose, but I digress).
Placebo – Once more with feeling : Singles 1996 – 2004
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They’re still flogging the same old dead horse.
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Human League – Reproduction (1979)
I played this to a friend from Sheffield and made the comment that “they took themselves very seriously”. “Well”, he exclaimed indignantly “they ‘ad to, they were from Sheffield.
Technological blowback in the information age
In the end, of course, the record companies will look to technology to help them out.
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Record Companies; Xeno’s paradox and the big bang.
Name a big new rock band that cannot be described as the sum of its parts.
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Bettie Serveert – Attagirl
Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright
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Where was the whimsy? Where was the Gallic ennui?
Devendra Banhart – Nino Roja
The LP cover is drab, self contained and devoid of anything snappy or bright or alluring. A perfect summary of the music.
Xploding PlastiX speak to Incendiary
“There’s so much good music forking out in different directions, it is hard to keep up. ”
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Kings of Lyon – Aha Shake Heartbreak
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It doesn’t matter if it was made yesterday or 25 years ago, a good song is a good song.
