In need to catch up with all the CD's I've bought so tonights three bands are as follows.
Emily & The Faves
Kyte
Papercranes

I'm laying the blame of getting behind firmly at the door of Washington Irving and My Morning Jacket, as I just can't stop going back to their recent releases at the expense of others.

Great band who I've not heard in a while so decided to stick some of their stuff on after seeing this! So chilled out right now

He is

Anyone else bought tickets for Manic's one off christmas gig?

Off on a 3 year hiatus and this gig is 38 songs so I'm pretty excited already!

saw Chase & Status last night


so many bruises and aches this morning

Happy 65th birthday to the late great legend that is Freddie Mercury had he lived.







Sadly missed as well.

Echo that statement. It's a shame Brian May is whoring the name of Queen to just about everybody going these days.

I succumbed and am finally listening to it. Its interesting and I wonder how they will fare with the difficult second album.

Been listening to The Horrible Crowes-Elsie today, which is the side project of Brian Fallon of The Gaslight anthem.

It's lyrically excellent as expected, well worth a listen!

Just heard a rumour of a new Beatles album?


Apparently it's going to be Drum & Bass.




Sorry.

I see PJ Harvey won the Mercury Prize for her latest album.

Has anyone got this as well as I,it is a fantastic album.

I have it, and yes, it is a very good album.

New Kasabian album is quality and recommend it, e album name and artwork though!

Off to Ramsbottom Festival on Sunday to see the Waterboys. Got intrigued as to other acts and saw Otis Gibbs, and decided I may be more excited about seeing him than the main act.

Screaming Females blew my mind last night. Incredible live band.

Debating on whether to pay £120 for 2 tickets for Bon Iver in Manchester?

Decided against it.

Summary of yesterday's Ramsbottom Music Festival

The Waterboys - Seriously, obscenely awesome! No other words.

Capercaille - Lovely Gallic Folk/Prog combo.

Ahab - Check these guys out, banned from busking in London because they draw a crowd. Their harmonies are superb and their cover of OCMS's Wagon Wheel caused me to reach sexual climax.

Michael McGoldrick & Friends - Excellent instrumental Scottish Folk

Otis Gibbs - Fans of Steve Earle, Townes van Zandt and the like should check this guy out. And a top bloke to boot.

The Once - Superb Celtic inspired Candian trio.

Kirsty Almeida & The Troubadours - Amy Winehouse if she applied herself and laid of the crack pipe.

Just picked up tickets to see Arctic Monkeys with support from The Vaccines in November...should be a good one.

Has anybody seen Imelda May,just wondering because over the last few months I have been listening to her a lot and I really like her.

What about people's favourite albums that, when released, got a critical slating or was slightly underwhelming, but now, some time on, turns out to be an absolute belter??

I'll start with REM's 'Monster' from 1994, which got average reviews on release, mainly because it was following the commercially huge 'Automatic For The People'......'Monster' was the sound of REM sticking two fingers up at the mainstream media, who wanted another cocktail party-friendly release and instead got Peter Buck being a teenager again with his guitar and Michael Stipe going more extreme with his famously unfathomable lyrics.

On listening now, its probably one of REM's greatest moments and deserves a lot better of a reputation than it seems to have.

Monster was supposedly Peter Buck's record as he wanted to rock out in comparison to Automatic For The People and before that Out Of Time. I have to say I do like 'New Adventures in Hi-Fi' or 'Up' as unacclaimed later REM albums. Truth be told though Murmur is their stand out for me all these years later.

I'd never heard of Alice Russell till last night. It seems she's been around for a few years, a couple of example on the tube are "Hurry on now" and her very different version of Gnarls Berkeley's "Crazy"

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Sad news, but they have probably reached their natural end.....They leave a back catalogue to rival any band of the rock and roll era though.

Seems a bit spooky I wrote that post yesterday though....