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a simple prop (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
It’s that time of the year again, the time to complete the end of year blog meme. I’ve done this previously in 2008, 2007 & 2006. Rules are simple – post the first line of the first post for every month. It has become sort of a tradition for me to present an end-of-year roundup of [...]
WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Out of the strange magic world that seems to be the Ridgewood/Glen Rock area of New Jersey (think VivGrrlz, Titus Andronicus, Real Estate, Liquor Store, Ducktails, Fluffy Lumbers, and Frat Dad), comes a newish project that is really making me...
a simple prop (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
On June 21st 1992 I saw Nirvana at the Point Depot in Dublin (with the Breeders & Teenage Fanclub). The set list was: 1. Aneurysm 2. Drain You 3. Stay Away 4. School 5. Sliver 6. In Bloom 7. Breed 8. About A Girl 9. Polly 10. Lithium 11. Blew 12. Been A Son 13. On A Plain 14. Negative Creep 15. Come As You Are 16. Smells Like Teen Spirit 17. [...]
Eyeteeth: A journal of incisive ide (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Weegee, After the Opera at Sammy's Nightclub on the Bowery, c. 1944, via Creative Review • Jim Lambie discusses his music (Teenage Fanclub) and his art (colorful site-specific works made from masking tape). • How graffiti of a pink, 60-foot nude woman came to be on the Malibu Canyon Tunnel in 1966 -- and where it went. •New on UBUWEB: Stan Brakhage's Riddle of the Lumen (1972), of which...
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
HOMECOMING LIVE: THE FINAL FLING *** SECC, GLASGOW
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
THOUSANDS of pop fans converged on the SECC in Glasgow last night for Homecoming Live – the Final Fling, the flagship music event of Scotland's Year of Homecoming.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
IT'S a night out celebrating decades of Scottish music from Deacon Blue to Tommy Reilly, Evelyn Glennie to Eddi Reader, and Teenage Fanclub to The View. As a snapshot of S
captains dead (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
i might actually be re-posting about 20 shows, fyi. anyway, one band that i really dont think about until i listen to em, and then i want more is teenage fanclub. if you’ve never checked em out definitely check out bandwagonesque – one of the best records of the 90’s, or their “greatest hits” record, [...]
Band Weblogs (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Twin Atlantic announce headline tour for the new year. Plus: In-store appearances Acclaimed Glaswegian rock band Twin Atlantic are set to release the latest cut from their recently released 'Vivarium' mini-album on the 30th of November, in the form of "What Is Light? Where Is Laughter?".
Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The Swimmers’ People Are Soft is a damn good record.
captains dead (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
adam and his advising uncle its been a bit, and i really need to try and get more artists for this “feature” but, not surprisingly, i am really bad at following up with folks. this edition of “tell me something…” features london’s the tailors and their front man, adam killip. their upcoming release for trash aesthetics [...]
Talking Pish (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Here's a video of Edwyn Collins and Teenage Fanclub performing 'Dying Day' in Mono in September.
Bumpershine.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Snow Patrol Prize Pack Speaking of new releases, on Tuesday Snow Patrol released a 2 CD compilation of singles, covers, rarities and album tracks in celebration of their 15 year anniversary. Here’s a little press blurbage about Up To Now, their new career spanning retrospective: Up To Now includes three previously unreleased songs, “Just Say Yes” “Dark [...]
A Space For Music Liberation (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
This rock and stroll mini album by Chicago based The Yearbooks is reminiscent of the schmindie Brit pop brigade that infected the UK charts over a decade ago. Think The Boo Radleys or Teenage Fanclub . With passive vocals, plodding melodies and flaccid Stroke’s guitar lines ‘ Have a Great Summer ’ is a wishy-washy affair comprising of six melancholic pop numbers. Too inconspicuous...
A New Band A Day! (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Norway: a country of intense natural beauty, endless sunshine and the highest standards of living in the world. No wonder that I Was A King make music that's so happy the songs themselves are fit to burst, right? Well, kind of. I get the feeling that I Was A King are a little... well, bored of all the good times, and are trying out this whole 'miserable' thing, you know - to see what it's like. Naturally...
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