Screw the summer joie de vivre. Festival season is nearly over, Britain once again won sweet F.A. in sports and to top it all off the weather is going to shit faster a Senator Clay Davis scene from The Wire . Accordingly we felt the distinct need to reacquaint ourselves with our grumpy sides and taking inspiration from Cee-Lo’s excellently executed ‘Fuck You’, we’ve scoured The Counterfit memory bank for the best instances of swearing in our favourite tracks.

Carry on…

Long time readers of The Counterfit will know that we have a massive W logo in the place where our heart should reside. If the recent news that the geek-rock four piece are planning a Blue Album/Pinkerton tour wasn’t enough to send us into fanboy overdrive though, the band’s first UK appearance in five long years which will occur at Reading festival this weekend certainly has done the trick. In the highly probably case you’re not as obsessed with the Weez as we are however, we’ve put together a 15 track Spotify playlist containing all their best moments to date.

Carry on…

On 20th February 2008 the Klaxons were somewhere near the biggest band in Great Britain. Having picked up the Mercury Prize in late 2007 for their debut album Myths Of The Near Future, a record that went on to finish the year with sales of 274,000, they spent the early part of the following year on a victory rally of the major awards ceremonies.

The culmination of this heady jaunt occurred at the 2008 Brit Awards where the band backed Rihanna performing a mash-up of ‘Umbrella’ and ‘Golden Skans’.

Carry on…

Once upon a time in a post many months ago, we at The Counterfit promised an album to the reader who could suggest a new favourite band or artist for us to listen to. Dutifully you sent in your recommendations and finally we’ve found the time to present part one of our assessment of the picks by all our friends.

Carry on…