archive for... March, 2010
What Became of the Likely Lads?
10:36 pm on 30 March, 2010
The Libertines and I go back a long way. From the original copy of ‘Up The Bracket’ I found in a Virgin Megastore bargain bin, to a fanatical period of teenage obsession where every b-side and session outtake was treated with a reverence usually prescribed to the Turin Shroud and, almost terminally, to a disastrous Pete Doherty solo show at the Royal Albert Hall which was ended prematurely by an idiotic stage invasion.
Volume Two – She & Him
9:29 pm on 28 March, 2010
Traditional signs that summer is coming:
- Birdsong in the morning (check)
- Exam timetable set (check)
- The changing of the clocks (check)
- Chirpy new She & Him record (check)
LCD Soundsystem Set Drunk Girls Loose
5:50 pm on 28 March, 2010
After rumours of a break-up and an effortless sounding Alan Vega cover to finish 2009, James Murphy brings LCD Soundsystem back to the disco with the first single from their now completed third album.
God Bless All Tomorrow’s Parties!
4:52 pm on 26 March, 2010
Close your eyes for a minute and imagine a festival that runs four times a year with a reliably fantastic line-up. An event that’s priced at an affordable portion of your savings where access to the water flume rides is practically mandatory. Well it just so happens that such a place exists at Butlins in Minehead! No wait, come back…
