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Albums of the last 3/6 months

Albums of the last 3 months (as a follow on from the first three months of the year): 1 Maxïmo Park – Quicken The Heart 2 Manic Street Preachers – Journal For Plague Lovers 3 The Horrors – Primary Colours … Continue reading

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Review : Lots of free music

I may get round to reviewing The Mars Volta, Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth and Placebo, but as you can read about all of these in a fair few other places I thought I’d concentrate on a couple of months worth … Continue reading

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Concept albums for the 21st Century

I’ve always liked concept albums. From Genesis and Pink Floyd to the Mars Volta and the Decemberists, I’ve always loved collections of songs that tell a story. But the one band who are probably the most overlooked in this area … Continue reading

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Albums of the year (so far)

Posted largely because I’m far too brain dead to finish any of the half-started posts about computers and/or music that I’ve started over the last few weeks. The Hold Steady – Stay Positive Frank Turner – Love Ire & Song … Continue reading

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This week’s free music

As I did last week, I’ve written a few notes on things I’ve downloaded this week. All are rated on the Sound Opinions “Buy it/Burn it/Trash it” scale. Dirty Wings by Josh Woodward – I downloaded this on the back … Continue reading

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Catch it while you can

The video for one of the tracks from the new R.E.M album is available for free on the UK iTunes store at present. It’s been up a couple of days so could disappear at any point. The new album sounds … Continue reading

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