Archive for April, 2009

Tiga – Shoes

In: Music Video

13 Apr 2009

Through some miracle of watermarking or other sneaky record company tactics, Ciao! by Tiga, his follow up to the sublime Sexor, hasn’t leaked all over the internet. However, this track has, and what a track it is.
It’s radio-friendly, no doubt, in the same way that his cover of Nelly’s Hot In Herre was a few [...]

Metric – Gimme Sympathy

In: Music Video

8 Apr 2009

I first saw Metric supporting Death From Above 1979 at the Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth, in what turned out to be the loudest gig I’ve ever been to. But that was DFA, and Metric were something different.
They’ve always had a swagger to their sound, from the very enjoyable Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? [...]

Emma Pollock – Acid Test

In: Music Video

6 Apr 2009

For whatever reason the majority of my music falls into the very neat category of “blokes with guitars”, so occasionally it’s nice to be able to buck that trend with “woman with guitar”.
Inevitably Emma Pollock is going to draw comparison to KT Tunstall, being as she’s from Scotland and plays some rather nice indie music. [...]

That Was The Tweet That Was: 2009-04-05

In: Tweets

5 Apr 2009

If you can think of a better use for Spotify than listening to the Ghostbusters theme, I’d like to hear it. #
Dinner of champions! http://twitpic.com/2lzk1 #
I’ve started blogging again. If you fancy more of this, head over to http://bitterfingers.net/ #
Cursive are playing the UK! But apparently only Manchester and Newcastle. Hopefully a London date will [...]

Friendly Fires – Skeleton Boy

In: Music Video

3 Apr 2009

I downloaded Friendly Fires’ eponymous debut album on the strength of Paris, which was doing the usual indie blog rounds. It’s a nice song, and certainly gets your attention, but it’s nothing like Skeleton Boy. There’s the standard bleeps and bloops, which are my favourite musical device in any scenario. On top of that you’ve [...]

Twitter Updates for 2009-04-01

In: Tweets

1 Apr 2009

Echoing @Plastic_Soul here’s some keywords for bots to search and follow me based on: bolster cardigan duck raygun mantelpiece disinfectant #
If there’s a more awesome thing than Jack Bauer overturning a portacabin with a JCB, then I sure haven’t seen it. #
Almost certain I saw John Terry driving a builder’s van this morning. Trust him [...]


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