Bitter Fingers
A blog about popular song by Mark Higgins.
Archive for June, 2009
Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work
In: Music Video
29 Jun 2009Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work (Youtube)
There’s something immediately Phoenix about these guys, whether it’s the tight compressed drums or the melodic guitar line. Not that it’s a bad thing – being compared to Phoenix after the superb Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is an honour indeed.
You’d probably never guess these guys were from [...]
Simian Mobile Disco – Audacity of Huge
In: Music Video
23 Jun 2009Simian Mobile Disco – Audacity of Huge (Youtube)
To be honest, I was always a bigger fan of Simian Mobile Disco when they were an agitated, jerky indie band in the same vein as Clor, knocking out songs like La Breeze. When they moved over their more electronic sound, I began to lose interest.
That is, of [...]
Placebo – For What It’s Worth
In: Music Video
6 Jun 2009Placebo – For What It’s Worth (Youtube)
I’ll grant you, it’s not the best video in the world. And Brian has got rubbish hair. In fact, it might be up there with the art school pretension of Teenage Angst way back in 1996. However, it is a cracking tune.
However long Placebo stay around for, they’re always [...]
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Chairlift – Bruises
In: Music Video
5 Jun 2009Chairlift – Bruises (Youtube)
Bit of an odd one, this. Despite coming out in autumn of last year, or at least getting a lot of radio play at that time, Chairlift have decided to release a video for Bruises now. Which is nice.
In fact, my good friend Matthew Sheret and I got together last Christmas to [...]
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