Bitter Fingers
A blog about popular song by Mark Higgins.
Posts Tagged ‘Los Campesinos!’
Johnny Foreigner – Harriet, By Proxy
In: Music Video| New Music
29 Jan 2011Johnny Foreigner – Harriet, By Proxy (Youtube)
Here is a new video from the popular beat outfit Johnny Foreigner. It contains some rather loud guitars.
Aside from having the finest band name since Dananananaykroyd, they produce the sort of frenetic, shouty indie pop so beloved by bands including Los Campesinos! Which is fitting, given that they went [...]
Bitter Fingers Radio Volume 12: Two Festive Fingers
In: Uncategorized
3 Jan 2011After writing up my Festive Ten for this year, I felt that mere Spotify and YouTube playlists weren’t enough to convey just how amazing a year it’s been in music. So, in a first for Bitter Fingers Radio, I’ve recorded a special two-part show playing out in full both mine and Mr. Matthew Sheret’s Festive [...]
- No Comments
- Tags: Arcade Fire, Bec Hill, Breakbot, British Sea Power, Danger, everything everything, Fang Island, gorillaz, Katy Perry, laura marling, London Fields Radio, Los Campesinos!, marina and the diamonds, matthew sheret, Mystery Jets, Nigel Godrich, robyn, Sleigh Bells, Tamaryn, The Kissaway Trail, Villagers, yeasayer
Los Campesinos! live at the Garage, London
In: Live Music
29 Oct 2009Last night I went to see Los Campesinos! at The Garage, here in London. My gig companions were the erstwhile Kieron Gillen and the awful Matthew Sheret, the latter describing the night as “a stag night for terribly awkward boys”. He wasn’t far wrong.
But first, the Garage. It’s a nice enough venue, apparently redone from [...]
The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future (Vimeo)
It look me a long time to get into Los Campesinos! for a few reasons. The first thing I heard from them, the exhuberant We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives was so tongue in cheek it was in danger of becoming permanently lodged there. [...]
- No Comments
- Tags: Los Campesinos!
Welcome to Bitter Fingers - a blog about popular song. Written by the hand of Mark Higgins, it serves up the very finest in new music, radio shows, spurious comment and #1 jams.
- anmari: I remember Cheggers Plays Pop, and 1984 - can't remember the 'biggest star of 1984' though? [...]
- Gabi: Gosh, I loved this post. I t really made me LOL. Brilliant!!! (from a Wham!/GM fan!). [...]
- Peter: My favourite is M.A.G.I.C. by The Sound of Arrow. Makes feel like a child again. http://www.youtube. [...]
- Grace: What about Nick Drake?? [...]
- Gareth: In fact there's so much magic involved I got the title a bit wrong. [...]
- Hey so this new Kavinsky track is pretty choice
- “David Austin, the biggest star of 1984″
- The top five songs by Wham!
- Azealia Banks – 212
- Bitter Fingers Radio Volume 18: Quite Good Songs Of The Year
- I CAN’T STOP LISTENING TO SELENA GOMEZ
- The top five music videos where they’re driving a car, for some reason
- I rather like We Show Up On Radar and here’s a song of his
- I’ve mentioned that I quite like The Sound Of Arrows before right
- Fred Falke – Aurora
QR Code
