Bitter Fingers
A blog about popular song by Mark Higgins.
Posts Tagged ‘Villagers’
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 [...]
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Festive Ten 2010
In: Music Video
24 Dec 2010It’s that time of year again. The time of year I pick out my favourite tunes of 2010 and put them on here for you to disagree with. That’s what making a year end list is all about, right?
Of course, I’m referring to the Festive Ten 2010, which I did online last year and have [...]
Pile of Promos for 2 August
In: New Music| Pile of Promos
30 Jun 2010Due to the overwhelming popularity of last week’s Pile of Promos (got a few retweets) I’ve decided to do it again. This time, singles to be released on the 2nd of August are put in a CD player and listened to while I noisily tap away at a keyboard (sometimes known as “reviewing them”).
The Middle [...]
Villagers – Ship of Promises
In: Music Video| New Music
24 Jun 2010Villagers – Ship of Promises (Youtube)
Here’s the video for the rather sublime new Villagers song. I am somewhat beguiled by this track, and at first I wasn’t sure if it was in a good way or a bad way. After about fifteen listens I can confirm it’s the good one. There’s some serious songwriting under [...]
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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.
- 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. [...]
- Gareth: It's a Kind of Magic is the best song about magic. [...]
- The Internet Garbage: I like this! It's really good - definitely a "Saturday morning jam" as you say. And the video is fun [...]
- “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
- Jessica 6 – Prisoner Of Love
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