Top 20 LPs of 2008 |
I suppose it's only fair I sort one of these, eh?
Not been nearly so prolific on the music listening this time around as the preceding 2 or 3 years, sadly, although still made a decent fist ...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:35:00 GMT |
ManchesterMusic gig reviews January 2008 |
Daniel Land & The Modern Painters/ The Jannocks, Roadhouse, Wednesday 9th January 2008
The Jannocks is a nice name, isn't it? At first I thought a jannock must be some variety of bird. Apparently ...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:33:00 GMT |
LPs/Songs Of The Year 2007 |
LPs:
30. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 'Some Loud Thunder'
29. The White Stripes 'Icky Thump'
28. Digitalism 'Idealism'
27. Wilco 'Sky Blue Sky'
26. Okkervil River 'The Stage Names'
25. Ryan Adams 'Easy T...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:32:00 GMT |
ManchesterMusic gig reviews November 2007 |
Two Gallants/ Blitzen Trapper/ Kelley Stoltz, Academy 3, Tuesday 6th November 2007
Kelley Stoltz kicks things off very early and with an initial feel of Wilco meets Brendan Benson but perhaps also a s...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:18:00 GMT |
ManchesterMusic gig reviews October 2007 |
El-P, Roadhouse, Tuesday 2nd October 2007
The only real concern with enjoying El-P - or any of the artistes on the excellent Def Jux label he founded and still runs - on record is that at times thing...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:03:00 GMT |
ManchesterMusic gig reviews September 2007 |
The Go! Team/ Caribou, Manchester Ritz, Thursday 13th September 2007
I'm not sure there are too many more pleasant surprises on God's Earth than only realising that one of your favourite bands are sup...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:31:00 GMT |
Summer lull and other stuff |
Yeah the blog has gone a bit quiet, hasn't it, what with the Playlouder stuff out the window (really really can't be arsed to do the GoodBooks and Souvaris reviews heh heh) and the typical summer gig ...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:24:00 GMT |
ManchesterMusic gig reviews August 2007 |
DPercussion Festival, Castlefield, Saturday 4th August 2007
Has it really been 10 (and a bit) years since the Repercussion DJ all-dayer ushered in a now familiar fixture in the festival calendar - du...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 13:16:00 GMT |
Playlouder-ing no more |
I've no idea how many people even read these music missives I post here but the blog count thing seems to suggest a good few so probably worth pointing out on here that after a fair bit of thought I'v...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:13:00 GMT |
Steve Albini fields questions on poker forum |
Wow. This is an amazing read. It's long and he's in typically acerbic form - some great scathing replies to the silliest and most fawningly sycophantic questions.
Well worth a read. Here's the link:
A...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:52:00 GMT |
