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Cambridge sucks in the summer

Music news, reviews & ramblings...

About Me

MyGen Profile GeneratorI've lived in Cambridge since early 2001 and I'm a regular on the gig-going scene.

This Myspace page is related to my blog where I post local gig info, links to some of my reviews - I write for a website called CD Times and also a local magazine called Music-Zine - as well as other music related ramblings: Cambridge sucks in the summer

Please feel free to contact me with info on live events or promos.
If it's any good I'll link to it here.

My Interests

Cricket and rugby... outside the obvious gig going, CD purchasing and general worrying about my bank balance.

I'd like to meet:

Any like minded people with interests in music, writing and going to gigs.

What I'm listening to this very moment:

Heavy rotation:

Music:

Paul Weller, Ryan Adams, The Decemberists, Wilco, Band Of Horses, The Smiths, Morrissey, American Analog Set, The Album Leaf, Deftones, Death Cab For Cutie, dEUS, Doves, The Drones, Duke Special, The Early Years, Emmy The Great, The Evens, Fields, Fionn Regan, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Good Shoes, Good Books, Gravenhurts, Guillemots, Howling Bells, The Jame, Jens Lekman, Jim O'Rouke, John Cale, Jonathan Rice, Liam Frost, Lou Barlow, Sebadoh, Arab Strap, My Morning Jacket, Muse, Mystery Jets, Neal Casal, Radiohead, Raising The Fawn, Broken Social Scene, Russian Circles, Sophia, Sun Kil Moon, The Thermals, Youth Movie Soundtrack Strategies, Neil Young, TV On The Radio, Whiskeytown, World Party

Movies:

High Fidelity, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, Rushmore, Eraserhead

Television:

Black Books, Harvey Birdman, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Deadwood, Lost, Doctor Who, The OC.

Books:

The Magus, High Fidelity, Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, Time's Arrow, The Rachel Papers, Invisible Cities, Innocent When You Dream.

My Blog

Friday is review day!

After a quiet week for reviews, here's a couple that have gone online this week... The Decemberists - The Crane WifeFinally! A UK release for The Decemberists major label debut The Crane Wife. This s...
Posted by Cambridge sucks in the summer on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 06:42:00 PST

The Shins - Wincing The Night Away

After creating one of the most perfect indie-pop records of recent times with Chutes Too Narrow, The Shins had a hard record to follow. With Wincing The Night Away I don't think they've done it. It f...
Posted by Cambridge sucks in the summer on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:09:00 PST

Future of the Left? Too right!

Future Of The Left - Fingers Become Thumbs!This is the kind of single that should benefit from the new changes in the UK Singles Chart. Just under two minutes of pure, unadultured noise madness. The ...
Posted by Cambridge sucks in the summer on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:38:00 PST

Desert Hearts - Hotsy Totsy Nagasaki album review

After their much praised debut, Let's Get Worse, the Desert Hearts seemed to go into hiding. Released in 2002, it topped many a year end list but, after a 4 year wait, they've returned with an aggres...
Posted by Cambridge sucks in the summer on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:43:00 PST

Kristin Hersh and The Earlies reviewed

Former Throwing Muse Kristin Hersh has been around a bit (I'm sure she won't mind me saying). Twenty years and fifteen albums into a career which has seen her front a seminal Alt-Rock band and scream...
Posted by Cambridge sucks in the summer on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:55:00 PST

Riviera - Capital, album review

Wearing your influences on your sleeve can be a bad thing. I can think of countless bands that have been influenced by all or one of, The Stones, Neil Young and The Band who have come off sounding li...
Posted by Cambridge sucks in the summer on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:36:00 PST

Robert Gomez & The Hold Steady reviews

Robert Gomez - Brand New Towns Bella Union are fast establishing themselves as one of the most important record labels out there. After putting out excellent albums by Howling Bells, Fionn Regan, Mid...
Posted by Cambridge sucks in the summer on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:56:00 PST

Welcome!

Well, as an introduction to this, here's some of my current reviews! First up is contender for the "Best Album Title Of The Year" award with "I Am Not Afriad Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass" by the qu...
Posted by Cambridge sucks in the summer on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:04:00 PST