You know, I’m just going to jump straight into it this year. The usual caveat emptors – as always, with these lists – exist, and I’m trusting you lot to be smart enough to know that by now. So, without further ado, here we go… 10. REM – Collapse Into Now Although “Collapse Into Now” […]
Category: 2011 releases
Since pretty much the release of their debut album, we’ve all been waiting with bated breath for Mumford and Sons‘ sophomore release. The band has teased us by road-testing quite a few of the rumoured new tunes while on tour; most recently, we wrote about “Home” here. They’ve now debuted possibly my favourite of the […]
You’d be forgiven for thinking this is a Ryan Adams blog, given the last few posts here… but c’mon, we all know I have major love for the guy. So, it is with much joy that I present to you (courtesy of NPR), the full stream of Ryan’s new album, Ashes & Fire. A full […]
I was in two minds when I first heard this… and I suppose that I still am. But the more I listen to this tune, the more I think I get it. James Blake and Justin Vernon seem like they would make for a magical match up, and this new collaboration from them could just […]
Today Ryan Adams released the first single off his forthcoming Glyn Johns-produced LP, Ashes & Fire, on his Facebook page, titled “Lucky Now”. I’ve been listening to the thing for about 6 hours now, and – despite the lyrics – each time I hear it, this smile creeps across my face, and (as cliched as […]
You know one of the really cool things about the internet? You can start out reading an article about Grant Morrison, and then click a link from there to one of the author’s other blogs, and then from there click on a comment left on a blog post, and then from there end up at […]
One of my most-anticipated releases of 2011 might not be what you think. Because it’s a Muppets cover album, otherwise known as “The Green Album“. So this cover from Andrew Bird of the iconic tune “Bein’ Green” makes me feel indescribably kid-like (and by that I mean: happy). In Andrew’s own words: This song epitomizes […]
What could be better then hearing me say, “Hey, you know what? Here’s a new Frightened Rabbit tune”? Oh, I don’t know. How about, “Hey, you know what? Here’s a new Frightened Rabbit tune… and it features Tracyanne Campbell from Camera Obscura”? Yeah. How freakin’ cool is that. “Fuck This Place” is off Frightened Rabbit’s […]