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” […]
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 […]