Remember my last one of these, featuring Pitchfork’s Top 500 songs of the decade?

Well, what d’you know, it’s less pretentious younger sister Drowned In Sound has only gone and followed suit, and, as I expected, they’ve only gone and done it a DAMN SIGHT BETTER.

Ok, so there are a few misses (Kate Nash? Paramore? Bloc Party? WHAT?), but these are ( Read more... )

of SHITTY DAYS.

Ok, so that may be a bit of an exagerration... but honestly, Mew's gig at ICA started off with one of the biggest fiasco's I have ever had the misfortune to experience.

We (me, Sam, Lyc, Beth and Hazel) are on time completely, so we can get right to the front and gaze lovingly at the beautiful being of Jonas Bjerre for well over an ( Read more... )

Cos hell, it's been a while.

This week, whilst being a long one (thanks, college) wasn't short of enjoyable moments.

Firstly, OMG MEW ARE COMING TO LONDON!!!

For the first time possibly ever, I managed to get pre-sale tickets. How very 'hardcore' of me. So yes, this point in short: Roll on July 16th. And Jonas, I will try my best not to eat you. I ( Read more... )

And I thought it would be fitting to start it off with a list of things (in no particular order) that have got me excited for the year ahead:

- The ridiculously adorable Jonas Bjerre
- The Leisure Society - seriously, any band who manage to fit the line 'Relax, biatch, it's Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre' in an otherwise traditionally folk song own my heart. ( Read more... )

Not for New Years (leaving that for later, woopee) but for Bethany's brand new obsession...

And so, without further ado, let me introduce you to the weird and wonderful world of Mew...

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Pretty special I think you'll agree, and this little one is just too cute for words...

I feel inclined also to recommend The Zookeeper's Boy (cutest melody ever) and ( Read more... )