Twenty Songs, 16th April 2006

This has been much more like it. There are songs that didn't make it into this twenty which, at times, could've just been one album or another. A much better week for music.

Diving straight in, then, we kick off with The Rapture back on the list after a long absence in light of the news of a new single which might be ( Read more... )

I was a bit trepid at my in store purchases yesterday. As I say I got Aphex Twin's Chosen Lords (superb name for an album, mind) and Semifinalists' eponymous debut. Unlixes Online isn't the biggest Aphex shrine in the world and while we liked Semifinalists singles they are a bit out there without reigning it in for the sake of the sing-a-long ( Read more... )

Some emo-ish kinda average act called Brigade of whom I own an EP are doing a tour. During this tour they are playing my local, The Crown, which really acts as a signpost that the band really haven't made it. I've never known any decent act ever to play there ( Read more... )

Twenty Songs, 9th April 2006A return to form for the list this week, with actual songs that we've loved this week - and really loved - being listed as they appeared, not just as we think they appeared. A pretty unvaried selection but that's what happens when you buy albums and singles by a small group of artists I guess ( Read more... )

Twenty Songs, 2nd April 2006Another late, late Twenty this week. I was busy last weekend and then I was busy this week. To be honest I've mostly been busy transfering music from vinyl to mp3 which is a painstaking process but still, it means that next weeks chart is unlikely to be quite as hit and miss as this one. Again, like the last few weeks, ( Read more... )

Vinyl is such a hard beast to get onto computer. Especially considering my turntable is so far from my computer. I've got a two meter line-in cable and it shuddiest up the sound quite some and also distorts it horribly when you try to record at a reasonable volume ( Read more... )