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I was going to write a proper review of Home Fires IV, but I have several posts waiting to be finished, and if we wait for them to be finished, they never will be, so here are some bite-sized reviews of the bands I saw. If you want to know more, I'd suggest following the links and checking out the music yourselves (apologies in advance for linking ( Read more... )

Okay, yes, I am bored and procrastinating. Again. Inspired by Al, and posted in whichever order they play on iTunes shuffle, see if you can identify the songs these lines come from.

1. "She was smitten from the first by a curious fella who said, 'I love the way you talk'"

2. "Sometimes you just can't hold back the river"

3. "I'll be the ( Read more... )

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This all started because I woke up with Hollow by Tricky in my head a few days ago, and it's been worming its way around my mind off and on ever since, so I thought I'd see if there was a video of it. There isn't. But I found some other cool stuff.

This is brilliant. And I'd forgotten that Penn & Teller show up in the original video for It's ( Read more... )

Not just one, but two today.

First up, in honour of tomorrow's gig at the Water Rat's, is Jeffrey Lewis: "the complete history of the development of punk on New York's Lower East Side from 1950-1975".

Second up, in honour of next Monday's gig with Melt Banana, is Hunting Lodge: Mighty, the Forward Striding Toes

In honour of their newly-released single, and the gig they're playing this coming Saturday, today's mp3 comes from my friends' band, Morning Bride. People who read my old livejournal will probably remember me linking to this before, but it's a great song, so here it is again: Zero One Zero OneIf you're free on Saturday, come to the show as it ( Read more... )