Some Covers For Friday Part VI
Well, it feels like ages since I’ve done a ‘proper’ covers only post. Let’s get going… Sons & Daughters -’Killer (Adamski/Seal cover).’ mp3 Pet Shop Boys -’Always On My Mind (Elvis Presley...
View ArticleI think I smell a rat…
After last year’s painfully cool cluster of releases on the Matador-4AD-Beggars Banquet group (Cave Singers, Mogwai, Times New Viking, Fucked Up, Stephen Malkmus, Jay Reatard, Cat Power, Stereolab...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Condo Fucks
Condo Fucks -’Fuckbook’ (Matador) There have been many boring stickers on albums over the years. Prices, parental advisory stickers (‘what’s the point in wasting money on music that won’t upset your...
View ArticleNew Yo La Tengo song!
Hallelujah! Yup, there is a new Yo La Tengo album on the way. And no, it’s not the Condo F*cks but as Yo La Tengo. The album is entitled Popular Songs and should be out in early September. Read about...
View ArticleIn another galaxy, far far away this is kicking Simon Cowell into forever
I’ve featured Fucked Up on here before now. They’ve done cover versions before (I have posted their EP which features covers of The Shop Assistants) and they have done a cover ‘Do they Know It’s...
View ArticleGig review – Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo – Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, June 6 This is the first night in the UK of Yo La Tengo’s Re-inventing The Wheel tour. The aim of these shows is that each show is show of two halves with no...
View ArticleThe return of Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo have announced that they will release their thirteenth studio album, Fade, on January 14. The first track to do the rounds is the gorgeous clsoing track ‘Before We Run’ which you can watch...
View ArticleChristmas Posts 2012 #19
No, not son 17 Seconds, who’s a little bigger than that these days, but a very Happy Christmas from all of us here. Enjoy these songs -and please, leave feedback! The Fall -’(We Wish You) A Protein...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo -’Fade.’ (Matador) I’ve been waiting for this album, as a fan, and I wasn’t disappointed. See, Yo La Tengo have now been around for decades rather than years, but every album still feels...
View ArticleThe Cure vs. Ride
It’s now 25 years since Ride released their debut album, Nowhere. To these ears, the shoegazing legends were at their finest on their debut album, and their first four EPs. November 6 will see the...
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