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Burn Pigs Burn

June 3, 2008

So while our beleaguered police force are being told not to bother prosecuting for certain crimes (such as knife related) because of prison overcrowding, they’re instead concentrating their efforts on populating the last few remaining places on catching the most heinous, nefarious, despicable and despised people society has had the arrogance to cough up:  people who share [...]

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Everything sucks

December 3, 2007

This year seems to have been pretty shit for new music. In fact, it’s becoming difficult to find anything new worthy of a listen, a situation which has become increasingly worse over the years with the demise of bands like Hot Snakes, Fugazi, and so on. A quick trawl through what’s popular on Indietorrents shows [...]

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Ask a music scene micro celebrity

July 16, 2007

Here’s a worthwhile read while you’re avoiding work this morning. It’s a thread started by Steve Albini on a gambling site’s message board – he’s known for being a pretty hardcore poker player – covering all aspects of his music ‘career’, including working with Nirvana, Pixies, The Jesus Lizard, and so on. I have traveled [...]

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All Yesterday’s Parties

May 21, 2007

I’ll keep this short – ATP was fucking ace. Butlin’s was a real surprise (in a good way) and the lineup was unreal. I’m up for going to the next one but I’ll be amazed if the bands playing are half as decent… Highlights were definitely seeing Shellac play twice (three days if you count [...]

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It’s a sign

April 20, 2007

The new Santa Rosa equipped Apple laptops can’t come quick enough for me really (click for big): I’m hoping that it’s a one-off, but as that’s the first time I’ve seen that happen in the 18 months I’ve owned the laptop it’s probably a sign of impending doom. Time to take advantage of my Applecare [...]

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Dischord Records Update – March 12th

March 16, 2007

Just in case you’re not on the mailing list, with some stuff trimmed: Antelope Album and Tour Antelope’s long waited full-length, “Reflector”, is now available from our website and will be available in stores on March 26. Antelope have also embarked on a massive tour, 40 shows on 42 days, in the USA. Check the [...]

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Malaligned

March 4, 2007

After missing them tour almost as many times as I saw Bluetip play, I finally managed to see Retisonic at the Barfly in Camden Town. They put on a good show and I managed to fire off a few photos from the front, but as it was pretty packed in there (the Barfly is fairly [...]

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New back required %l

January 15, 2007

A trip to the physio this morning meant that I was diagnosed with a damaged disc in my lower back. Apparently it should heal in ‘about four weeks’, so in the meantime I’m dosing myself up with Ibuprofen and Paracetamol to numb the pain a bit whilst at work. Sitting in cheapo office chairs is [...]

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Worst Ever Album Covers

January 2, 2007

Some of these are absolutely priceless. Favourites have to be “Julie’s Sixteenth Birthday”, “The Handless Organist”, “Karatist Preacher”, and “Devastatin’ Dave”. Mint.

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Guy Picciotto Interview

December 27, 2006

There’s a halfway interesting interview with Guy Picciotto over here. Mainly goes on about his work on the recent Blood Brothers album, but there’s a couple of other amusing questions tucked in there as well: “The term ‘emo’ certainly wasn’t in circulation when Rites of Spring was a band so I don’t know how the [...]

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