Adventures of a University Finalist Blog - Bands on tour

• Oh! Philly Cheddah Is Rich

  Hall & Oates - Alone Too LongHall & Oates - Had I Known You Better ThenHall & Oates - Johnny Gore and the C EatersThe Todd Rundgren Competition is now closed with two clear winners who are Maxwell Murdoc with his answer of Todd Rundgren -> Prana (collaborated together) ->...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Daryl Hall
  • John Oates
  • Little Feat
  • Smokey Robinson ON TOUR (US)
  • Suzanne Vega
  • Todd Rundgren
• Todd Is God

  XTC – The Meeting PlaceRichard Hell - TimeNazz – Open My EyesLittle Willie John - Need Your Love So BadYes, it’s competition time once again. This time we’re going to play a game that I like to call Degrees of Todd Rundgren… which is basically The Kevin Bacon Game but...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Todd Rundgren
• Anatomy of a Mix Pt. 2

  The Byrds - Dolphin's SmileBelle & Sebastien - Sukie in the GraveyardRon Sexsmith - Tell Me AgainDaniel Wylie - Snow PonyTomorrow, next Thursday… there’s not that much difference between the two is there really?This particular post is going to be another attempt to if not kill a sacred cow then...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Ron Sexsmith
• Anatomy of a Mix Pt 1

  1. Gang of Four - Anthrax2. The Durutti Column - An Act Committed3. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - The Wizard and The Lizard4. The Count Five - Psychotic Reaction5. Eric Matthews - Faith in Clay6. Elvis Costello - From A Whisper To A Scream7. Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Ain't Nothing You...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Elvis Costello
  • Little Feat
  • The Rolling Stones
• The Pyrrhic Victory of Listendom

  Clem Snide - African FriendElvis Costello - Episode of BlondeRoots Manuva - Sinny Sin SinsIt appears that this impromptu pseudo intellectual revolution of this PBB (petit bourgeois blog) continues. Today, it is the turn of that most evil form of music snobbery to do battle with my poison keyboard: the...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • Elvis Costello
• Crisis Talks in the Middle Classes

  A Girl Called Eddy - Girls Can Really Tear You Up InsideChange of tack again. I'm now looking to move away from a platform that focuses on individual songs toward more general theses. I have found myself recently missing the opportunity to speak at length on music as a social...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Richard Hawley
• A Panegyric to Soothe A Troubled Soul

  Richard Thompson - SibellaThe Dons - Only GuyThe Acorn - Sent (Awake the Kraken)Ken Stringfellow - Any Love (Cassandra et Lune)Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Honey Child What Can I Do?Cor blimey. Another three week hiatus. Bugger. Never mind - it was all in the cause of those two...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Isobel Campbell
  • Mark Lanegan
  • Richard Thompson ON TOUR (UK)
• The Gates of Troy

  The Monkees - Apples, Peaches, Bananas and PearsSqueeze - PiccadillyThe Undertones - Valentine's TreatmentThe Jam - Billy Hunt (Alt. Version)Jellyfish - Russian HillSo finally we reach the climax of the Uni Finalist 1st Anniversary competition. Dick has been grooving to his specially formulated compilation for a couple of months now...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Elvis Costello
  • The Fab Four ON TOUR (US)
• The Night Owl is the Right Owl

  Owsley - Owsley (Giant Records, 1999)Owsley - Oh No the RadioOwsley - Zavelow HouseOwsley - The Sky is FallingOwsley - Uncle John's FarmHere is a simple equation: a Grammy winner + lascivious pop hooks + silibant sunshine choruses + crunching power chords + crunching 4/4 drums = a fascination with...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Here ON TOUR (UK)
• Brand New White Mustang

  Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (Columbia, 1987)Bruce Springsteen - Walk Like A ManBruce Springsteen - Brilliant DisguiseIf one were to break down the Boss's 80s output it is disparate to say the least: 'The River' represents his over expansive flirtation with gritty rock n' roll; 'Nebraska' established his credentials...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Bruce Springsteen
• Spiral Stairs' Bluegrass Boogie

  Pavement - Spit on a StrangerNickel Creek - Spit on a StrangerIt begins with a bang. A half second snippet of stoner rock - perhaps the long forgotten hybrid of 'Silver Machine' and 'Immigrant Song' for which Don Quixote and his faithful steed Rochinate searched so long. This, however, quickly...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Stranger
  • Terror ON TOUR (US)
• Satan Is My Master (Sunrise)

  AM/FM - When I Died In SebastopolJose Gonzalez - LovestainCee-Lo - All Day Love AffairChris Bell - Country Mom (Demo)Oh dear. As soon as I promise a new period of creative expediency and I get struck down by a reoccurence of glandular fever - a plague that has affected me...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Jose Gonzalez
• What A Muppet!

  The Joel Plaskett Emergency - Blinding LightDB Cooper - Ram OnWe Are Scientists - This Means War3 weeks away! Who would have thought that it such a long period of torpor and blind negation would exist between this post and the epic that came before. Well, I'm sure that you're...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • We Are Scientists
• Turned Down By Sammy Davis Jr For the Last Time

  Jimmy Webb - Archive + Live (Reprise, 2005)Jimmy Webb - GalvestonJimmy Webb - Feet in the SunshineJimmy Webb - If Ships Were Made to SailJimmy Webb - My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama (Live)How quickly we humans seek change in our soggy milque toast existences. Bored by the throbbing...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • The Beach Boys ON TOUR (US)
  • The Capitol Years
  • Little Feat
  • Rod Stewart ON TOUR (US)
• Bed and Breakfast Men

  Field Music - If Only the Moon Were UpField Music - Breakfast SongField Music - Got To Write A LetterField Music - You're So Pretty...I have no idea how to introduce this group so I'll throw facts at you until some of them stick. 1) There are 1, 2, 3...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Here ON TOUR (UK)
  • Kenny Rogers ON TOUR (US/UK)
  • Maximo Park
• The King of the Gypsies

  Edwyn Collins - Doctor Syntax (Instinct Records, 2003)Edwyn Collins - Mine Is AtEdwyn Collins - The BeatlesHello people. It is the day of reckoning for I have decided who will win the wonderful prize which I offered last Monday. Honourable mentions go out to all of you who actually entered....(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • The Beach Boys ON TOUR (US)
  • English Beat ON TOUR (US)
  • Loudon Wainwright Iii ON TOUR (US)
  • Steely Dan
  • Todd Rundgren
  • You ON TOUR (US)
• 107 Ain't No Lottery Number

  The Allman Brothers - Little MarthaThe Monkees - Circle Sky (Alt. Version)Will skip the track commentary today if you don't mind and will head straight to the nitty gritty. I had a brainwave today as to how to galvanise reader participation. Below are listed all the artists that have featured...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Allman Brothers
  • The Autumn Defense
  • The Beach Boys ON TOUR (US)
  • Crowded House
  • Curtis Stigers
  • English Beat ON TOUR (US)
  • G. Love
  • Graham Parker
  • Hamell On Trial ON TOUR (US)
  • Kid Creole And The Coconuts
  • Loudon Wainwright Iii ON TOUR (US)
  • Nick Cave
  • Ryan Adams ON TOUR (US)
  • Steely Dan
  • Tim Rogers
  • Todd Rundgren
  • Tom Waits
• On the Banks of the Muddy River Douglas

  Grand Drive - Santa RitaThe Undertones - Here Comes The Summer (Peel Session 5.2.1979)The Seeds - Two Fingers Pointing On YouWitness UK - AvalancheNever in my life have I read liner notes that have quite a vitriolic hatred for the recordings that they are supposedly promoting than on the Edsel...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Here ON TOUR (UK)
  • In The Name Of
  • Uk