to die by your side Blog - Bands on tour
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You know your time has come
Artists mentioned:My interest in the Smashing Pumpkins disappeared around the time Billy Corgan's hair did.Yet 'Siamese Dream' remains one of the important records of my formative years.I can still vividly remember when and where I first heard it. It was towards the end of the 1993 summer holidays. A return to...(read full post)
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I'm a good soul
Artists mentioned:With the kind of irony that Alanis Morissette would be proud of, this song sounds nothing like Tom Waits.Not to my ears anyway.Not in any way, shape or form. Except that it's a great song and as we all know, Tom Waits has been known to knock out the odd...(read full post)
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Shattered windows and the sound of drums
Artists mentioned:At 7pm last night, Coldplay played a 45 minute performance live at the BBC.It was one of those events that actually seemed just that.An event. The kind of thing that, if you were there, you'll be talking about it for days, weeks, even years to come. The time you got...(read full post)
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Call me morbid, call me pale
Artists mentioned:You read a lot about Morrissey's lyrics.A lot about Johnny Marr's musical ability.But you don't tend to read a lot about how good The Smiths were as a live band. Not to my knowledge anyway. And obviously, as one who spent the 1980s more concerned with the price of penny...(read full post)
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The heat floats on top of our skin
Artists mentioned:Murder By Death may just be the perfect combination of everything I like my music to be.Dark, dramatic, moody and miserable with sinister undertones.It's strange then that, for a band whose first release was back in 2002, my first knowledge of them was when this song arrived in my inbox...(read full post)
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We should put that record on
Artists mentioned:Bands used to die and stay dead.But these days, with reissues and nostalgia being big money, bands are resurrecting themselves willy nilly.My question is, should they bother? Some are welcome. Most are not. Most scream of desperation. Whether it's the need for money or the draw of fame, these days...(read full post)
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Cat Power - Birmingham Academy 2, 10/06/2008
Artists mentioned:Neil Diamond and Cat Power may seem like strange bedfellows.But tonight, they share Birmingham.Somewhere across town, on another stage, Neil Diamond no doubt wows his crowd in the same way Cat Power does hers. And bizarre as it may seem, the parallels go beyond geography. Both have recently undergone something...(read full post)
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They're just bad memories I don't want
Artists mentioned:I might be wrong.But if Thom Yorke has recorded a better live vocal performance than this, I don't think I've heard it.While not entirely flawless, it is perfect in other ways. Beautiful. Completely understated and free from showy flourishes and false emotion. All melancholic sorrow. The lyrics perfectly realised by...(read full post)
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You thought that you were pretty smart
Artists mentioned:I've not got much to write about today.A whole bunch of new music has popped up in my inbox.But if I'm honest, most of it is utterly uninspiring and not worth my time writing about or your time listening to. And I was preparing to go see Cat Power tonight...(read full post)
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The glitter in her lovely eyes
Artists mentioned:Woohoo!Glastonbury tickets arrived this morning!Can't believe it's come around so quickly. Only seems like 5 minutes ago I was sat at this very computer, pulling out my hair, manically refreshing the page and hoping that that the server would connect with the buy tickets page. Not that I really needed...(read full post)
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The glitter in her lovely eyes
Artists mentioned:Woohoo!Glastonbury tickets arrived this morning!Can't believe it's come around so quickly. Only seems like 5 minutes ago I was sat at this very computer, pulling out my hair, manically refreshing the page and hoping that that the server would connect with the buy tickets page. Not that I really needed...(read full post)
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You drift through the years and life seems tame
Artists mentioned:I've not been too well the last couple of days.In fact, I've been laid up in bed, coughing, sneezing, spluttering, sweating and wheezing with a never ending stream of snot oozing out my nose.You should have been here, it was a blast! Not really obviously. In truth it's been a...(read full post)
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If you give me but a moment to explain
Artists mentioned:One of my favourite things about going to gigs, is coming across unexpectedly good support acts.There's something rather wonderful about turning up to see the headline act and being totally blown away by hitherto unknown bands.Sadly, it doesn't happen all that often but when it does, it normally makes for...(read full post)
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My Morning Jacket - 'Evil Urges'
Artists mentioned:If I'm honest, 'Evil Urges' confuses me.Or at least it elicits a perplexing reaction from me.I'd be tempted to describe at least half of My Morning Jacket's latest release as middle of the road, soft rock americana. Slicky produced and thoroughly inoffensive. The kind of music I imagine would have...(read full post)
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This is a promise with a catch
Artists mentioned:I'd love to say I planned this.That there was some grand scheme for how I write my posts.But there isn't. This is merely a coincidence. And I'm pretty sure this six degrees of separation style fluke won't continue on in to the next post. Not that I'll deliberately avoid doing...(read full post)
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I'm on the dark side of the road
Artists mentioned:I know I wrote a while ago that cover versions should always bring something new to a song.But, as with everything in life, there's always an exception to the rules.Either that or I'm a massive hypocrite who contradicts everything he ever says. Because the two cover version I'm presenting today...(read full post)
