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The bit that you skip #196: A Perfect Circle – The Noose
“I can see my breath” whispers Rowina just loud enough so we can hear her in the front over the noise of the car’s heating. We are somewhere between Aberdeen and Glasgow, in the dead of the night, returning from a Radiohead concert. Spirits were now down as it was somewhere around 3 AM, the…
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The bit that you skip #195: Bush – Comedown
I never understood the Nirvana comparison. I can’t find a single Bush song that sounds like Nirvana at all. I think it was more of that one criticism one person makes popular and everyone hangs to that train of insults just to fit in. As someone who was bullied for 8 straight years, I understand…
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The bit that you skip #194: Happy Mondays – Do it better
24 hour party people is a film that is very close to my dearest memories. Michael Winterbottom’s post-modern, half-truths, half-myths film feels like the intertwining of two different stories: the rise and fall of Joy Division and their gloomy music and the rise and fall of Happy Mondays and their drug-fuelled Madchester defining sound. A…
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The bit that you skip #193: Bat for lashes – Siren Song
The concept of duality is always a fascinating theme for musicians. Many bands have dived head first into exploring the contrasting nature of human nature. Pink Floyd did with Poles Apart. Billy Joel with The stranger. Nine inch nails could write a thesis on the subject with The Fragile. Bat for Lashes’ sophomore album, Two…
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The bit that you skip #192: Headlights – Put us back together
Back in 2008, I’d still venture to mixup records and scavenge the discount bins. I’d been doing it for the previous 4 years and I had some duffers and some keepers. Since I would commute for 2 hours or so, I needed fresh music everyday. One day in July of 2008, a massive waterspout hit…
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The bit that you skip #191: The National – Fake Empire
I’m not lazy, I just procrastinate. A lot. Been told many times by many types of experts that it’s either a) “being on the spectrum” or b) “adhd, here’s some meds.” Whatever is the truth, the first time I heard The National was at a concert. It wasn’t a surprise gig, I already had my…
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The bit that you skip #190: Bloc Party – Luno
I can’t fathom coming up with a debut album as perfect as Silent Alarm. Granted, the strength of their singles and the Little Thoughts EP surely gave the album a strong foundation to build up upon. Whatever the case, Silent Alarm is a perfect album. Great mixing, crisp production that still allows plenty of range,…
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The bit that you skip #189: Radiohead – Spectre
I’ve been a part of many fandoms in my life. Star Wars, Star Trek, and Dr Who were my baby steps, and I tend to check them out from time to time, but I no longer posses and encyclopaedic knowledge; they’ve expanded too much, beyond my interest. I can’t claim to be a massive Bond…
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The bit that you skip #188: The Twilight Sad – The Wrong Car
I don’t know the rubric for “making it”, it’s something that surely depends on the goals one sets up. When I started writing, I knew people who only wanted to use music reviewing as a way to “work their way in” and push their own music. Others were chancers with no clear artistic intent, only…
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The bit that you skip #187: The Stills – Killer Bees
Contrary to most bands mentioned on this series of posts, The Stills are a bit of an oddity. If you ask me to choose only one song from a band that I can clearly admit it’s my fave, I’ll struggle. Not so much with The Stills. Don’t take me the wrong way, the Canadian indie…
