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The diskant team report back from their fun day out at the Supersonic festival in Birmingham. Headlined by Sunn 0))), Mogwai, Om and Qui with sunshine, cake and films it really was the perfect festival experience. Read more >>
Simon Minter finds out more about The Walk Off from Oxford and their messier, noisier and more downright bizarre take on New Rave. Read more >>
Cracking albums of 2007
Animal Collective - Strawberry JamBattles - MirroredNo Age - Weirdo RippersDeerhoof - Friend Opportunity
Less amazing:
Songs Of Green Pheasant - Gyllyng StreetZ - MikabeHauschka - Room To Expand
GIGSThat Fucking Tank + (argh I forgot their name…)- Port Mahon, Oxford: dancing in my boxersShellac + Lords - the thingy in London… oh what’s it […]
Where is everyone? Having fun or something? Bah!
Records
Scout Niblett ‘This Fool Can Die Now’ - just lovely. The Will Oldham songs are great but I could easily have managed without them, the rest is so good.
Girls Aloud ‘Tangled Up’ - Oh shut up. There is no way to dislike this album.
Prinzhorn Dance School S/T - […]
Yesyes, I am working on my 2007 in review post. In the meantime, here is my year in photos. One for each month! This was very hard as I have taken approximately 14million photos this year. But here we are:
(L-R, top to bottom)October - Tokyo at night from the Mori Tower.March - Visiting the family […]
KARP IN ALABAMA NOVEMBER 1996
THE WHIP IN OLYMPIA
MERRY DEAFMAS!
5 weeks in dialup seems like a lifetime but I am BACK. Sadly just in time for the quietest time of the year. I will post my review of 2007 on Monday probably and hopefully everyone else is planning theirs. Please check my blurb on the homepage for what’s happening round here. This bit is […]
It sounds like the big annual end of year round up won’t be happening this year (thank BT) so here is my blog-shaped summary of the last 11 and a bit months….
Recorded Music
PANDA BEAR - PERSON PITCHReally, really spectacular. Up there with Sung Tongs for general mind-hurting magic.
JUSTICE - [bastard html cross]Bangers.
JAMES BLACKSHAW - […]
