It seems that along with talking about the weather, and wondering when the British man will get knocked out of Wimbledon, discussing the headliners for Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage has become an annual summer tradition. A few years ago Jay Z…
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Elbow – Lippy Kids
I know that I’m hardly breaking new ground by posting this, but I’ve been listening to the new album by Elbow on rotation for about a week now, and simply can’t get the refrain from Lippy Kids, which gives the…
Best Albums Of The Noughties
On Friday Absolute Radio announced the result of its song of the decade vote: shockingly the top 10 doesn’t include the Arctic Monkeys, Strokes or White Stripes but does include two songs each by The Killers & Snow Patrol, a…
Tagged with: Amy Winehouse, Arctic Monkeys, Common, Dizzee Rascal, Elbow, Estelle, Fleet Foxes, Gomez, hip hip, jamie lidell, Jazzanova, Jose James, Kanye West, Kings of Leon, list, Marc Mac, Nitin Sawhiney, Norah Jones, noughties, Ohmega Watts, Omar, paul weller, radiohead, rock, the streets, The Strokes, Tuomo, Ty, Visioneers, zero 7
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More Best Songs Of The Noughties
Though I said in my post on the best songs of the Noughties that I was not going to try to include all of them, since I wrote I keep thinking of songs that really are too good to miss…
Tagged with: Athlete, Dr Dre, Elbow, garage, grime, Hard-Fi, hip hop, indie, Jamie T, Joss Stone, Liam Lynch, Little Dragon, Matt Weddle, mos def, outkast, Pete Doherty, Richard X, rock, Roots Manuva, soul, Sugababes, The Cinematic Orchestra, The Courteneers, The Enemy, The Futureheads, The Libertines, The Vines, The White Stripes, Tuomo, Ty, Wolfman
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The Best Songs Of 2008
I was going to call this post the best singles of 2008 but living as we do in the age of iTunes, I’m just not sure how relevant singles are these days. That said, I’ve tried to restrict my choices…
Tagged with: Adele, Baby Charles, Calvin Harris, Charlie Dark, Chase & Status, Dizzee Rascal, DJ Zinc, Elbow, Erykah Badu, Estelle, Friendly Fires, gilles peterson, J.A.M, Jamie Liddel, Jeff Buckley, Jose James, Kano, Kanye West, Kings of Leon, N.E.R.D., paul weller, Public Enemy, The Courteneers, the streets, Vampire Weekend, Wylie
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The Best Albums Of 2008
Not that long ago I put out a call for help to find more new music so that I could write a Best Of post for 2008. I felt like I hadn’t really listened to, or bought, that much new…
Tagged with: 2008, brownswood, Elbow, Erykah Badu, Estelle, Fleet Foxes, Friendly Fires, gilles peterson, J.A.M, jamie lidell, Jose James, Kings of Leon, Ladyhawke, list, Nitin Sawhney, paul weller, Q-Tip, the streets, Vampire Weekend
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Elbow – One Day Like This (Live At Glastonbury)
Wow. For anyone actually there, this performance of One Day Like This by Elbow at Glastonbury must have been an absolute highlight, up there with The Verve’s Bittersweet Symphony & Jay Z’s set. Again, wow. And this is now my…
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