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Devlin – Town Called Malice (The Jam Cover)
I can’t decide whether I love or hate Devlin’s cover version of The Jam’s classic track Town Called Malice. As anyone who knows me, or has ever seen my last.fm profile will know, I think Paul Weller is an absolute…
20 Essential 90s Albums
In its ongoing bid to have more sub-brands than any other media owner, Absolute Radio recently launched a new niche-station, this time one tailor-made for those of us currently experiencing the dizzying pangs that come with realising nostalgia isn’t just…
Tagged with: 90s, baggy, blur, Coldcut, Daft Punk, DJ Shadow, Dr Dre, Happy Mondays, hip hop, house, indie, Lauryn Hill, list, Manic Street Preachers, Massive Attack, oasis, paul weller, Presence, Primal Scream, Public Enemy, radiohead, Reprazent, rock, Roni Size, The Sundays, Tricky, trip hop, Wu-Tang Clan
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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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Best Songs Of The Noughties
So, when Absolute Radio announced their quest to find the best songs of the decade, I said that I found it hard to pick any. Well, I’ve changed my mind, thanks to some inter-office discussions (ending in this playlist) and…
Tagged with: amerie, Amy Winehouse, Aqualung, Arctic Monkeys, ben westbeech, Coldplay, Common, Damon Albarn, Dizzee Rascal, garage, Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz, hip hop, indie, jamie cullum, jazz, Jose James, Kanye West, Kings of Leon, LCD Soundsystem, Lily Allen, mark ronson, N.E.R.D., noughties, paul weller, pharrell williams, R&B, radiohead, rock, the streets, The Strokes, Travis, zero 7
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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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Paul Weller – You Do Something To Me
I know that I go on about Paul Weller a lot but I really can’t seem to get enough of the guy. There’s also the fact that we both grew up in Surrey – him in Woking, me about ten…
Talent Imitates, Genius Steals
Every so often I get very strange cravings for music – I’ll suddenly feel the need to download tracks by artists I haven’t listened to for years, or groups that most people would never admit to liking. Like the time…
Tagged with: Bread, oasis, paul weller, Primal Scream, Stevie Wonder, the beatles, The Bluebells, The Jam, Travis
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Paul Weller: The Best British Musicians Of The Last 30 Years #1
I’ve spent the weekend listening to the music of just two British artists, each of whom I think have every right to be thought of as the best of the last 30 years and even to be considered with the…
Tagged with: jazz, new wave, paul weller, punk, rock, soul, The Jam, The Style Council
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