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By The Platypus | Permalink | On 20 June 2013 - 18:25 PM

Yeezus is Kanye's best album.

It is still no Spiceworld

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By Pippadoc | On 19 June 2013 - 11:29 AM

Went to Download Festival at the weekend - finally got to see The Gaslight Anthem

Other highlights were Black Stone Cherry, Stone Sour, Iron Maiden, and Thunder

They supported Killers on Saturday night. They were class.

Whole gig was pretty good, especially The Killers themselves, 26 songs, monster of a gig.

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02 Jul 2013 15:15:14

Anyone notice how fucking fat Billy Corgan's gotten?

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Really enjoying Black Stone Cherry at the moment.

Saw at Download instead of Slipknot and they put on a great show!

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12 Jul 2013 23:29:45

Just got back from Day 1 of Wireless. Justin Timberlake was amazing. Would go gay for that man. Jay-Z tomorrow

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16 Jul 2013 11:17:29

So Paris Hilton has just become a resident DJ at Amnesia. WTF!

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18 Jul 2013 16:10:05

Yeezus is pretty good.

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21 Jul 2013 01:14:24

Daft Punk's Random Access Memories is a big-budget studio celebrity wankfest with all style and no substance. The only track I thought memorable and catchy as a whole was the Steely Dan-ripping Todd Edwards collaboration Fragments of Time.

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21 Jul 2013 11:50:11

THE PRETENTIOUS SINGAPOREAN IS BACK!

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21 Jul 2013 12:38:47

Hello DJ Dixie Dick, it's been a while.

The minds behind the Sopranos have got fantastic tastes in music, and they've led me to some pretty awesome discoveries, including this delightful country-folk ditty that came in just as AJ had his very own panic attack during football training.

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21 Jul 2013 13:16:52

By The Platypus | Permalink | On 11 January 2013 - 23:07 PM

Does anybody have any fucked up operatic art pop or something to recommend me?

I know this is a bit late but i recommend Clock Opera if you don't know em already

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By Zijie | Permalink | On 21 July 2013 - 13:38 PM

Hello DJ Dixie Dick, it's been a while.

The minds behind the Sopranos have got fantastic tastes in music, and they've led me to some pretty awesome discoveries, including this delightful country-folk ditty that came in just as AJ had his very own panic attack during football training.

Definitely.

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23 Jul 2013 09:34:32

Fuck Buttons have got another winner on their cards. For three albums straight they've churned out some of the most inventive pop crossovers in the longest while. They're easily at the forefront of British music, with their involvement in the London Olympics' soundtrack only proving it.

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20 Aug 2013 22:21:40

I don't know how it took me so long to realise Way down in the Hole and Red Right Hand are the same music?

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21 Aug 2013 22:02:04

Anybody heading to Leeds Festival this weekend?

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23 Aug 2013 07:30:32

By Shola | On 21 August 2013 - 06:21 AM

I don't know how it took me so long to realise Way down in the Hole and Red Right Hand are the same music?

Let's carry out a little survey right here... rank the Wire's seasonal renditions of Way Down in the Hole.

5 > 2 > 4 > 1 > 3, Simon saved the best for last.

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06 Sep 2013 19:37:09

AM by Arctic Monkeys, absolutely superb.

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07 Sep 2013 11:45:28

What do people think of the new Weeknd album?

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11 Sep 2013 20:09:52

Really don't get the fuss about AM. OK. 6/10. Going through the motions.

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11 Sep 2013 20:13:32

By Shola | On 11 September 2013 - 21:09 PM

Really don't get the fuss about AM. OK. 6/10. Going through the motions.

Very much so. Pretty boring, simple stuff. Arctic Monkeys have been quite boring and uninspired since around 2007.

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11 Sep 2013 20:31:28

I really didn't like the first album on first glance, most of the songs which were on the radio were too... I don't know. They didn't really have any feeling. They were pop songs and not the kind of pop I like. My sister got the album and I gave it a few listens. I quite liked View From The Afternoon as I'm a sucker for a nice bit of drumming. Some other songs like Mardy Bum were ok, not life changing but they were alright. I feel like once they got some cashflow going with that album, it gave them the freedom to make a great album in Favourite Worst Nightmare. It's not my usual thing, the lyrics were on the whole pretty poor but at the same time it had a lot of charm. Again, my sister got it and I borrowed it but I think I still have it somewhere.

Their next album was I'd say better than the first one, I enjoyed the likes of Cornerstone and The Jewellers Hands but it was pretty boiler plate stuff. I haven't given the other albums a listen because that's around the time I stopped living with my sister.

I think that sums up Arctic Monkey for me. I'd borrow their albums, but I wouldn't buy them. Zero desire to listen to this or their last album.

I will say that Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High is pretty listenable. Not amazing but I wouldn't be upset if it was on the radio.

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11 Sep 2013 20:42:30

By The Platypus | On 11 September 2013 - 21:13 PM

Very much so. Pretty boring, simple stuff. Arctic Monkeys have been quite boring and uninspired since around 2007.

http://www.nme.com/reviews/arctic-monkeys/14752

By Phoenix Arrow | On 11 September 2013 - 21:31 PM

I will say that Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High is pretty listenable. Not amazing but I wouldn't be upset if it was on the radio.

I quite like it and it's the only song on the album that I find interesting, but I think it sounds like a Flight of the Concords song.

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11 Sep 2013 20:50:07

That's the worst review of anything ever.

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11 Sep 2013 20:54:48

That review is surely a joke?
The greatest record of the past decade?.. it's not even top 10 this year.

Ok, he called Suck It and See a masterpiece, we're done here.

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12 Sep 2013 07:26:39

I was really pumped for the album ever since 'Do I Wanna Know?'

Got it about 2 weeks ago, and really was not impressed. However, I have persisted with it, and it has really, really grown on me. I feel like the more you listen, the more meanings you find in the lyrics, and the better each song becomes because of it.

Not the greatest album ever, but I think it's really good.

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12 Sep 2013 08:39:46

Only gotten half way through, but so far I am thoroughly underwhelmed by Glasvegas new album. The two singles are good, seems like that's it.

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By Franck | On 12 September 2013 - 09:39 AM

Only gotten half way through, but so far I am thoroughly underwhelmed by Glasvegas new album. The two singles are good, seems like that's it.

Glasvegas are going through the same cycle that plenty of bands hyped to death by the NME experience - labelled the new hope for British music, release a solid debut, released a disappointing second album which is followed by an even worse third one which no one gives a shit about.

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12 Sep 2013 11:37:04

I thought their second album was as good as their first, just had a very different sound and didn't really have any catchy singles like Geraldine or Daddy's Gone.