PAUL CHILD
WORKING MAN 2009
Wales Records
The miners’ strike was a terrible time and, yes, Thatcher was and is a total bitch, but even that still doesn’t excuse this wretched ballad made even worse by this aging choirboy. Listen to The Mekons’ “Abernant 84/5″ for a truly great song about this torrid part of British history.
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Featuring present and ex-members of Sexy Kids, The Royal We & Your Twenties, new London based three/four piece Veronica Falls are very much in thrall to the better side of indie-pop (i.e. not too cloyingly twee).We caught up with singer Roxanne Clifford for a few basic questions. Read more »
Did you see the ‘New Bands 2009′ lists? If the idiots who voted for them knew anything they’d have voted for these three bands. Oh well who cares, the industry can have Frankmusik if that’s what they really want, we’re happy with MP3s from these dudes.
Titus Andronicus
The ghosts of a bloody Shakespearean tragedy or some French existential author are never far from the unflinchingly aggressive Titus Andronicus. These guys played their first UK show at the Old Blue Last a while back and it was intense. Led to battle by the raging bull of Patrick Stickles they smashed the place up, somehow making our sense of impending doom seem like a glorious crusade. Three minutes of low fuzzy vocals on ‘No Future’ burn like a fuse before finally erupting into life with the familiar concrete melodies. Everyone’s got a hard-on for this band, you can see why, they make you want to rage. And read more books. But mostly rage.
MP3: Titus Andronicus – Titus Andronicus
MP3: Titus Andronicus – No Future
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This looks like that Greek Myth where what’s-her-name eats a pomegranate in Hades and then Satan gets to own her after that—only this looks about 8,000 times more scary.
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Pulling off the Apollonia is one of the most daring fashion challenges you can ever embark on, because if even one of the elements is off you just end up as a fascist mannequin for Frederick's of Dollywood.
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