Tag: Arctic Monkeys
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The Secret Life of The Optigan
Following on from the previous post I looked up the source of the sample in the Paloma Faith track Upside Down and was surprised – it was from the Optigan. ‘That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time…’ /OB1 The Optigan was a home organ, really a kid’s toy made by Mattel, a…
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Infinite radio & the shadow people
Brendan from Infinite radio & the shadow people sent these over to me, I guess demos/rough mixes for their next album, and there’s something very primal, dark and interesting about these – certainly the noises are up my street, mining that dark vein of psychdelic rock/gothabilly and more harder/post rock. This is very much the…
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Alex Turner is a cock – surprise! And NME still love him
Classic NME storm-in-a-Yorkshire-tea-cup, and also revision of history. Alex Turner does a frankly brattish and not at all punk nor rock and roll, acceptance speech, and NME laps it up as some Dylan Judas moment. Umm, you’re accepting an award from MASTERCARD Alex? You is not punk, nor rock and roll. Say ‘Fuck Mastercard and…
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Noel vs his own music videos
Seems Noel Gallagher has finally realised what most of us knew 20 years ago – that Oasis were shit (mostly) and that their videos were terrible. Check out this Oasis DVD comment track highlights for extra lulz. Funny thing is I remember NME and probably Melody Maker touting their new LPs as ‘the best thing…